reading career group report NO.3

Reference: Kakutani, M. (2009, November 20). You Know That Chicken Is Chicken, Right? The New York Time.


Summary:
According to the article “You Know That Chicken Is Chicken, Right”, Michiko Kakutani showed that people did not pay enough attention on animal rights. In this article, there were several people who came from different areas showed their opinions about whether people need eat animals or not. Kakutani said that there was a journalist who wrote a book about how dirty the factory farming and the slaughterhouse was. Also, there was another writer wrote that some farmers yield animal in a very short time because they could get more profit from this way. However, that kind of chicken or beef has some unknown diseases because animals has weakened immune systems. The author also mentioned that this writer who was a meat eater before. The writer did not like animals at all because he thought they was dirty and troublesome, but after his wife adopted a puppy dog, he changed his mind. Also, he changed his diet habits became a vegetarian. Kakutani presented an idea that animals should be same with us because they are humans best friends .


Critique:
Nowadays, more and more people got diseases by eating the animals. It is time to think about our relationship with the animal. Do we really need eat animals? Do they need our protection? It is true that people can get many kinds of nutrition from eating meat. However, the meat in the market is feeding in a short time. It means the chicken or beef we eat will not good for our health. May be it will bring some unknown diseases for people. This article gave us a very good example about how a writer changed his mind to become a vegetarian. Even though the writer did not like animal at all, he changed his mind and thought animals are our good friends. It is too merciless to kill so much animal everyday. Nowadays, many kinds of animal have already died out. so protect the animal not only for animal rights, but also keep ecological balance. In my opinion, we should try eat less meat first because it is hard for people stop eating meat. Then, find a way to balance people diet and protect animals.