that is often looked at with fear is the wolf. The wolf is a dangerous animal but what a wondrous site to watch a wolf hunting for food with its muscular body‚ piercing eyes‚ and amazing sense of smell. The wolf is a very skilled hunter and is able to find food with great skill. Among some Indian tribes the wolf is regarded as a protector and should be protected. The wolf is a meat eater and successful hunter. With fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood the wolf is thought of with fear and with the
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Wolf Packs: Wolves are one of the most intelligent and impressive animals in the world. They are highly social animals that depend mostly on each other to survive and thrive. Wolf packs can sometimes swell up to 20 or more members! However‚ having many members is not always an advantage. It means that they have to provide even more food to keep the pack going. Every single wolf in a pack has a job. Every wolf has a status and something that they should be busy with. If one was to look at it in
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Niki Caro directed the film ’The Whale Rider’. She has used a number of cinematic techniques in this film to create atmosphere and sometimes show what the character is feeling. These three well-used techniques are camera shots‚ lighting and sound and dialogue. By using these techniques Niki has created a film that is emotionally connected to the viewers. Firstly‚ Niki Caro has used lighting incredibly well in this film. For some scenes in the film the lighting effects used gives us an insight into
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Many people are not who they actually appear to be. In the book Brisingr‚ by Christopher Paolini‚ Eragon‚ a Dragon Rider‚ turns into one of the legends of the land‚ which he protects dutifully. Everyone thinks of Eragon as one of the bravest men on the lands. Eragon appears to be tough on the surface‚ but is actually really emotional. On the outside‚ Eragon seems like the strong‚ brave role model‚ but he has gone through difficult challenges to get there. Eragon can be compared to a lion because
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Reintroduction of the Mexican Gray Wolf The Mexican Gray Wolf once flourished and roamed the lands from México to Canada‚ but in the 20th there populations were severely dwindled and they now find themselves on the endangered list. The United States government approved a systematical eradication of the Mexican Gray wolf from the lower 48 states (Mexican 1999). During the 1800’s‚ westward expansion was rapidly moving across the US leading to the elimination of the larger mammals the wolves preyed
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The New Zealand film‚ Whale Rider (2002) directed by Niki Caro is an extraordinary example of the feminist literary theory. The visual text follows the journey of a young eleven-year-old Maori girl named Pai‚ shorten for Paikea who believes she is destined to be the next chief in line of the patriarchal Maori tribe she is part of in the east coast of New Zealand. No matter the circumstances her traditional‚ stubborn grandfather named Koro refuses to accept that a female could possibly lead and guide
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The main character of the film Whale Rider is Paikea Apirana. She is an 11 year old girl‚ who was born in the New Zealand Maori tribe. As soon as she was born‚ she was unwanted by the members of her tribe. This is because both her mother and twin brother died during the birth‚ leaving Paikea alone. Paikea states in a voice over of this scene‚ “there was no gladness when I was born. My twin brother died and took my mother with him. Everybody was waiting for the first born boy to lead us but he died
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Alex Rider is an orphan because his parents died when he was a baby a couple weeks after he was born. The fourteen year old boy was taken care of his uncle but he also died recently so he is all alone. Now he has to take over Ian Rider’s mission and join MI6. He has all the skills because his father’s brother was secretly training him. Alex is athletic‚ strong ‚ loyal‚ hardworking ‚courageous‚ and etc. He has short brown hair and dull brown eyes and tall for his age. He is strong because he was
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Reintroduction of Wolves to Yellowstone Reintroduction is defined as the act or attempt to bring back a species to its known niche after being threatened to near extinction (Howard and Somers 2009). This was the case for the gray wolf population in Yellowstone National Park‚ as well as throughout most of the U.S. The gray wolves at one point occupied the U.S. in large numbers‚ but when settlers came to America‚ a conflict between the wolves and the settlers became apparent. The conflict was that
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What Environment do Wolf Spiders Prefer to Live in and What is Their Response to a Change in Environment? Abstract What environment do wolf spiders prefer to live in and what is their response to a change in environment? After performing experiments on wolf spiders it was determined that they prefer to reside in an area covered with leaves over an area devoid of any material. It was also determined that temperature plays a role in how much weight a spider can gain. As temperatures lower
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