Elephant Crack Up By Charles Siebert

The world is full of differences. From species to cell. No two person are the same, not even identical twins. Amidst all the differences between each other, the world is also full of similarities. Even though the differences between people is what makes them unique and beautiful, the world would prefer to focus on the similarities. With too much emphasis on similarities, the world can become oblivious to the differences present. With a sense of conformity, variety is then lost. Although emphasizing on the similarities between things in the world may result in the world being more open minded to others. Given that they have a sense of similarity towards others. This may also aid in the conclusion of a solution to problems. With an emphasis on
When it is known that the problems are similar, this leaves room for a person to not feel overwhelmed by the problem and cast it off as unsolvable. In fact they see that the situation is understandable, due to already having previous knowledge of the problem. In the story elephant crackup? The author, Charles Siebert, explains the similarity between an elephant and a human. He expresses that an elephant is practically a bigger version of a human. Their brain and emotional state is quite similar to that of a human. On page 355 it was stated that “When an elephant dies, its family members engage in intense mourning and burial rituals, conducting week long vigils over the body, carefully covering it with earth and brush, revisiting the bones for years afterward, caressing the bones with their trunks, often taking turns rubbing their trunks along the teeth of a skull’s lower jaw, the way living elephants do in greeting.” With this statement of elephant burial, the readers are able to interpret that the elephants are also emotionally attached to the dead as human are. With further studies of the elephant’s behavior the scientist were able to conclude that elephant needed a family to be stable. They learned from their elders just as human children do. With this knowledge the scientist knew how to solve the problem with the wayward elephants that they had encountered. On page 356 it was stated that, “When South African park rangers recently introduced a number of older bull elephants into several destabilized elephant herds in Pilanesburg and Addo, the wayward behavior — including unusually premature hormonal changes among the adolescent elephants — abated.” Just as the addition of a good elder is able to aid in the mental state and guidance of a human, the addition was able to aid in the elephant’s mental state and behavior. Knowing that the problem with the elephants is