Persuasive Essay On Cats
Cats are more than just furry friends, if you let them into your heart they become family. I have 19 years of owning plenty of cats, and I currently have four. I love my cats, they honestly are my family. I also have two dogs and they really do need more attention than cats, a lot more. We are all college students, and some of us desire a companion without a ton of commitment. That is where adopting acat comes into play. Cats even have health benefits to them, they are scientifically proven to reduce stress and sadness, they do not need a ton of attention (although some required and the more the better), and if you are allergic there are even hypoallergenic breeds of cats for you. Losing a friend or family member is truly hard, yet an easy method for coping is to adopt a pet. Felines have been proven to help individuals to get over their misfortune more rapidly, and show less physical indications of pain, such as crying. Despite the fact that they are only animals, cats fill in as a social help through troublesome times. Individuals in grieving report conversing with their pet to work out their feelings, since it is easier to talk with something that won't react and can't judge, such as another person. Another study, conducted by the University of Minnesota in 2008, revealed that owning a cat reduces stress and anxiety, thus bringing down the risk of cardiovascular disease. In fact, the chances of having a heart attack are reduced by 40 percent if you own a cat. Felines Get
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Dogs Vs Cats
In my compare–contrast essay Dogs and Cats , Д± have written the differences and similarities between being a dog and cat owner. Now, I will evaluate myself in terms of my weak and strong points. Firstly, Д± want to mention my strongest point of my essay. According to paperrater's feedback, the organization of my essay is perfect score. This score is based on quality of transitional phrases used within my paper. Their comment is ''your usage of transitional phrases is well above average! You may not need to read the info below, but you're such a meticulous writer that you probably will anyways.'' In all my essay, Д± give importance to write signal words so that Д± can emphasize my points. Especially, while writing compare–contrast essay or arguementative essay, Д±t's important to use linking words...show more content...
Firstly, there is no need to more focus on linking words on my essay. Because it's the only and strongest point of the essay.пЃЉ Secondly, in order to avoid my spelling mistakes, it's necessary to pay attention to spelling of the words. Maybe, Д± have to check the word before write an essay. The other significiant point is, Д± have to check the word in terms of their part of speech. Also, Д± can load my essay in such kind of feedback pages before the delivery. It's also important to learn usage of comma and Д± study on it. Because it's not acceptable to make a punctuation mistake in my second year of the university. пЃЉ Finally, Д± should try to write longer sentences in my essays. Sometimes, Д± connect the sentences relative clause or conjunction to make sentence longer. Finally, before writing an essay, Д± have to read more essay about my subject. If Д± don't have any idea or brainstorm, Д± cannot write an successful essay and Д± can easily get lost in my paper. I should create an outline first and then Д± can begin to write. Otherwise, disorder and boring to read essay can be created by
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Sun shines through the cracked window, highlighting the swirling dust in the air. It bounces off the sparkling glasses and cutlery, setting the restaurant alight with sparkles. A slight breeze hits the shimmering chandelier, sending beautiful lights around the room. Despite this, the occupants are tense and quiet, except for a small cat, basking in the sunlight. Her ears flick back and forth despite the relaxed demeanour. Warm daylight shines through her soft, grey fur, making it look white. With her eyes happily closed, she emits an engine like sound, in sync with her breathing. The small purple ribbon around her neck is frayed, and a slight ringing comes from the attached bell as it swings. A younggirl sits nearby, shielding her eyes from the sun with one scratched hand, while the other angrily clutches her dress. Beneath the dress, she wears several layers of alarmingly bright shirts. Her small legs swing above the ground, and are covered by grubby, ripped green leggings. Her small feet hit the chair leg each time they swing by. The entire...show more content... The metal mesh imitates a prison, and the crate looks uncomfortable and grim. The child focuses her glare on the man, hoping to scare him off, but to no avail. Her mother picks up the oblivious cat, who purrs loudly. She doesn't realise that she is about to be betrayed, but how could she? With a squeak, she is ungracefully placed into the crate, where she begins to panic, scratching against the door. This breaks the young girl's heart , and she jumps up, intending for one last goodbye. However, she is intimidated by the man and stands, awkwardly, behind her brother. Her father exchanges numbers, and promises to keep in touch, while her mother kneels down in front of her and explains. The cat will have new friends and a bigger home; a better home. She promises that they will visit the cat, who will be much happier. The child is cynical, but calms
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Descriptive
Cat
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As I walk into the kitchen, I spot Kitty sprawled out on the dining table with rays of warm sunlight striped across his jet black fur. Kitty gazes up at me with his huge, green eyes, lets out a soft little cry to say hello and jumps to his feet. He scampers over to me then standing on his hind legs, he puts his paws on my thigh. I pick him up, knowing that after a long day alone, he's dying to be handled. I hold him in my arms as if he were my child, and he immediately begins to almost vibrate. His soft purr gradually gets louder and louder as I caress his little charcoal belly. My arms start to weaken from Kitty's weight, but I hold him a little longer knowing that this is to him Heaven. I realize that I have, for the moment, let go of...show more content...
