September 2013 Syndrome X and the Silverback Gorillas That’s when it happened. Nothing made Dad suffer more than my syndrome being triggered. I’d stop looking people in the eye‚ and become detached‚ spacy. If there was something to chew on I’d chew on it‚ didn’t matter if it was my nails or the drawstring from the hood on my sweatshirt. Sometimes I tasted blood‚ I chewed so much‚ or if it wasn’t blood‚ something salty. What really got Dad was my silence‚ how I could go for days‚ weeks‚ as long
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stuck with me throughout my life. Never judge a book by its cover. It’s a great saying because as I got older it became more and more relevant to my life. Yet‚ besides in my life‚ it is also very relevant in this poetry essay. I say this because the two animals that we are dealing with can easily be judged. A bear and a gorilla‚ not the most two happy go lucky animals. Although‚ you must take the time to actually understand them first. Now‚ the reason I chose the gorilla as my animal is because I feel
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Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Each year‚ over seven hundred and fifty thousand teenage girls become pregnant. Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is slowly falling‚ there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States‚just the United States alone. Teenage pregnancy maybe very common nowadays but there are many causes and effects of it. The very first and main cause of teenage pregnancy is peer pressure. D uring adolescence
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species of animal that is at risk of extinction. Do you ever wonder what kind of animals that are endangered? There are multiple of animals that are endangered and one of them is the Western Lowland Gorilla. The Western Lowland Gorilla is found in Africa (Earth’s Friends). The Western lowland gorilla is one of the most recognized wild animals around the world (Earths Friends). This incredible subspecies is native to Africa; however‚ they can be found worldwide in zoo exhibits (Earth’s Friends). It
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Nothing could sound more out of the ordinary than the title of Zack McDermott’s memoir: Gorilla and the Bird. Who could relate to the relationship between a looming‚ hairy‚ bipolar‚ gorilla of a man and a resilient‚ witty‚ selfless bird of a mother? How could an audience understand the pain and confusion that accompanies the diagnosis of bipolar disorder? Despite countless unusual life experiences‚ McDermott weaves the tapestry of his own life while incorporating collective threads from every reader
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The overall intention of this ad is to inform readers about the dangers of deforestation in the environment. The ad creates a sympathetic persona. Having the beheaded gorilla on the tree‚ this advertisement quickly persuades the viewer to express sympathy for the wildlife damaged and agree with the company’s message. The beheaded gorilla and her child laying in their natural habitat is a powerful‚ saddening‚ and upsetting image. The company wants their viewers to feel as if they could prevent situations
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On March 2‚ 1991 a high speed police chased turned into a brutal police beating of the intoxicated Rodney King. Rodney King was driving down the 210 freeway at 12:30 AM when Tim and Melanie Singer spotted him. They pursude him at speeds of up to 117 miles per hour. King eventually went up a ramp and stopped at the intersection of Osbourne and Foothill Boulevard‚ where three more cop cars that were holding Laurence Powell‚ Timothy Wind‚ Theodore Briseno‚ Rolando Solano‚ and Sergeant Stacy Koon‚ showed
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By now everyone has heard of the 3 year old boy that managed to climb his way into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati zoo. Fearing for the boy’s life‚ zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill the 400-pound silverback gorilla named Harambe. I’m not here to discuss whose fault it was or even if it was necessary‚ everyone else is doing that. What I am more interested in is people’s reaction to it. Several questions occurred to me. Why is it that people’s first reaction was not exaltation
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The gorilla is the bulkiest member of the primate family; an adult gorilla may grow up to 1.8m high (although they seldom stand fully upright). There are three species of gorillas recognized worldwide. The most common race‚ the western lowland gorilla is not present in Uganda but an estimated 40000 live in the rainforests of west and central Africa. The endangered eastern lowland gorilla is restricted to patches of forests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The most threatened specie is the
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My Endless Love for My Family Someone once said‚ "Love is the answer everyone seeks. Love is the language every heart speaks." Funny isn’t it? Although every country‚ every city‚ every individual is so completely and utterly different in thousands of ways‚ we all have one common desire. Love we crave the experience‚ even when there is no one to experience it. It’s many a time’s said that love is even created by people it was never meant to be found with. Purely and solely because‚ from day one the
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