“As much as we would like to understand animals on a deeper pop culture level, we can only understand them in terms of our own experiences, language and emotions, and interpreted within our social context, historical and cultural contexts. The only way we can understand animals is to recognize that “when we look at animals we hold a mirror up to ourselves” (Corbett, 176). Messages about animals are brought to us by the pop culture industry, whose job is to create, spread, and sell meaning. In most cases, they are not selling you a moose, but, for example, what a moose means to you: the characteristics and qualities that you and most people associate with that species. Based on the common meanings presented to us from an early age, animals are the perfect symbol of shorthand communication. We use animals as tools, metaphors, and symbols for much of our expressions and ideas” (Corbett, 179). For years, animals have been at the center of our world; “the lives of animals and humans have been inextricably intertwined” (Corbett, 178). Therefore, based on the close relationship between animals and humans throughout history, in my opinion animals have been used in all cultures to reflect the nature of humanity, symbolizing social and individual characteristics. Animal traits are very simple to observe and recognize, while human behavior is more complex and difficult to describe. Animals are familiar creatures to us, silently encouraging the projection of people's emotions and attitudes onto them. Animals can be used and, as we have recently learned, are used to convey profound dimensions of human feelings and ideas. When I think of animals, their representation and their symbolism in our society, I immediately think of animals...... middle of paper ...... in this piece, it would be to immerse myself in the search for the answer to this: the fact that there I think there is something very clever to be said about a company using an animal to talk to its potential customers, but are we really sure what it is? Are we sure what to say about a company that listens and responds to spokespersons? Perhaps we find them more credible than spokespersons. Really? Works Cited Corbett, Julia B. Communicating Nature: How We Create and Understand Environmental Messages. Washington, DC: Island, 2006. Print.2. “The Top Seven Animal Symbols Used by Company Name Generators.” Submitting Articles to Ezine - Submit your best quality original articles for massive exposure, Ezine publishers receive 25 free reprints of articles. Network. 05 December. 2010. .