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“Animalsdeserveourkindness,sympathyandunderstanding,”thatiswhatAnnaSewell-theauthorofBlackBeauty-wantedtoconvinceherreaders.ThankstoSewell,Inowthinkabouttheanimal-humanrelationshipfromboththehumanandtheanimal’spointofview.
TheinspirationforAnnaSewell’snovelwasdrawnfromherownrelationshipwithhorses.AnnaSewellwasbornonMarch20th,1820inNorfolk,Englandandwascrippledwhilestillveryyoung.Duetoherdisability,shereliedonhorse-drawncarriagesandgrewtolovehorsesasaresult.Shealsobecameappalledbythecarelessandcrueltreatmenthorsesoftenreceivedfromhumansanddeterminedtowriteabook..Inthesecondyearofworkonthebook,shewastoldthatshehadonlyeighteenmonthstolive,butsheperseveredinorder“toinducekindness,sympathyandanunderstanding[ofthe]treatmentofhorses.”Fiveyearslater,shewasstillworkingonBlackBeauty,heronlybook.Unfortunately,Sewelldiedafewmonthsafterpublicationandneverlearnedofthebook’shugesuccess.BlackBeautyformedanimpassionedpleaforanimalrightsatatimewhensuchanotionhadbeendismissedasridiculous.
ThenovelportrayedtherealconditionofworkinghorseslivinginBritainduringtheVictorianEra.Inthattimeperiod,thewealthythoughtthattheirhorsesweretreatedwellbecausetheyneversteppedintothestable.Inordertocallpeople’sattentiontohorses’hardlife,Sewelltellsthestorythroughthefirst-personnarrativevoiceofahorse.Thisinnovativepersonificationofananimalmadethebookarealsuccess.Readersheardthestoriesstraightfromthehorse’smouth,literally,asananimalspokeofextremesofjoyandsuffering.Peoplewereshockedbythetruthexposedbythenovelandchangedtheirattitudestowardsanimals.
Sewellformedthenovelwiththreekindsofcharacters:
BlackBeauty,Gingerandotherfarmanimals.Throughtheirdifferentexperiences,Isawsimilarlypainfullivesledbytheanimals.Thismethodmadetheearnestappealforanimalrightsbecomemoreandmorepersuasive.
Asadomesticanimal,BlackBeautywascontinuouslysoldfromonefamilytoanother.OvertheyearsBeautyenjoyedgoodmastersbutalsoenduredmeanones.Sometimes,hewascaredforandatothertimestortured.Intheend,everythingturnsoutallrightinastorythatissotenderandyetmeaningful.Hisstorywassovividthatcaughtthereaders’heart.Thenovelbroughtpeoplelaughterandtearsandalsoenlightenedthemtounderstandanimalsatthesametime.
Animalscannotspeaksounderstandingissignificanttothem.Once,forexample,Beautywasdrawingthecarriagetoawoodenbridge.ThebridgewasfloodedoutintheriverandJohn,thegroom,wasnotawarethatitwascracked.ButthequicklyrealizedthatsomethingwaswrongbecauseofBeauty’sabnormalbehavior.Momentarily,amanshoutedtothem,“Stop!
Stop!
…Thebridgeisbrokeninthemiddle.Ifyoucomeacross,you’llfallintheriver!
”BeautyhadsavedJohn.However,ifJohnhadnottriedtounderstandwhatBeautywantedtotellhim,therewoulddefinitelyhavebeenanaccident.Ilearntfromthestorythatunderstandinganimalsisnotonlyessentialtothembutisalsobeneficialtousourselves.
“Animalsdeserveourkindness,sympathyandunderstanding,”thatiswhatAnnaSewell-theauthorofBlackBeauty-wantedtoconvinceherreaders.ThankstoSewell,Inowthinkabouttheanimal-humanrelationshipfromboththehumanandtheanimal’spointofview.
TheinspirationforAnnaSewell’snovelwasdrawnfromherownrelationshipwithhorses.AnnaSewellwasbornonMarch20th,1820inNorfolk,Englandandwascrippledwhilestillveryyoung.Duetoherdisability,shereliedonhorse-drawncarriagesandgrewtolovehorsesasaresult.Shealsobecameappalledbythecarelessandcrueltreatmenthorsesoftenreceivedfromhumansanddeterminedtowriteabook..Inthesecondyearofworkonthebook,shewastoldthatshehadonlyeighteenmonthstolive,butsheperseveredinorder“toinducekindness,sympathyandanunderstanding[ofthe]treatmentofhorses.”Fiveyearslater,shewasstillworkingonBlackBeauty,heronlybook.Unfortunately,Sewelldiedafewmonthsafterpublicationandneverlearnedofthebook’shugesuccess.BlackBeautyformedanimpassionedpleaforanimalrightsatatimewhensuchanotionhadbeendismissedasridiculous.
ThenovelportrayedtherealconditionofworkinghorseslivinginBritainduringtheVictorianEra.Inthattimeperiod,thewealthythoughtthattheirhorsesweretreatedwellbecausetheyneversteppedintothestable.Inordertocallpeople’sattentiontohorses’hardlife,Sewelltellsthestorythroughthefirst-personnarrativevoiceofahorse.Thisinnovativepersonificationofananimalmadethebookarealsuccess.Readersheardthestoriesstraightfromthehorse’smouth,literally,asananimalspokeofextremesofjoyandsuffering.Peoplewereshockedbythetruthexposedbythenovelandchangedtheirattitudestowardsanimals.
