Koyel. Week 7.

The particular paragraph that did manage to have a distinct impact on me from the sixth chapter of "Eating Animals" is the first paragraph . Foer explains to his readers about how there are so many creatures other than us who are more desperate to escape from their fates. It gets to me, as a reader , when he talks about a cow escaping from a slaughter house. It's a very similar feeling in wanting to run away from an abusive home , or trying to escape from something that is too cruel to be your own shelter or home. Some part of me wished she went beyond crossing all those roads she did , eventually dispersing all the chains of captivity she felt inside. When he talks about the cow running , we forget for a moment that this is an animal we are talking about. Suddenly , we see no difference between this cow and ourselves.We relate ourselves and our feelings to what she might be feeling that moment. Since , all of us want o run away and escape from something , whether its from our surroundings or from ourselves. This cow just wanted to prove it to herself by fleeing that there is something better for her out there .Something more liberating , more deserving. Something that makes her feel like she is more than just an accessory for the butcher knife. This really played on the pathos of readers. Suddenly the cow becomes one of us. We don't think of her as a cow anymore. Somehow , we can even see ourselves running with her away from what we also want to escape from. This line especially creates the main punch of feelings for me- ",she seemed to know what she was swimming from." Patrick is completely right in stating how surprising it is for so many people to root for great escapes , because let's face it - we all want to escape from something or the other. No matter how much we face things or situations with bravery , a part of us always wishes we weren't where we were. That is something I guess every creature , human or not , feels. Maybe , that's what somehow binds us together other than the mere food chain , and that is sort of a spark of hope , I guess.