These woods‚ they’re not normal. Something is off about this place‚ and I can’t figure out what. I’ve lived in Washington for all my life‚ and I never thought the Tiger Mountain Forest would be this creepy. I live on my own‚ and there are things here that attack me. The only things that don’t hurt me are the voices‚ I don’t know where they come from‚ but they’ve been with me for years‚ even before I started living here. Life here isn’t the best‚ each day is a fight for food‚ for water‚ and for sanity
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Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver is a poem which‚ as with other poems she has written‚ connects things in nature to human experience and feeling. The first line held my full attention saying "I thought the earth remembered me‚" as I did not know at first why Oliver included the word thought. After closer examination and re-reading responses to this poem from Discussion Number 1‚ I came to the conclusion that this line could be talking about some sort of death‚ or what happens in the mind directly
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Some things in our culture are real‚ while other things were formed into our reality based on ideas that people invented and somehow embedded in our norms‚ values‚ and beliefs. In Allan Johnson’s book The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life‚ Practice‚ and Promise‚ Johnson makes a claim to this idea that I completely agree with. Johnson States that “Most of what we take for “reality” consists not of things as they “really” are‚ but of ideas people have developed about things as they think they
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In his lecture “This is water” David Forest (2005) by an example with fishes illustrates the real goal of liberal arts education. He claims that the most important part of it is not to obtain knowledge but to understand a way to think. He recommends being more attentive about what is concealed around us as in the given example water for young fishes. He explained that mostly people unconsciously believe in something without even hesitating or considering the fact that they might be wrong. As he explained
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The animal I would like to speak about in the Deciduous Forest would have to be the White Tailed Deer.The White Tailed Deer is à mammal that is à herbivore‚ the White Tailed Deer stomachs only allow them to ingest certain foods. The foods they can eat are twigs‚ leaves‚ fruits‚ nuts‚ grass‚ corn and many more. The “white tailed” refers to the backside of the tail which displays when on à high alert. White tailed deer are mostly found in North America from Southern Canada to Central America. These
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having successful careers‚ managing the home‚ anger‚ and having friends to lean on during hard these times. It also has a great soundtrack composed by Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 romance and dramatic film directed by Forest Whitaker. The film is based on the novel‚ also titled Waiting to Exhale‚ by author Terry McMillan. It centers around four black women living in the Phoenix‚ Arizona area all trying to find the same thing‚ a successful and happy relationship. The characters
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reader must closely examine the style of the poem in order to comprehend the text better. In the poem ‘Ode to Enchanted Light’ by Pablo Neruda‚ the poet uses different types of style to create a pleasant image of his poem. In the poem ‘Sleeping in the Forest’ by Mary Oliver‚ the poet uses figurative language and sound devices to create a well organized and meaningful poem. When comparing poems a reader must always examine the text and look for specific word choice‚ sound devices‚ and form of structure
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commit and support animal right activist.” There are some organizations that participate in it such as ELF and ALF. ELF stands for the Earth Liberation Front. The most notorious action of ELF comprise of burning a ski resort‚ terminate the office of a forest product company and blow up the university labs. In January‚ The members of ELF blew up a building trailer parked at the university of Minnesota caused $40‚000 (Gassett‚ 2012). Moreover‚ ALF or Animal Liberation Front has been launched in order to
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Failure of Community Forest Based Management in Vietnam Introduction Prior the early 1990s‚ top down model of forest management with dominant control of government over the forest had been applied in developing countries (Tole 2010‚ p.1312). As the paradigm resulted in negative economic and environmental outcomes‚ it has replaced by decentralisation with different levels including community based forest management (CBFM). In theory‚ CBFM can strengthen democratisation of forest management by empowering
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Topic # 3 Compare and Contrast "Genesis" and "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest"‚ Looking at both myth and short story. Although there are many similarities present‚ a distinct difference is made between "Genesis" and "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" in that "Genesis" is a mythical narrative while "Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest" is an adaptation of a mythic story (Adam and Eve) in the form of a short story. When comparing and contrasting these two stories we see similarities
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