english summary

1. Title: “Animals Are People,” Author: Mike Jones, Publication: Pet Monthly

2. Title: “We Love Pets,” Author: Bob Smith, Publication: Dogs and Cats

3. Title: “Just as Human,” Author: Tim Conway, Publication: Animals United

I. Summary/Introduction Paragraph

II. Publication Information and Main idea for Third article

1. Title: “Just as Human”

2. Author: Tim Conway

3. Publication in which the article appeared: Animals United

4. Main idea: Conway focuses on explaining the consequences of animal cruelty.

A. Publication Information and Main idea for First Article

1. Title: “Animals Are People”

2. Author: Mike Jones

3. Publication in which the article appeared: Pet Monthly

B. Main idea: Jones advocates for stricter laws regarding animal cruelty.

C. Publication Information and Main idea for Second Article

1. Title: “We Love Pets”

2. Author: Bob Smith

3. Publication in which the article appeared: Dogs and Cats

4. Main idea: Smith claims that society should make animal cruelty socially unacceptable.

D. Thesis statement: While it is true that human beings should have compassion and kindness towards animals, animals do not deserve the same status as people because it would unintentionally devalue human life and create more restrictive laws that would make life more difficult.

III. Paragraph 2

A. Conway claims that animal cruelty can cause the society to morally degenerate, and this is a valid point, to certain extent.

B. When an act of cruelty is tolerated, it causes society to become less critical of such acts in the future.

IV. Paragraph 3

A. Jones calls for the government to revise its current animal cruelty laws and give animals the same legal protections that humans have; doing this would unnecessarily complicate the legal system and devalue human life at the same time.

B. The government should punish those who abuse animals, but animals should not have the same legal rights as human beings.

V. Paragraph 4

A. Smith argues that developed societies should work to create a culture that rejects animal cruelty; this is admirable, but he wants to take it an excessive level.

B. Animal abuse is a terrible thing, and it should be discouraged. However, there should be a strong distinction made between violence toward human and violence toward animals.

VI. Conclusion

A. Conway proposes that allowing animal cruelty can make a society more inhumane.

B. Jones concentrates on trying to make animal cruelty a more serious crime.

C. Smith demands that society view animal life and human life equally.

D. Obviously, animal cruelty is a horrible thing, but society cannot completely erase the lines that separate humans from animals. There should be punishments for people who abuse animals, but making those punishments equal to those reserved for perpetrators of human violence cheapens a society’s respect for human life.