I put Kitty down and decide that since my mind is no longer scrambling, I will rest a little bit on the futon in the living room. I know he will follow in right after me. It is just like clockwork every time. I lie down, get all settled in and here he comes running into the room to join me. He pounces onto the couch and nestles himself right next to me. I feel his lean, muscular body warming my side. He squirms and curls, trying to find the most comfortable position; then he is still. That is, he is still all except for his fluffy, dark tail. His tail curls and wags continuously as if it were a totally different creature, maybe a little black snake you would find in the yard. It is strange really. you could possibly think that Kitty is sometimes dead because he is so still, but then you notice his tail wagging and it is a complete give away.
As I rest and Kitty sleeps, I look over at him and he looks just like a stuffed animal you would find in a child's room. All of a sudden, I feel him begin to twitch and jerk. I watch him in amusement and I realize that he is dreaming. I wonder what he is dreaming about. His twitches and jerks become more frequent, and he starts to make little sounds. I wonder if he is having a nightmare, if I should wake him up or just leave him alone. I leave him alone and he becomes that cute, little stuffed animal again. I guess the dream is over.
Sometimes when I am lying there with Kitty, I think about what I would do if something
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Essay about My Cat
No one ever told me that if you feed a stray cat it would stay but that is exactly what I and two of my three sisters did one humid summer evening as three little cats wandered into the entrance of our yard. Wandering into the yard was not an easy feat to accomplish since we lived on a forest like winding road in a rural area about a mile off the main road. Somehow the three kittens found us late into the evening as the evening skies were beginning to set in and we were having a cookout. My sisters and I had traveled away from the front of the house down towards the winding road. Since I was not crazy about baked beans and potato salad in those days, feeding the stray kittens seemed like a fun and ideal thing to do so as I walked towards them with my unwanted veggie filled plate; I began to flick my food from my fork which landed at the feet of the kittens. They gobbled it intensely so they must have been hungry. After that evening it did not take long for the three little ones to make their way to our front door step and we begged our mom to let us keep them. After some hesitation for a few days and since no one had come to claim them she finally gave in and we had three little kittens to enjoy. Teeger, Tiger and Tinkerbell were the names we all agreed to. Teeger was a male calicocat with an all white underbelly and splotches of black, white, grey and orange all over his back. He was the largest of all the kittens so my older sister Pat claimed him as her own. Get
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Owning a Pet
Having a pet is a wonderful idea. Pets bring companionship, personality, and gut wrenching humor to households across the world. Having previously owned both a cat and a dog, and currently being without a pet, I began to think about getting a new furry friend. Born a dog lover, and bred into a cat lover, I had the difficult decision of choosing one of the two.
When I was twenty–two years old, I answered an advertisement in the paper for free Labrador puppies. Driving up to the house, I saw all the little critters running around and having a ball of a time. I got into the pen with the pups, and finally decided on the shy runt who spent the majority of his time hiding under a board. I loved his personality and instantly...show more content...
I never could quite figure out Vegas' love of the window. I understood there was a lot of action going on that he was taking in: the birds flying by and the squirrels climbing trees, but it was like the window screen was his safety net, and everything outside of that was hot lava. If I even tried to carry him outside the door he would instantly tense up, claw into my shoulder, and make a Carl Lewis leap back inside. I made the horrible mistake of purchasing a cat walking apparatus in an attempt to broaden his horizons. For the whole five minutes I had Vegas on the leash, he easily could have been misconceived as the Tasmanian devil.
