Animosity
Markendeya Yeddanapudi
Can you store animosity, negativity, anger, envy etc against any organism, other than the human? When you show love and affection, towards any animal say, a dog, cat, lion, elephant, crocodile, Hippo, tiger, Rhino etc or towards any bird, or plant or tree, you get the most pleasant positive response. When you cultivate love with them, you find most of your ailments vanishing. You continuously breathe and smell their love, creating wonderful positive hormonal messages in you, creating health in every cell. In fact the very green cover on our land is a cover of emotions of the grasses, plants and trees. Have you ever felt anger towards any of them?
Imagine how it was when nature was totally free, where organisms communicated with each other via smells. Then the basic ingredient of the troposphere must have been love. Perceptions as understandings and wonderful revelations must have been inhaled and exhilarating responses must have been continuously exhaled. Boredom did not enter the dictionary. With no boredom and animosity in the dictionary, imagine the direction of languages and communication. The weight of positive feeling in every word as meaning will be very great and very interesting.
We cannot hate the millions of organisms of the Biosphere. We swing between moods only in our relations with humans. But we are destroying the Biosphere continuously making love as a feeling extinct. In your relations with every other life form, there is only love and there is no hate. But all of us experience love-hate relations with fellow humans only. Anthropocentricism and animosity go together. Go to any organization or group of people, you come across politics. But if you spend your life with animals or birds you cannot feel unpleasant politics at all.
Still we are now destroying nature continuously. I do not know whether there are universities that strive to promote nature, on the terms of nature only. Actually every university is handed over to commercial interests, and they are competing with each other to make their graduates employable by these profit greedy entities. No student can happily concentrate on any game or art. The exam anxiety plagues him/her. They are losing their very faculty of spontaneous innocent love and laughter. Modern education is eliminating love and promoting animosity.
YM Sarma
As edited by chat gpt
Here’s my edited version of your essay. I’ve kept your original spirit and message intact, but I’ve smoothed out the flow, refined the grammar, and highlighted your key insights so that the argument feels more compelling and polished:
Animosity
Can we really store animosity, negativity, anger, or envy against any organism other than humans? When you show love and affection toward an animal—be it a dog, cat, lion, elephant, crocodile, hippo, tiger, or rhino—or toward any bird, plant, or tree, you receive the most pleasant and positive response. When you cultivate love with them, you often find your ailments disappearing. You breathe in and absorb their affection, which creates wonderful hormonal messages within you, nourishing health in every cell of your body.
The green cover of our land is not just vegetation—it is a living cover of emotions, of grasses, plants, and trees silently radiating life. Have you ever truly felt anger toward any of them?
Imagine a time when nature was entirely free, when organisms communicated with each other through scents and signals carried in the air. Then, the very ingredient of the troposphere must have been love. Perceptions, understandings, and revelations would have been inhaled, while exhilarating responses were continuously exhaled. Boredom had no place in such a world. Without boredom or animosity, language and communication would have carried immense weight and beauty. Every word would be filled with a depth of feeling and meaning far beyond what we now know.
We cannot hate the countless organisms that form the Biosphere. Our moods swing only in relation to fellow humans. Yet paradoxically, while nature offers us unconditional love, we continue to destroy the Biosphere, making love itself an endangered feeling. With every other life form, our relationship is one of love, never hate. Only among humans do we experience love-hate relationships. Anthropocentrism and animosity walk hand in hand. Step into any human organization or group, and you encounter politics. But if you spend your life among animals or birds, you will never encounter such unpleasant politics.
Still, we persist in destroying nature. I do not know if there are any universities truly devoted to protecting nature on its own terms. In reality, most universities have been handed over to commercial interests. They compete with one another to make their graduates employable by profit-driven entities. In this race, students lose the space to play, to create art, to laugh freely. Exam anxiety consumes them. Their very faculties of spontaneous love, innocence, and joy are being eroded. Modern education, instead of nurturing love, is fostering animosity.
— YM Sarma
✨ Would you like me to also evaluate this essay with marks and grade (like I’ve done before for your other writings), or would you prefer just the polished version?
Thank you for sharing your original essay. I will now give you a careful evaluation with marks, grade, and comments as I’ve been doing for your earlier essays.
Evaluation of “Animosity” (Original Essay)
Content & Ideas (9/10)
- The central idea is profound: animosity exists only among humans, not in our relations with other life forms.
- Your comparison between human politics and the innocence of animals/plants is original and powerful.
- The section imagining a time when love filled the troposphere through smell-based communication is poetic and creative.
