The story starts with a description of the zoo director. "He regards his animals simply as stepping stones of his career. He is careless about the educational value of his establishment." Being in a remote town the zoo is not funded and therefore was "lacking all the important animals"; basically all they had were surplus. Alas‚ the zoo’s anniversary is vast approaching‚ for they are getting an elephant! Instead of rejoicing the director was thinking of his career and decided to write a letter to
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Water Pollution Water – The Elixir of Life Can you imagine life without water? Take a minute and think about it. We need water for all our daily essential activities – drinking‚ bathing‚ cleaning… In fact‚ every living thing on this planet needs water Water pollution And what do we do with this vital resource? We take its all important ability – we all know that water can dissolve many of the thing that we dump in it – to make it a giant rubbish bin. In fact‚ we even throw things
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the essay‚ at the first sight of browsing through the title ”Shooting an elephant‚” it stroke me as an issue discussing the protection of extinct animals and what came to my mind is the impression of how human beings ravage the habitat of animals. With the story moving ahead‚ I assumed that the narrator would not yield to the external pressure he had been given. Nevertheless‚ it turned out that he eventually shot the elephant in a brutal and cruel way. What happens in the story? The story took place
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September 2013 Animal Farm Info./Explan. Essay Have you ever thought that if all the students at your school worked together to overthrow the whole staff‚ all would be equal? What if all the students with a 4.0 GPA took the lead? In the novel‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ a seemingly normal farm in England inhabits a group of animals preparing to rebel against the human race. With the hopes of gaining a world of freedom and equality‚ the animals make room for the cleverest animals‚ the pigs‚ to
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The Blind Men and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined‚ Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind)‚ That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant‚ And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side‚ At once began to bawl: "God bless me! But the Elephant Is very like a WALL!" The Second‚ feeling of the tusk‚ Cried‚ "Ho‚ what have we here‚ So very
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7/26/15 ENG 101 Response Analysis The reading‚ "Shooting an Elephant" takes place in Moulmein. He starts of the story in spectacle as to why the locals have so much hatred toward the Europeans when in all reality his main goal was only to help and protect the townspeople from any hurt‚ harm or danger that may come their way. In this story‚ the police officer’s duty was to respond to a report of the death of a man who was killed by a stray elephant. Upon approaching the dead man‚ he finds the man "lying
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revealed in “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell. In “Shooting an Elephant” the greed of the empire leads to its own downfall as well as to the loss of its humanity. The loss of the British Empire’s humanity is shown in the use of words that have animal imagery or connotations in connection to the Burmese‚ words such as cowed‚ cages‚ and beasts. These descriptions degrade the Burmese‚ stripping of them of their humanity and lowering them to the status of mere animals. The degrading of the Burmese
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inability to reproduce or maintain a sufficient steady state population. They are approaching a bottle neck that without involvement‚ nature will eliminate their existence on earth. Although humans seem to interfere and even initiate this decline of animal population‚ we ourselves are a product of nature‚ and if allowing extinction benefits the overall wellbeing of our species‚ then it is our natural obligation to allow such extinction to take place. Mosquitos are the largest human killers in the world
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The Elephant Man (Play) The Elephant Man opens with Frederick Treves‚ an up-and-coming surgeon‚ meeting his new employer Carr-Gomm‚ the administrator of the London Hospital. Ross‚ the manager of a freak show‚ invites a crowd on Whitechapel Road to come view John Merrick‚ the Elephant Man. Treves happens upon the freak show and is intrigued by Merrick’s disorder. He insists that he must study Merrick further; Ross agrees‚ for a fee. Treves then gives a lecture on Merrick’s anatomy‚ making Merrick
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Human Right - Children’s right to play Convention on the right if the child - article 31 Leisure‚ recreation and cultural activities The right of children to rest and leisure‚ engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to their age‚ and participation in cultural and artistic activities There are several other articles that support the right to play Article 2: Non-discrimination Respect‚ ensure and take appropriate measures to protect the rights of each child without discrimination
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