On the other hand, Charlie was born to be walked. Or in his eyes, walk me. I could hardly get to his leash before he was tackling me to go. Charlie had a set path he enjoyed taking every night, including strategically hitting up the same elderly couples, who would spend there evenings porch watching, for his dinner leftover treat. For those who didn't give him a treat, well, he had a treat of his own for them.
Charlie enjoyed getting out and around, smelling the world outside his own, and I always felt bad about keeping him in such a small yard. Plus, with such a small yard, keeping up with the packages Charlie left in his own yard was quite a chore. Whereas Vegas, like most cats, did his business efficiently in the same square liter
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Analysis of "Cat in the Rain"
Hemmingway juggles heavy themes as gender roles and identity in a minimalistic and colloquial style of writing , in his short story of fiction, "Cat in the Rain" from the collection of short stories – "In our Time" which was published in 1925.
The story takes place in Italy. The setting is a hotel at the seaside on a rainy day. "Italians came from a long way off to look up at the war monument. It was made of bronze and glistened in the rain. It was raining." The war monument in the text can be a reference to the fallen in World War I, which ended in 1918. This means what the town could be from Hemingway's memory, because he was stationed in Italy during World War I.
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The Padrone gives her attention, and gives her what she wants, while the husband is unconcerned about her and her wishes. Hemmingway refers to the characters as, "the wife" and "the husband." He wants to generalize the characters. The wife wishes to be stereotypically feminine. In the story she has short hair and is "tired of looking like a boy," when, she begins expressing feminine wishes and shows signs of wanting a stay–at–home lifestyle, something many women had in the twenties. The husband is stereotypically male chauvinist. He wants to dominate, by saying "shut up" and he cannot be bothered with his wife's wishes. The themes in "Cat in the Rain" are gender roles, loneliness and identity as the things where the wife is struggling. Gender roles is a theme because she is trying to fit in society's idea of who she should be. Loneliness, because her marriage is falling apart and she has no one to talk to. She is confused about her identity, on the background of her trying to fit in a specific "mould" of how she should behave. Other themes could be marriage and communication, how the marriage is falling apart and the communication between the two of them does not seem to work in this
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Literary Devices In Cat In The Rain
They are in our lives, they are all over the internet, and many people are crazy about them... cats. If you are a cat lover wouldn't you love a place where you can play and relax with the sweet sound of purring cats? Fayetteville, Arkansas has the best place for you, The Purr Catfe. The Purr Catfe is a cafГ© where you get to play with cats are waiting to be adopted. This is a place where someone can get rid of all their worries, relax, and have a snack. Their mission is to give a cat a forever home by giving people a place to bond with the cat and fall in love with them. Lauren Solomon is the head of the cafГ© and a huge animal lover. Her idea for the cafГ© was to give cats a chance to not live at a shelter, give them a better opportunity...show more content...
So why not start a cafГ© where you can play with the cats for as long as you want?" (Solomon). Not only is this a great place to calm nerves, people consider playing with cats a type of therapy. This has been proven to help many people, like college students who might be missing their home pets a little too much. According to The Arkansas Traveler, "Behold the University of Arkansas: 26,000 stressed out, emotionally distraught, ridiculously busy students who may or may not have a mild case of pet sickness– the pet–version of homesickness where in your family animal is the only thing you miss about home. Not only does being around a cat relieve that pent up stress, it has a bunch of other health benefits as well. Cat's purrs vibrate at 20–150 Hertz, which is a therapeutic vibration that can lower your risk for heart attack and promote bone strength, according to the Catfe's website." (Arkansas Traveler). This does not just help college students but everyone else too. The purring of the cats helps a person calm down. So why wouldn't you want a therapy session for less than ten dollars?
The cafГ© moved to their new location to get more business from the local college students. Fayetteville, Arkansas is an amazing place to start or run a business, The Arkansas Traveler stated, "'Fayetteville was an ideal location to start a business,' Solomon said.
