Michael & Prima [Last Meow Reflection]

1. One of the main points that the author makes is how people love their animals they will put them through various surgeries and treatments thinking that their "Quality of life" would remain the same afterwards. Another point that the author makes is that an unfortunate series of events could happen to any pet owner, rich or poor but the outcome is always different. The animal could either live or die, or be miserable or be put out of it's misery.

2.The use of pathos is very effective in the way the author describes the Levering's lifestyle. Mrs. Levering has lost her job and has been rear ended twice, Mr. Levering was recovering from Lyme disease and had just had sinus surgery. Even after going through all these dramatic misfortunes they have the will to try and pull together enough money to pay for Lady's $15,000 kidney transplant when they could just as easily put her down and put the money towards a house. Another sentence filled with pathos is when the author describes how Lady was anemic,asthmatic and congenitally blind.She was dropped at a local animal clinic at the age of six months.The last sentence we felt had a lot of pathos is when they describe a dog that has a grapefruit size growth hanging from her belly and a bleeding tumor.

3. The author has a very profound use of logos. The Levering's could use $15,000 that they don't really have to try and save a cats life or put the money towards a house. The vet tells the Levering's that she is a good candidate for the transplant but even with the transplant there are still risks such as clotting, internal bleeding, and dangerous drops in blood pressure.

4. We believe that pathos is a much stronger than logos because people love emotion more than logic. With emotion, people can relate if they have had a similar situation in their lives and even if they haven't experienced that situation the emotion still exists. When it comes down to love, people might start to think irrationally because love blinds us.

5. We agree with the author in his decision to have Lady get a Kidney transplant because when you love your pets you do what you can to keep them alive.We disagree with the author because in the end Lady ends up blind and unable to do much so her life trends have changed dramatically since the transplant.