Sewellformedthenovelwiththreekindsofcharacters:
BlackBeauty,Gingerandotherfarmanimals.Throughtheirdifferentexperiences,Isawsimilarlypainfullivesledbytheanimals.Thismethodmadetheearnestappealforanimalrightsbecomemoreandmorepersuasive.
Asadomesticanimal,BlackBeautywascontinuouslysoldfromonefamilytoanother.OvertheyearsBeautyenjoyedgoodmastersbutalsoenduredmeanones.Sometimes,hewascaredforandatothertimestortured.Intheend,everythingturnsoutallrightinastorythatissotenderandyetmeaningful.Hisstorywassovividthatcaughtthereaders’heart.Thenovelbroughtpeoplelaughterandtearsandalsoenlightenedthemtounderstandanimalsatthesametime.
Animalscannotspeaksounderstandingissignificanttothem.Once,forexample,Beautywasdrawingthecarriagetoawoodenbridge.ThebridgewasfloodedoutintheriverandJohn,thegroom,wasnotawarethatitwascracked.ButthequicklyrealizedthatsomethingwaswrongbecauseofBeauty’sabnormalbehavior.Momentarily,amanshoutedtothem,“Stop!
Stop!
…Thebridgeisbrokeninthemiddle.Ifyoucomeacross,you’llfallintheriver!
”BeautyhadsavedJohn.However,ifJohnhadnottriedtounderstandwhatBeautywantedtotellhim,therewoulddefinitelyhavebeenanaccident.Ilearntfromthestorythatunderstandinganimalsisnotonlyessentialtothembutisalsobeneficialtousourselves.
“Animalsdeserveourkindness,sympathyandunderstanding,”thatiswhatAnnaSewell-theauthorofBlackBeauty-wantedtoconvinceherreaders.ThankstoSewell,Inowthinkabouttheanimal-humanrelationshipfromboththehumanandtheanimal’spointofview.
TheinspirationforAnnaSewell’snovelwasdrawnfromherownrelationshipwithhorses.AnnaSewellwasbornonMarch20th,1820inNorfolk,Englandandwascrippledwhilestillveryyoung.Duetoherdisability,shereliedonhorse-drawncarriagesandgrewtolovehorsesasaresult.Shealsobecameappalledbythecarelessandcrueltreatmenthorsesoftenreceivedfromhumansanddeterminedtowriteabook..Inthesecondyearofworkonthebook,shewastoldthatshehadonlyeighteenmonthstolive,butsheperseveredinorder“toinducekindness,sympathyandanunderstanding[ofthe]treatmentofhorses.”Fiveyearslater,shewasstillworkingonBlackBeauty,heronlybook.Unfortunately,Sewelldiedafewmonthsafterpublicationandneverlearnedofthebook’shugesuccess.BlackBeautyformedanimpassionedpleaforanimalrightsatatimewhensuchanotionhadbeendismissedasridiculous.
ThenovelportrayedtherealconditionofworkinghorseslivinginBritainduringtheVictorianEra.Inthattimeperiod,thewealthythoughtthattheirhorsesweretreatedwellbecausetheyneversteppedintothestable.Inordertocallpeople’sattentiontohorses’hardlife,Sewelltellsthestorythroughthefirst-personnarrativevoiceofahorse.Thisinnovativepersonificationofananimalmadethebookarealsuccess.Readersheardthestoriesstraightfromthehorse’smouth,literally,asananimalspokeofextremesofjoyandsuffering.Peoplewereshockedbythetruthexposedbythenovelandchangedtheirattitudestowardsanimals.
Sewellformedthenovelwiththreekindsofcharacters:
BlackBeauty,Gingerandotherfarmanimals.Throughtheirdifferentexperiences,Isawsimilarlypainfullivesledbytheanimals.Thismethodmadetheearnestappealforanimalrightsbecomemoreandmorepersuasive.
Asadomesticanimal,BlackBeautywascontinuouslysoldfromonefamilytoanother.OvertheyearsBeautyenjoyedgoodmastersbutalsoenduredmeanones.Sometimes,hewascaredforandatothertimestortured.Intheend,everythingturnsoutallrightinastorythatissotenderandyetmeaningful.Hisstorywassovividthatcaughtthereaders’heart.Thenovelbroughtpeoplelaughterandtearsandalsoenlightenedthemtounderstandanimalsatthesametime.
Animalscannotspeaksounderstandingissignificanttothem.Once,forexample,Beautywasdrawingthecarriagetoawoodenbridge.ThebridgewasfloodedoutintheriverandJohn,thegroom,wasnotawarethatitwascracked.ButthequicklyrealizedthatsomethingwaswrongbecauseofBeauty’sabnormalbehavior.Momentarily,amanshoutedtothem,“Stop!
Stop!
…Thebridgeisbrokeninthemiddle.Ifyoucomeacross,you’llfallintheriver!
”BeautyhadsavedJohn.However,ifJohnhadnottriedtounderstandwhatBeautywantedtotellhim,therewoulddefinitelyhavebeenanaccident.Ilearntfromthestorythatunderstandinganimalsisnotonlyessentialtothembutisalsobeneficialtousourselves.
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