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Cat Persuasive Essay
In her article, "Cat people vs. dog people," Laura Miller compares and contrasts the arguments that dog people and cat people have against the two furry companions and how other writers talk about them. Between the two, Miller seems to take the side of the cats. Stating that she likes both cats and dogs and even has lived with both, but favors the cats more. She brings to light, how authors of books pertaining to felines and canines seem to adopt a way of writing about their own cats and dogs and tend to glorify them. And also how the real problem in the cats versus dog debate is not the animals themselves, but how cat and dog owners see each other. Like Miller, I love both cats and dogs. I'm a lover of all animals to be honest. I have a cat
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Cat People Vs Dog People Laura Miller Analysis
Argument
The short story Cat in the rain by Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite pieces of short fiction written by an American writer. I read the story for the first time in my second year at the university and, ever since then, whenever I met people who shared my passion for literature, I bring up Cat in the rain. What puzzles me most is the uncertainty that I have regarding the cat. Is the cat that the American woman saw in the rain the same one with the cat that the innkeeper gave her at the end of the short story?
Synopsis
The short story Cat in the Rain was written in the 1920's. It is about an American couple who spends their holidays in an Italianhotel. It is a rainy day and the American woman sees a cat in the rain,...show more content... This character provides the lonely wife the only source of encouragement.
The protagonist
The protagonist of the story is the American wife / girl. The woman's spontaneous reaction after she had seen that cat stands for the conflict of the story. Usually only children want to protect cats or dogs from the rain, as a grown–up knows that rain does not do any harm to animals living on the street. The woman wants to protect the little cat, which now stands for something innocent and vulnerable, like a baby. This is the behaviour of an adult. But on the other hand she acts like a child by having this wish for a cat. It is extremely meaningful that the woman is referred to as "girl" in the following paragraph, not as "wife" like before.
The sequence in which we get to know that she likes the hotelkeeper a lot follows next. She likes the way he wants to serve her. Why? Because it makes her feel like a grown–up woman, treated like a real lady. But the other reasons for liking him originate from a more childish mentality: she likes him because of "his old, heavy face and big hands". When she talks about the cat she does not say "cat" but "kitty," which is usually a childish expression.
The two parts of her personality can be noticed in the way she perceives the innkeeper: "The padrone made her feel very small and at the same time very important. She had a momentary feeling of being of great importance." The child in
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Her hair is the strings of a harp, bloodied from the constant playing of the beautiful hymns of the gods. Her eyes are green meadows filled with never ending sunlight and clear blue skies. Her cheeks are pillows of soft, pink cotton candy. Her nose is a button; cute, fun to play with, and everyone's favorite. The cat paw sized ears she wears never forget a single sound they hear; they know all; they hear all. The teeth in her mouth are perfectly crafted silver blocks, Her lips are fresh raspberries picked and prepared by the best of farmers, Her tongue is monster everyone fears, but is actually the sweetest creature ever conceived. The voice, her laugh, her sighs, her groans. They are the most peculiar, yet interestly satisfying dissonant symphonies
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Cat Paw Descriptive Writing
Reflection Paper Of A Cat
My husband, Brandon, had always been adamant about never getting a cat. For about the first decade of our marriage, I agreed. When we had kids, however, both of our children loved cats. Then one day our 4–year–old son, Pierce, told me that he wanted a cat, I told him that I had secretly been wanting one, too. We decided to start praying that God would send us acat; the perfect cat for our family. For over a year we prayed for God to send us a cat. Then one day our son came to me and told me that God was not hearing our prayers. It broke my heart. My little freckled faced boy was losing faith in God. Why had God not just left us a cat right on our doorstep? If that happened, we would know that it was divine intervention and that the cat was meant to be ours! When I saw how disappointed my little boy was, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I finally told Brandon that Pierce and I had been praying for a cat. I told him that Pierce was beginning to question why God wasn't answering his prayers. So Brandon and I made a list of requirements that the cat would have to meet if we were ever going to get one. The list was long: the cat had to be female, an adult, have been spayed, up to date on vaccinations, she had to be free, and I preferred her to be black. Since statistics show that more black cats are killed in shelters than any other color cat, I thought I would surely be rescuing her from certain death. It was Thanksgiving weekend and I started scouring the Get more content
I know the biggest discussion when you are about to get a new pet is; am I a cat person or dog person? I'm about to solve your confusion. 62% of United States homes have at least one pet. Overall, homes that claim to have pets 78 million of them are dogs and 86 million are cats. These numbers are misleading, according to a survey in the Reader's Digest 41% identified that they were cat people where as 74% were dog people (Reader's Digest). My sister is a major dog person she can't live without them some days. Her latest addition to the family is a Vizsla puppy named toby. According to her the nick name of this breed is a Velcro dog, it's loyal to a fault and whimpers at the sight of you walking away. Then my mom would never admit it but I...show more content...
