The purpose of the male lion’s mane has long perplexed biologists. Because female lions roam in groups of three or four‚ and allow only one male to reside with them‚ competition between males is fierce. Rival males often fight to the death-with their enormous teeth and claws-to gain coveted access to a pride. This led many biologists - including Charles Darwin - to assume that the function of the thick manes was to make it harder for attackers to reach the vulnerable throat area. But over the years
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Hakuna Matata‚ what a wonderful phrase. It means no worries for the rest of your days. As in no worries defining an epic is easy right? Wrong. An epic encompasses such a small amount of today’s literature and modern day film. The Lion King starring Matthew Broderick is one of the most popular movies throughout the world and is most definitely an epic film. Defined by thescriptlab.com‚ an epic film is a genre that takes historical people and events and interprets them on a larger scale. An epic film
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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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All is Well in Land of “The Lion King” In the article‚ All’s Not Well in Land of “The Lion King‚” by Margaret Lazarus‚ the author over exaggerates an animated classic‚ investigating as to whether or not the movie is politically correct and morally right. The essay examines and stereotypes the movie‚ and comes to various misguided conclusions. Lazarus defines the hyenas and the lion‚ Scar symbolic‚ and declares that Disney already has gays and blacks ruining the “natural order.” She also draws to
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Optical Mouse Dissection For the “Take it Apart and Figure It Out” Project‚ Team Arsenic was given a wired optical mouse. The mouse brand was Onn‚ produced by Blue Trace Technology and sold by Wal-Mart. During the in-class part‚ we obtained a basic understanding of the workings of the mouse‚ but‚ to completely understand the operation of the mouse‚ we had to research the various parts individually since no blueprint for the mouse exists. After understanding the individual parts of the mouse‚ we
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I’ve just finished “The Chronicles of Narnia” and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’d like to share with you my feelings on the book. The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe is the second book in the series The Chronicles of Narnia out of the seven books written by C.S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis or C.S. Lewis for short wrote over 30 books. The six main characters are Lucy‚ Peter‚ Susan‚ Edmund‚ the White Witch‚ and Aslan. Lucy is the youngest of the four. Also‚ she is the one who discovered Narnia. Peter
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Jafrin Uddin Professor Jared Hayley English 120 3/24/13 Hamlet: Prince of Denmark and The Lion King Hamlet: Prince of Denmark tells the story of a young prince who wishes to avenge the death of his father‚ who is killed by his own brother. Four hundred years later‚ Walt Disney produced a movie called The Lion King (TLK) with almost the exact same storyline. Many can argue that Hamlet and TLK are complete parallels of each‚ but it can be suggested that although they share similarities through
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Clive Staples Lewis early life he was an atheist. He was distraught over the passing of his mother. Lewis was eventually converted to Christianity by some of his friends; shortly thereafter he began writing The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe. Christianity played a big role‚ as the story is an obvious allegory for the Bible. Christianity is well-rooted throughout the novel in the hero‚ who represents Jesus‚ and the stone table‚ which represents the cross. The character Aslan is a well-known representation
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paragraph‚ the writer wrote general statements about “Mickey Mouse” and then narrowed down to his/her opinion instead. What I understand by reading the introductory paragraph is that the writer assumes that “Mickey Mouse” is a bad influence towards the society and should be banned. A proper way to end this paragraph would be clearly by stating in what ways “Mickey Mouse” becomes a bad influence to the society or the basic reasons why “Mickey Mouse” should be banned and then explain it further in the upcoming
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Hamlet and Lion King Hamlet and the movie Lion King have many similarities. They are composed of the same storyline and have many of the same symbolisms. They both are about a royal family and the betrayal of the King’s death by their brother. It also holds in common the son and how he seeks revenge upon his father’s death. In comparing Hamlet and Lion King there are many differences too. One big difference is the son does not die in Lion King. Hamlet and the Lion King are great tragedies that forever
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