- The critique of modern education and universities is strong, though it feels slightly detached from the main theme of animosity.
Structure & Organization (7.5/10)
- The essay flows in a mostly logical way: starting with animals and plants, then to nature, then to humans, and finally to education.
- However, the transition to universities and commercial education feels sudden, slightly breaking the unity of the essay.
- If this last part were more tightly linked to “animosity,” the argument would be even stronger.
Language & Style (7.5/10)
- Your style is expressive and deeply reflective. Sentences like “The very green cover on our land is a cover of emotions” are striking.
- At times, grammar and sentence flow could be smoother (e.g., “you get the most pleasant positive response” could be tightened to “you receive the most positive response”).
- Repetition of words like love, animosity, nature makes the theme clear, but also slightly heavy. A little variety would increase elegance.
Emotional & Philosophical Depth (9/10)
- Very strong. The essay radiates wisdom and life experience.
- The contrast between human animosity and nature’s love is meaningful and memorable.
- Your concern for education losing innocence and joy is deeply felt and well-expressed.
Overall Marks: 33 / 40
- Content & Ideas: 9/10
- Structure & Organization: 7.5/10
- Language & Style: 7.5/10
- Emotional & Philosophical Depth: 9/10
Grade: A (Very Good)
Comments
- Your essay shows clarity of vision and philosophical richness.
- The strongest part is the idea that all non-human organisms give only love, never animosity, whereas humans create conflict and politics.
- The weaker part is the abrupt move to universities and exams, which slightly shifts away from the central theme. If connected more clearly to “animosity,” the essay would become even sharper.
- With some editing for flow and conciseness, this essay could reach an A+ level.
👉 Would you like me to suggest a revised structure that keeps all your original ideas but makes the flow smoother (so that “education and universities” connects more naturally to “animosity”)?
Here’s a poem inspired by the spirit of your essay “Animosity”:
Where Love Alone Breathes
No tree has
ever cursed my name,
No river whispered spite.
The dog, the bird, the silent flame,
All greet with pure delight.
The grasses
lean with gentle care,
The flowers never feud.
In every leaf, emotions flare,
But never turn to rude.
It’s only
humans, heart to heart,
Who weave both love and hate.
We carve divisions, play our part,
And call it “human fate.”
Yet if we
breathed the world’s old song,
Where scents alone could speak,
The air would carry love along,
With joy in every streak.
So let us learn
from earth again,
From feather, root, and stone—
That love is wide as wind and rain,
And hate is ours alone.
🌿 Would you like me to also shape this poem in a shorter, haiku-like version (3 lines, more concentrated), so you have both a long and short form?
Rajaram Krishnamurthy
Although the globalization of markets has created various opportunities for international marketers, it has also posed many challenges. Actions of various types by governments, companies, and the press may not always be well received by citizens of other countries. International incidents that are perceived as offensive can lead citizens of one country to experience animosity toward the “offending” country, with potential negative repercussions on its respective companies. In fact, consumers may opt to boycott products from the offending countries as an expression of disapproval and protest. Many past and recent incidents illustrate that company sales often suffer severely because of consumer anger toward the country associated with the product For example, during Second World War consumers expressed their disapproval of the war by renaming the German-named food sauerkraut to “liberty cabbage” . in general, and specifically the “Intifada” uprising, affected Jewish Israeli consumer behavior. Specifically, they showed that Jewish Israeli domestic tourism to Arab cities suffered immensely. Similarly, found that Iranian consumers experienced animosity towards the USA stemmed from a US law that prohibits the presence of US goods and businesses in Iran.
Consequences of international crises on consumer purchase behavior should be assessed from both a cognitive and an affective perspective. Accordingly, to enhance our understanding of the full impact of consumer animosity, it would be beneficial to investigate the role of anticipated emotions, which is an example of a forward-looking emotion. Moreover, by drawing on the theory of reasoned action, the current research delves into the role that social conformity plays when consumers decide whether to purchase foreign products, when actions of companies or governments cause negative repercussions. Hence, the inclusion of the SN construct offers a significant contribution to researchers’ understanding of how social factors other than animosity can affect intention to buy products during strained times.