More facts about cat people are that they are more likely to live in an apartment, as well as to live alone with the exception of cats (Reader's Digest). However, that does not mean there is an overabundance of cats in said apartment. Dog personality based people are more of a social breed. These types on average are more likely to be men. This is not much of a surprise since dogs are usually referred to as "man's best friend." Their personalities center on being conservative and extroverted (Reader's Digest). As such, they hold to tradition and are an outgoing, overtly expressive person. Within social gatherings, they move around a lot usually seeking attention or people to talk to. Their sense of humor tends to be drawn to slapstick humor. Slapstick is a type of broad physicalcomedy involving boisterous, violent activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense. The home life of a dog person usually resides within rural areas, and are most often married with a family. There is always the chance that someone could prefer both cats and dogs. This fact is supported by people who have both, but are more likely to think in the same fashion of a dog person. In this case you are also likely to talk to your animals, possibly have a four year degree and even dislike animal–print clothing. I know those sound a little nuts but I have to admit when you need someone to talk to cats are great. I am working on that four year
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Essay on Cat People versus Dog People
Imagine yourself coming home to a cute, fluffy, brown cat just purring and rubbing on your feet or even just playing with your toes after a long and tiring day at work. After a few minutes, you now feel relaxed and calm. Everyone knows that a man 's best friend is a dog, but what about a cat? Having a cat is just as important as a dog. At a young age, I had many pets including cats, and through my experience, I have learned a lot about them. I believe that cats are better pets than dogs and should be appreciated. Cats are cute and cuddly, but they can be dangerous when needed to. Having a cat is just like having a free exterminator at home. As stated by Animal Planet in their video, "Cats 101: Domestic Housecat," cats were brought from England to the colonies to control rat infestations and, still, today, cats have the urge to hunt these creatures. Cats enjoy or at least some of them, like to hunt and eat rats and mice. If someone had a rat or mice infestation, I would definitely recommend them to get a cat as soon as possible.
Apart from being an exterminator, cats are very easy to maintain. Despite their small sizes that they come in, they do not need their owners to bathe them. Cats keep clean by constantly licking themselves, unlike dogs that have to be bathed by their pet owners. Since cats can clean their own selves, it saves money because a person does not have to buy shampoo or use more water on them. The extra money can then be used for something that's more
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The "The cat's Table" written by Michael Ondaatje, is the number–one international best seller, because of Michael's amazing writing style. Such as; great use of living imagery, flashbacks, and flash–forwards of the story and also his close attention to details of the book. All of these make The Cat's Table, one of the most powerful books of all times. One of the aspects that make" The Cat's Table" very unique, is the way that Michael Ondaatje uses imagery throughout the book. He uses great details to describe all the events that take place in the novel, thereby, giving the reader a much deeper understanding of the characters as well as the story. For instance; when he is describing the view while the ship stopped in...show more content...
At the beginning of the novel, it seems that the story is going to take place in the distant past, the first flash–forward is when Michael talks about the further acquaintance with Ramadhin, in London. In the middle of the book, however, Michael is giving more details about his current life and relationship with Massi. There is also another long detour near the end of the book as well. The great attention to details is another reason The Cats Table, is an ageless book. For instance; only some pages of the book are numbered, this makes the reader forget about the passage of time throughout the story, turning it as interesting as Michael's journey on the ship. Another example of that would be the book cover which explains how lost and confused Michael has been at that time, just like the boat that is floating in the middle of an ocean with only a few lights, not knowing where it has come from or where it is going. Although Michael was spending all his time having an adventure with his friends, there are times when he shows the self–awareness one associates with growing up. For instance; when
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