instance‚ in ancient Taiwanese culture‚ people used to dress feather skirt and put feather on their head to show that they are blessed by the mountain goddess. My father told me that my great-great-grandfather used to wear feather skirt every time he went out hunting; he said the mountain goddess will bless him if he wears that feather skirt and feather on his head. As Lurie wrote “A necklace of shark’s teeth or a girdle of cowrie shells or feathers serves the same purpose as a prayer or spell‚ and may
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A friend of mine owns a bird who cannot fly. She had adopted the bird as their first pet bird‚ having no previous experience as an owner. After doing some research on the internet‚ she decided to keep the bird flighted‚ because she’d read several articles stating that it was morally wrong to clip an animal that was created for flight. She loved the bird immensely‚ it meant everything to her. Then‚ one day‚ while flying around the house‚ the bird hit a window‚ breaking its wing. The owner rushed to
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the person she is underneath the skin. This is also apparent from the line which reads‚ “Skin is not touched a gray tunnel of singleness‚ feather lost from the tail of a bird” (Nye 2-3). Because people haven’t taken the time to get to know her‚ Nye feels extremely lonely. Without making real connections with people she walks around unnoticed like the feathers which are swept off the tail of a bird. The poet continues to stress this point of exteriority by writing "but skin felt it was never seen
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over the veil‚ chains and the cage door‚ which shows that men‚ and especially rich men like Curly and his father are the most powerful‚ have the most freedom in the novel‚ and are the ones who trap and confine other less powerful people. Bird’s feathers in the cage are a metaphor for Curley’s wife who is like a confined bird‚ and the
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peacocks carefully choose their mate according to size‚ color‚ and quality of their colorful feathers. Likewise‚ my peers say that I am an intelligent individual because of my grasp on learning‚ hard work‚ and dedication. I have a good memory and once I learn something‚ I learn how to apply it. Furthermore‚ I choose my “mate” based on certain qualities as well. Confident- The colorful tail of feathers is fanned out in order to show dominance and to attract a mate. Peacocks are known to be “proud”
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and was commonly used in the 1700s as a punishment for any wrongdoing. If this happened in the present people would regard it as bizarre and very cruel‚ but back then it was very common to see as a punishment. The colonists were so eager to tar and feather someone because they wanted to make an example of them‚ and to publically humiliate the wrongdoer. In the 1700s there was little to no patience for causing a disruption in public and they wanted everyone to know that. The tarring and feathering
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creatures gather before sunrise about the tree of the tzidikel bird. As the sun reaches the tops of the trees‚ its rays shine down through the canopy and the tzidikel opens its wings in full glory. A panorama of colors glisten and sparkle in its feathers‚ dancing in the sunlight like so many magical stars and fairies to entertain the bird’s delighted audience. Each morning is a more glorious spectacle than the day before. Each morning all the creatures ahhh and ooh in wonder. All this occurred every
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THE CURIOUS BOBBING‚ FLAPPING and weaving displays of birds of paradise have enthralled twitchers for decades. These avian theatrics are performed by more than three dozen species‚ found mostly in rainforest regions of New Guinea‚ Indonesia and northern Australia. The extravagant dancing and elaborate costumes are a mating strategy used by the brightly coloured males to display their virility to females. The aim is to attract as many females as possible in order to sire many offspring says Dr
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Academy of Science revealed that pigeons can learn to recognize words. Through steady training‚ the pigeons were able to learn how to recognize shapes and words. It took over eight months of training‚ but four birds were able to distinguish four letter words from non-words‚ such as “very” and “vrey” or words with additional letters that misspelled them. In cases like this‚ pigeons’ performance is more similar to humans than to baboons’ performance. Ultimately‚ the four pigeons learned to differentiate between
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Brent Staples‚ “Just walk on By” First of all‚ this guy is a jerk. He intentionally tried to scare other people by intimidating them in a game he called “Scatter the Pigeons”‚ where he would stalk white female pedestrians until they ran away from him. (http://www.answers.com/topic/brent-staples). He would dress and act in an intimidating manner to create fear in other people‚ then blame the fear on their racial prejudice because he is black. Overall the initial question or issue seems to be
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