Madness and the Freedom to Live: Into The Wild A young man‚ living in a comfortable civilized environment leaves society and all the benefits that he had behind him to build a new life. The novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer tells the story of a young man‚ Chris McCandless who had always believed his life ritual was based on mental knowledge. The existential mind of McCandless seemed to prove this statement true. His effort he put into his work was nothing compared to what would lie ahead on
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Almost each and every one of us has grown up with fond childhood memories of visiting the local zoo amongst family and friends. After all‚ where else can one see animals from all over the world in one place? In the midst of all the fun and enjoyment we have all experienced from zoos‚ we have failed to take into account the life of the things that we are so excited about seeing there – the animals. Each and every day‚ the animals enclosed in zoos for human entertainment are exposed to abuse‚ cruelty
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Whether or not to protect wild animals attracts much attention‚ which has never happened before. Some argues that the protection is a waste of money‚ for there is no enough place for people‚ not mention wild animal. As me‚ protecting animals is such a serious problem that we can’t shrug off lightly‚ instead‚ we should solve it as soon as possible. The animals have the equal right of living with human beings. Although Darwin said that “survival is fittest”‚ the real reason why the number of
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Is everything determined by fate? In my opinion‚ not everything is determined by our fate. I believe this because we have options to choose from. According to Epictetus our priority “is to adjust our attitudes to the inevitable events that occur outside our control and just accept what happens.” I agree with him because if it’s not in our control then we should just accept it. If it’s in our control we should consider all of our possibilities. Although‚ we will not know what really is “right”. What
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houldTopic: You are a member of your school’s debating club. Write a debating speech on the topic “Animals should never be kept in zoos”. You can either choose for or against the motion. Honorable adjudicators‚ Ladies and gentlemen‚ Today’s motion is “Animals should never be kept in zoos”. Our team totally oppose to the motion. Mind the word ‘never’ is used‚ which gives a very extreme meaning. Our opponents may say that animals come from nature. They deserve and have to live in their
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Edgar Vasquez Moose Attack No matter how trained‚ how experienced‚ or how focused one is‚ nothing‚ absolutely nothing can prepare you for the intense shock of seeing a six-hundred pound beast charging at you with all its might Moose are savage wild beast who do‚ and have attacked many people. One would have to be very lucky to survive being rammed‚ stomped‚ and tossed ten ft. in the air by a raging six-hundred pound moose
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My challenge it has been a rough and tough day in 2008 when i was 13 years old‚ the worst thing in my life happened to me.i was living in a small village called tokombiya with my family and we had many different kind of domestic animals in our home and I am the oldest one in my family that means I had to take full responsibility for all the domestic animals specially for the cows as they were more than the others and they need one person to look after them and protect them from
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Nowadays‚ a lot of animals live in zoos. Is it right or wrong to keep them in the zoos? The following essay presents some pros and cons of this problem. First of all‚ people can see wild‚ beautiful‚ exotic animals. They can see how animals live and behave. Secondly‚ animals have good life conditions in zoos. They do not starve because they have food and water. People take care of animals. Moreover‚ animals are safe. People do not kill them. Animals live as close to the natural habitat as possible
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Should wild animals be allowed to be kept as pets? After reading Wild Animals Aren’t Pets and Let People Own Exotic Animals (both by Zuzana Kukol) I think that you should not be able to own wild animals. This leads everyone to wonder: Should wild animals be allowed to be kept as pets? Wild animals are as their name says‚ wild. When something frightens them or they feel unsafe they will hurt‚ maul or even kill people. In Wild Animals Aren’t Pets they state‚ “In 2009‚ a 2-year-old Florida girl
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How would you feel if you were a special animal that was bought or raised to be hunted and killed where you’re not supposed to be? Exotic animals are often bought from zoos and/or raised to be hunted or killed in the Texas ranches. Not only is that cruel but the animals are also caged in during the hunt‚ as well as the hunting lasting year around due to there being no “closed season”. Zoos usually give up or sell their exotics to the Texas hunting ranches. “We certainly do buy zoo surplus animals
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