The numerous problems of a cat going outdoors Sub argument: (2) Multiple medical diseases outdoor living cats can get (3) Awareness of the trend (making cats socially unacceptable) natural wildlife‚ is in decline‚ cats have a significant blame (4) Cats are driving wildlife to extinction Premises: Premises + sub-argument (2) = (5) Cornell University in Massachusetts‚ scientists reported a case where a cat turned up infected with a worm found in raccoons. (6) Cats are three to four times more
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What is Rain? Rain‚ Rain‚ go away‚ come back another day we all remember singing that as children. Back in those days‚ rain just meant we could not play outside. What is rain though? To some it is the spherical combination of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. To others rain means a bad hair day. Many people don’t have a specific definition of rain; others have different meanings because of different backgrounds. To me rain evokes emotions. Rain makes me think gloomy‚ depressed thoughts
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Colleen Chatcavage English 121 Dr. Kika Dorsey 3/18/12 Cats vs. Dogs There comes a time in most people’s lives when they decide upon choosing a pet for their household. Whether it should be a fish‚ bird‚ rodent or reptile‚ many push those ideas aside and choose the most common household pet; a cat or a dog. Dogs and cats share many interesting characteristics‚ but inside they are completely opposite animals. Each has its own attitude‚ needs and habits. Once you understand these differences
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The Black Cat Question 1. What are the conflicts in “The Black Cat”? (What types of conflict‚ moral‚ intellectual‚ or emotional do you see in this story? There are many conflicts in “The Black Cat”. The narrator likes animals‚ and he loves his wife‚ but he killed them because he is an alcoholic. The killing of the black cat and his wife by the narrator are two example of physical conflict. When the man sobered on the second day‚ he feels guilty about the killing of Pluto‚ but he killed the second
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Singin’ In The Rain The author wrote this play for entertainment purposes‚ and also to depict Hollywood’s transition from silent films to "talkies". Though there doesn’t really seem to be any important messages or meanings to the play‚ I felt that the main message behind the play is that things are not always what they seem to be‚ and this was displayed multiple times throughout the play. Don Lockwood and Lena Lamont were thought to be together because of propaganda. Lockwood and his love
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March 28‚ 2014 ACID RAIN ENVIRONMENAL EFFECTS What is acid rain? It’s a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic‚ meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have harmful effects on plants‚ aquatic animals and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide‚ which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids. The most obvious environmental effect of acid rain has been the loss of
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Cat Scratch Disease Sarah Hall Section 321 Professor Augustin June 20‚ 2011 Cat scratch disease is a bacterial infection that causes the swelling of lymph nodes‚ due to a scratch‚ lick‚ or bite of a cat. Forty percent of cats carry the bacteria in their saliva at some point in time in their lives. Cats that carry the disease usually do not show any signs of illness. Most people contract the disease after being scratched or bitten. More than 90% of people who contract it had contact with cats
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seize my focus on the characters Wendy and Peter in “The Veldt”‚ as well as the narrator in “The Black Cat”. Characters in “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury with Wendy and Peter‚ and in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” narrator all perceive their characters with distorted senses of reality. Their perceptions can drive them so crazy that all their beliefs seem like fact. The narrator from “The Black Cat” exhibits the most distorted sense of reality as he has done the worst crimes and was rewarded with the
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Throughout both Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories‚ The Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat‚ he uses symbols. The symbols in both stories relate to each other and can also be compared and contrasted. The similar symbols such as the sound of the beating heart and the sound of the cat meowing are similar symbols‚ showing guilt and paranoia. Both their guilt and paranoia end up getting the best of them‚ as in the end‚ their guilt and paranoia get them caught for their killings. On the contrary‚ the sound
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Many species of animals live in the Amazon Rain Forest. The rain forest itself‚ covering nearly 40 percent of South America‚ contains one in every ten species known on earth (“World’s” 1). Around 500 species of mammals‚ 475 reptiles‚ and one third of the world’s birds live in the Amazon. Although they all live in the same general area‚ animals have different habitats‚ diets‚ and life spans. A few of the many animals are the Scarlet macaw‚ Anaconda‚ Giant Amazon River Turtle‚ and the Howler Monkey
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