Animal Distress Calls: A Literary Analysis

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According to literacyprojectfoundation.org,”50% of adults cannot read a book written at an eighth grade level”(“Literacy Project Foundation”)That’s half the adults living in the USA!121,235,410 people that can’t even interpret a book in the eighth grade as of 2013!In the story “Animal Distress Calls” Julia decided to sneak off away from her school group after commotion started, after slipping through gates she found herself lost at the zoo. She went down a strange alley that was not open to zoo visitors following the path, she caught a glimpse of a mysterious building with lights on in the woods. Her adventure takes a crucial turn. Another wonderful story is “People Call Me Crazy” in this story Thatcher was startled at even the thought of water …show more content…
“Animal Distress Calls” and “People Call Me Crazy” have both similarities and differences such as, how the main character changes because of setting and the setting of the story at the climax and its importance to the plot.
There are many similarities and differences between “Animal Distress Calls” and “People Call Me Crazy” such as they both have the main character change because of the setting.When reading the story “Animal Distress Calls” Julia at the beginning changes greatly compared to Julia at the end. At the beginning Julia was insulting her mother, she shouted at her for forgetting to save the twelve dollars for the zoo field trip. When Julia was sneaking through gates and walking through allies by herself she seemed independent and felonious. When she met Josie her whole appearance flipped she was gentle and caring to the ill ostrich, she comforted it as long as she could. The author wrote, “I lay on my side, tile cool under my shirt. I hoped I’d get to spend the next quiet hours comforting this lonely and scared ostrich. Maybe my presence would help her rest, give her better odds in her surgery tomorrow.” (Schrefer 28)This …show more content…
But instead she saw stalls and a white rolling cart. As she peaked into each one of the stalls she saw nothing...until the last cell Julia saw a patchy white and black feathered creature with drooped wings. She was shocked at what she saw it was definitely a sick bird of some sort. Julia just couldn’t put her tongue on the animal. As a doctor wandered into the stall he explaind to Julia that this was an animal hospital and that Josie was a very sick momma ostrich. On page 27 it said,“ The missing feathers, the limp neck, the eyes like skim milk--this bird was sick. I knew I should leave, but something about the animal’s sad, simple face stuck my feet to the floor.” (Schrefer 17)This supports my claim because, the animal hospital setting is compelling to the plot because if Julia wasn’t at the animal hospital she wouldn’t meet Josie causing there to be no falling action or resolution. This would also cause there to be no theme because this moment that Julia experienced showed her inner kindness and would make the theme of the story be that you should comfort and care for people… and animals. The setting in “Animal Distress Calls” is much different than the
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