Emma Marris, an environmental journalist, wrote an article for the New York Times about the morality of zoos. Her rhetorical strategies in this piece were to keep the effect of the animals threaded throughout the article. She used the method of compare and contrast, such as when she compared the animals' captivity to our own when the pandemic hit. She notes how great it feels to finally have a little freedom after over a year of being primarily isolated. She also explains the history and evolution of zoos.
She describes how she viewed and imagined the animals were being taken care of at the zoo when she was younger. She states, "the unambiguously good civic institution that lovingly cared for animals both on its grounds and, somehow, vaguely, in their wild habitats." Marris goes on to say, "that image is not the norm." To drive home her points, she utilized images of wild animals captive in zoos.
She asserts the idea of releasing the animals back into the wild, with the exception of the endangered species. To turn the zoo with the remaining animals into refuges where the environment is suited for them. With lots of space, freedom, and the ability to socialize with other animals.
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