Mountain Lions Have Returned: Can We Make Room For Them? By Jacob Kay Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that mountain lions are in trouble‚ and that we need to address their current situation‚ and help where it is needed. Thesis: Societies are increasingly endangering cougar’s lives as well as their own by continuously infringing more and more on their territory. Intro I. (Attention Getter) On January 8th 2004‚ a female bike rider was attacked by a mountain lion who proceeded
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Lion Population decreasing rapidly Lion deaths have been at an all-time high lately. Lion’s existence is becoming less likely in parts of Africa. “Recent studies on African lion population show that about three-quarters of Africa’s savannah has disappeared over the past 50 years”‚ (Evans para 4.) As the years have passed the deaths of lions have become so much more popular. They have become popular now because the deaths are not due to a natural life cycle. There are only a few lions left in the
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When studying a novel it sometimes helps to look at the language used in a specific passage. In the novel In The Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje‚ this approach is extremely helpful. It will help you better understand the characters and give you a clearer idea of what the author is trying to say. Within the novel‚ the passage entitled “The Skating Scene‚” where Patrick observes the loggers skating late at night‚ is stylistically interesting. By looking at metaphors‚ symbolism and
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There are several biblical concepts found in the Lion King however‚ this essay will be focusing on the correlation in the Lion King and the prodigal son. Simba‚ the main character in the lion king can be compared to the wayward son in the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32. In the opening scene‚ we encounter Simba as a baby cub when he is presented to all the animals in Pride Land. Simba literally grows up in front of us‚ three different actors represent Simba namely‚ young Simba‚ teenage
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Significance of Honesty Michael Ondaatje a Sri Lankan born Canadian novelist and poet is known for his writings The English Patient‚ In the Skin of a Lion and his many poems. During In the Skin of a Lion he adopts the cubist approach to the novel by breaking the story up into fragments each told from their own point of view. Each fragment is a memory taken from the characters to express their voice. The collections of vignettes not only give their authors honest opinion of their actions and their
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The Cowardly Lion‚ in The Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baym‚ had already had courage‚ even though he had thought that was what he’d been lacking. To begin‚ the Cowardly Lion first had courage once he had came out from hiding to threaten Dorothy and her friends‚ which takes courage to do in the first place‚ even though he had scared himself while doing it. After he had scared them‚ the lion decided to follow the trail with Dorothy‚ even though he had not known what was going to happen. This part
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Many perceive The Lion King‚ Disney’s most successful movie to date‚ as Disney’s only original movie; the only movie not previously a fairy tale from one country or another. This‚ however‚ is not the case. While The Lion King seems not to be biased on a fairy tale‚ it is in fact strongly based on the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Disney writers cleverly conceal the basic character archetypes and simplified storyline in a children’s tale of cute lions in Africa. To the seasoned reader‚ however
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In The Lion‚ the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis‚ 1950/2005‚ Chapter 5‚ p. 24)‚ Lucy excitedly tells Peter and Susan that there is indeed a country that can be accessed through the wardrobe. She mentions that she meets Edmund in the woods and turns to Edmund to backup her story. This portrays her trust towards him as a brother to help her prove to Susan and Peter that what she said is real. However‚ instead of helping Lucy‚ Edmund decided to let her down. He mocked makes fun of her and says that are
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I read The Cowardly Lion and The Hungry Tiger written by L. Frank Baum. This story is about a city which was ruled by a princess and the princess was guarded by two great beast known as the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger. The character in this story that caught my admiration is the Hungry Tiger. Firstly‚ this character is job conscious as well as an attention seeker. This aspect of hers can be seen in the text where the Hungry Tiger and her friend the Cowardly Lion recognizes the fact that
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Lion‚ a text written by Saroo Brierley is based on his story and experiences on his journey from his home country in India to his now home‚ Australia. The story shows how Brierley belonged to various places in life including his first home in India until he was 5‚ and then eventually moving to his new home in Australia where he lived and is living the rest of his life. Brierley also belonged to a range of people and had two families‚ both his real Indian family‚ Kamla‚ Kallu‚ Gudu and Shekila‚ as
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