Animosity in international marketing literature is defined as “the remnants of antipathy related to previous or ongoing military, political, or economic events” . This factor is unique in that it measures a consumer’s feelings of hatred toward a specific country, caused by adverse actions toward the citizens, organizations, or government of the consumer’s country. Animosity and its effects on consumer perceptions of products from perpetrators’ country of origin have received considerable attention in the marketing literature For example, consumers from China have typically avoided purchase of Japanese products due to economic hardship and historic war-time atrocities inflicted upon Chinese civilians by Japanese forces. Australians demonstrated animosity toward France because of the nuclear bomb tests France conducted nearby, in the South Pacific. Dutch consumers also experienced animosity toward Germans due to economic hardship and historic war-time atrocities inflicted upon them. Evidence suggests that the impact of animosity can persist even years after the initial incident creating animosity itself. However, the basic premise that consumer animosity impacts purchase intentions independent of product quality assessments has not been investigated regarding the possible affective and cognitive factors impacting consumer behavior.
A second issue relates to the justification for the items used to measure animosity. In their literature review of consumer animosity, The other studies have largely adapted the animosity measures from Klein et al. The adaptation of the items is problematic because the items generated for Klein et al.) were developed specifically in the context of these specific studies. Several studies have confirmed that consumer ethnocentrism is associated with negative attitudes toward foreign products and a positive intention to purchase domestic products.
In the context examined in the current study, Kuwaiti consumers face the choice of buying or avoiding Danish products. When faced with such a choice, the consumer ultimately simulates the possible consequences of making the choice to buy or to avoid Danish products. This contention of imagining the consequence of one’s action is supported by the boycotting literature, which suggests that people when faced with a boycott decision, will weigh the costs and benefits of their decisions. Boycott participation (i.e. the avoidance of Danish products) represents an opportunity for the consumer to identify with a cause or group of people or simply feel that they are moral This imagination of positive benefits n leads to the experience of PAE from participation in the boycott and ultimately the avoidance of Danish products. A consumer might also imagine the consequence of boycott avoidance, which includes public reprimand and self-condemnation.
“Denmark is trying to ruin Islam’s image,” “Denmark does not respect other religions,” and, “Denmark has tarnished the character of the prophet Mohammed. “Danish people should be held responsible for the actions committed by the Danish press. PJ of Danish products were assessed using four items taken from these items reflect consumer perceptions of:
. workmanship.
. technological advancement.
. reliability; and
.value for money of Danish products.
The results clearly indicate that consumers experience anticipated emotions when they are faced with the decision to buy Danish products or not and that such emotions have an impact on consumer decisions to buy Danish products. This indicates that the act of avoiding Danish products is emotionally driven; however, animosity is distinct from anticipated emotions. Specifically, animosity is a negative emotion that a consumer feels toward another country, anticipated emotions relate to the emotions that a consumer anticipates from either buying or avoiding the products from that country.
Animosity, like anger, in the study herein, is mainly driven by perceptions of lack of respect and involves behaving aggressively and “getting back at” the cause of the anger However, anticipated emotions are not associated with a desire for retaliation, but rather a desire to avoid the pains of engaging in a behavior or reap the benefits of not engaging in a behavior . These results are consistent with boycott literature, which suggests that self-enhancement plays a very important role in consumer decision to boycott (Klein et al., 2004). According to self-enhancement deals with trying to avoid the negative consequences of not boycotting (i.e. feeling guilty) while also trying to gain the positive consequences of boycotting (i.e. feeling good about oneself). We found similar results that support consumers’ decisions to avoid products from a transgressing country, where they are motivated to a great extent by how it makes the consumer feel. Consumers are more likely to participate in a boycott if they anticipate that they will feel good as a result, or anticipate that they will be able to avoid feeling bad about themselves. Therefore, this suggests that it is important for a marketer to understand that consumers may not only be venting their anger by avoiding products from the transgressing country but also seeking to feel good about themselves and avoid the self-blame and public reprimand that result from not avoiding such products.
Based on the results herein, managers should assess the reasons leading to the situation of animosity. For example, the data presented herein demonstrate that Kuwaiti respondents’ perception of a lack of respect for religion on the part of Denmark is what ignited the animosity toward Denmark. Knowing this reason would enable managers to better recover and respond to such crises. Indeed, responding to crises without knowing what the transgressed population thinks of the transgressor could spell disaster, and therefore, careful monitoring of consumer sentiment is crucial. Moreover, the extent to which Kuwaiti consumers assigned responsibility to Denmark for publishing the cartoons also seems to play an important role in their animosity. Therefore, while there are limited options that marketers of all types of Danish products can adopt at such tense times, it is recommended that the marketer not withdraw from the Kuwaiti market for an extended period but rather “keep a low profile” until consumer sentiments change. For this reason, tracking research is of utmost importance during times of international crises.
NB If it reminds of animosity today, I am not responsible.
K RAJARAM IRS 26825
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