ZEYNEP YALCIN ‘’THE LADY OR THE TIGER?’’ CHARACTERS Main Characters: The King; he is a semi-barbaric king who has the authority and the power of his kingdom. His system of judging the criminals is based on an arena that he built on his land. This arena has two doors that lead to accused person freedom or to a terrible death. In the story‚ he punishes the young man who falls in love with her daughter and also he punishes her daughter by putting her lover to the arena and letting her watch
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The significance of the Darkness and the Light in the book The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The contrast between the Darkness and the Light is often mentioned in this book. The darkness is described as the poor and miserable areas of the rural India‚ while the light is the opposite. In the light there are often flourishing cities crawling with entrepreneurs and hard workers. In The White Tiger one gets to follow Balram Halwai’s journey from the darkness to the light. Needless to say‚ India
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It is a desperate time for the world’s tigers. There were once a lot of these majestic creatures throughout eastern and southern Asia. Now‚ wild tigers live only in small areas of India‚ China‚ eastern Russia‚ and a few other countries. Conservationists have been working for decades to save the big cats but the number of wild tigers continues to drop. There were an estimated 100‚000 tigers living in the wild a century ago‚ compared with no more than 5‚000 today. Now‚ a new conservation idea is being
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The Bengal Tiger The Bengal tiger is a carnivorous‚ mammal primarily from India. It lives in habitats such as the coniferous Himalayan Forest‚ the mangroves of the Sunderbans‚ the hills of the Indian Peninsula‚ or the forests of Rajasthan and Northern India. At one time Bengal tigers were scattered throughout Asia. Now they are generally found in India and some regions of Bangledesh‚ Bhutan‚ Nepal‚ and Myanmar. There is approximately 4‚000 alive in the wild now‚ and about 300 are in captivity
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focused project like ’Project Tiger’. The important elements in wildlife protection and control are: Mapping/Plot (graphics)plotting the relative spatial abundance of wild animals‚ identification of risk factors‚ proximity to risk factors‚ ’sensitivity categorization’‚ ’crime mapping’ and immediate action for apprehending the offenders based on effective networking and communication. Six countries‚ including Russia and China‚ have sought India’s help to replicate Project Tiger‚ one of the most successful
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world’s most majestic animal to the verge of extinction. ABOUT TIGERS The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species‚ reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb). They are the third largest land carnivore (behind only the Polar bear and the Brown bear). Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur. There are nine subspecies of tiger‚ three of which are extinct. Their historical range in Bangladesh
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debut novel‚ The White Tiger‚ won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. He was born in Madras on 23rd October 1974. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize‚ after Salaman Rushdie‚ Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.He began his journalistic career as a financial journalist‚ interning at the Financial Times. He was subsequently hired by TIME‚ where he remained a South Asia correspondent for three years before going freelance. During his freelance period he wrote The White Tiger. Adiga’s second book‚
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Royal Bengal Tiger The Royal Bengal Tiger‚ once known as the reigning feline of Asia‚ are now on the brink of extinction. This beautiful species is quickly disappearing due to human activity. Land development has pushed back forestry‚ which is making it almost impossible for tigers to survive in their range of natural habitat. Additionally‚ even though it’s illegal to own‚ hunt or trap tigers‚ poachers continue to trap and sell tiger parts on the black market. Furthermore‚ tigers are being separated
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Asian Tigers Econ 1 10:30-11:20 In the 1960’s 4 economies started experiencing very fast economic growth. Economic growth is an increase in the total output of an economy. It occurs when a society acquires new resources or when it learns to produce more using existing resources. These 4 economies include South Korea‚ Taiwan‚ Singapore‚ and Hong Kong. All the Asian tigers had different reasons for how they got to be the economy
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Wastebasket of The Sea The Tiger shark‚ also known as the “wastebasket of the sea”(National Geographic)‚ is the fourth largest predatory shark in the ocean‚ measuring between twenty and twenty five feet long and can weigh more than 2000 pounds. They have dark‚ vertical stripes on their bodies which is the reason they are named tiger sharks. According to National Geographic‚ these stripes fade lighter as the shark grows older‚ and eventually disappears with age. The head of the tiger shark is somewhat wedge-shaped
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