Human Right - Children’s right to play Convention on the right if the child - article 31 Leisure‚ recreation and cultural activities The right of children to rest and leisure‚ engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to their age‚ and participation in cultural and artistic activities There are several other articles that support the right to play Article 2: Non-discrimination Respect‚ ensure and take appropriate measures to protect the rights of each child without discrimination
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Water for elephants irp The story water for elephants is told from a series of memories of Jacob Jankowski as a 93 year old man that is in a nursing home. in 1931 a woman named Catherine hale is taunting him Jacob thinks to himself how he’s still a virgin even though he is about to graduate and he is ashamed of it.The class got interrupted by the school dean who pulls jacob out of the class with something eagerly important to tell him. The dean tells him that both his parents have died and just like
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the article “Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk”‚ and the passage “Elephants Know When They Need A Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” they both talk about how the elephants try to achieve a collective goal. The elephants worked with a helping trunk to test and achieve this goal and the mahouts‚ or elephant trainers would test how the elephants use their cooperative skills. Their task was to use their and rope-pulling skills and work together as a team. Overall‚ in the article “Elephants Can Lend A
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appearance‚ the most common type of lion is the African lion. The African lion has the genus species Panthera (panther‚ leopard) leo (lion). Panthera leo has the common name lion and comes from the felidae family. Panthera leo is in the mammali class and has the order carnivora(Bush Gardens‚ 1996). Lions live in sub-Saharan Africa in grasslands and semi-arid plains in prides which is a group of lions that live in the same area and share hunting duties(Bush Gardens‚1996). Lions are the only truly social
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October 7‚ 2011 Water for Elephants Approach Paper I. Summary Paragraph: Sarah Gruen’s Water for Elephants is an account of ninety-something year old Jacob Jankowski’s life‚ both in the present day‚ where he resides in a nursing home‚ unhappy with his living conditions and the old age that has robbed him of his freedom‚ and through flashbacks of when he was young‚ traveling with the circus. Just a few days away from getting his veterinary degree from Cornell University‚ Jacob’s mother and
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George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant George Orwell writes of his experience in British-ruled India in the early twentieth century as a sub-divisional police officer in the sovereign Southeast Asia state of Burma. His essay presents a powerful theme of inner conflict. Orwell’s strong inner conflict lies between what he believes as a human being and what he should do as an imperial police officer. Orwell immediately claims his perspective on British imperialism saying that it is evil and that he
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Blind Men and the Elephant poem by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined‚ Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind)‚ That each by observation Might satisfy his mind The First approached the Elephant‚ And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side‚ At once began to bawl: “God bless me! but the ElephantIs very like a wall!” The Second‚ feeling of the tusk‚ Cried‚ “Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp
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Shooting an Elephant Life unexpected choices we’re forced to make‚ for the fear that one bad decision may have everlasting effects. In "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell‚ is set at a time during the 1800’s when the country of Burma was overruled and the British imperialist rule took over. Orwell expresses his internal battles when he recalls an event that changed him forever‚ how his pride was influenced by other forces and the true symbolism of the effect of imperial control. The first thing
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Hills like elephants The short story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway has a lot to do with making decision in a relationship. The story shows problems within a relationship and a lack of communication between a couple. Throughout the story‚ the couple is trying to argue about having an abortion. The couple has different mindset than each other‚ because of which they don’t agree with each other. The hills symbolize two different situations that the pregnant girl is faced with. Both
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The desire for power can lead to the person’s physical death‚ as shown in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and it can also lead to the death of metaphorical aspects of the person‚ such as their humanity which is revealed in “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell. In “Shooting an Elephant” the greed of the empire leads to its own downfall as well as to the loss of its humanity. The loss of the British Empire’s humanity is shown in the use of words that have animal imagery or connotations in connection to the
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