Wednesday, July 1, 2009

About the book "Freddy in Peril" by Dietlof Reiche

My favorite part of the book is the ending when Prof. Fleishkoph, the person who wanted to dissect Freddy's head, goes insane on TV saying animal experiments aren't forms of animal cruelty and are right to do. Freddy is a golden hamster who knows to read and write on a computer. Unlike other scientists, Prof. Fleishkoph believes that golden hamsters with nerves connecting two halves of the brains should be able to read and write. In order to prove his theory, he kidnapped Freddy and wanted to dissect Freddy to identify the nerve fibers when he finds a story written by Freddy posted on the internet. Freddy excaped from the mad professor with the help of John, his owner, Linda the reporter, and Gregory the older brother of Freddy's previous owner. The professor and Linda went on a TV debate about animal experiments. He defended the animal tests because he thinks that animal tests advance science. He used Freddy as an example. However, Linda argued that animal experiments are cruel and the nerve-fiber thing is a pipe-dream. Then, the professor accused Linda of stealing Freddy from him. Nobody believed what the professor said, so he started yelling and shouting. The guards had to take him off the media. I like this part because it was funny how the professor went insane. I also like the real world controversty link.