... that the elimination of the gray wolf was not only an error, but also a detriment to the quality of life in this country. There has been a public outcry to rectify the situation created by the ignorance of our ancestors. However, in seeking to address a situation created by the human compulsion to control nature, it is crucial to discern how much human interference is necessary. Human control must be tempered by respect and restraint. Programs designed for the protection and restoration of wildlife must reflect deference for the natural order rather than dominance over it. The consequences of human actions involving the elimination of the gray wolf have been ...
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... for their lives. wishes to consume Sethe, she wants to own Sethe, a relation not unlike that of a master and slave. "I am and she is mine," (Morrison 211) is one of the more eerie statements in the book. How traps Sethe is simple, for Sethe "the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay" (Morrison 42) and when her past, , catches up with her the future is gone and she is enslaved. What's more, does not intend to allow her slave to go free, "I will not lose her again." (Morrison 214) When Beloved returns to the leaves it could be argued that she was either chased away by Sethe's rejections and liberation from her slavery, or that the relationsh ...
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... awkward or careless. The worst burn she ever made was on the temple of a customer holding a child across her knees. Violet, lost in the woman's hand-patting and her knee-rocking the little boy, forgot her own hand holding the curling iron. The customer flinched and the skin discolored right away. Violet moaned her apologies and the woman was satisfied until she discovered that the whole curl was singed clean off. Skin healed, but an empty spot in her hairline… Violet had to forgo payment to shut her up. These two hundred fifty words or so are a small percentage of the book as a whole, but contain many of the themes and stylistic devices Morrison uses throughout he ...
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... would seem that Leggatt is either the antagonist or provides a criminal influence on the captain. By no means are Leggatt's decisions and actions exemplary. Murdering mutinous crew members is hardly an acceptable practice, and avoiding justice, and one's punishment—all of which Leggatt do—only worsen the issue. The captain claims that in swimming to the island Koh-ring, his double had "lowered himself into the water to take his punishment" (Conrad 193). However, as Cedric Watts argues, this is only true because Leggatt, by escaping justice, will face an uncertain future marooned on an island (134). In reality, Leggatt is doing the opposite; he is lowering h ...
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... mental asylums, and other technologies. In his work Foucault exposes how seemingly benign or even reformist institutions such as the modern prison system (versus the stocks, and scaffolds) are technologies that are typical of the modern, painless, friendly, and impersonal coercive tools of the modern world. In fact the success of these technologies stems from their ability to appear unobtrusive and humane. These prisons Foucault goes on to explain like many institutions in post 1700th century society isolate those that society deems abnormal. This isolation seeks to attack the souls of people in order to dominate them similar to how t ...
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... tasks. The king sent him on dangerous missions. His own wife killed him. His wife was tricked into killing him. She got a gift that had Hines blood on it. Hines blood was a very poisonous blood. It can kill any mortal, even a half-mortal. Haties god of war, he starts wars and kills as many people as he can. He is a ruthless god. All the god’s helped mortals in one or another way, but they can also cause a lot of trouble. For example, Aphrodite started a war between two empires over this woman who was supposed to be more beautiful than her. Helena was the beautiful woman who was fought over. All the gods live on Olympus. All the mortals pray to the ...
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... homes she has lived in were all run down apartments with very little amenities. Now her family lives in a run down house on Mango Street, but most likely the best place they have ever lived. Esperanza had to get a job in order to go to a private Catholic high school. Catholics do not attend public high schools. Also Esperanza’s father said, “Nobody went to public school unless you wanted to turn out bad.” (53). Esperanza’s job was at a photo shop that her Aunt had once worked at. At the photo shop she matched the negatives with the photos. She also has not been able to keep friends because of her constant moving around. Esperanza is v ...
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... enter the war fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth and they come to a premature maturity with the war, their only home. "We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. We are not youth any longer." They have lost their innocents. Everything they are taught, "the world of work, duty, culture, and progress" are not the slightest use to them because the only thing they need to know is how to survive. They need to know how to escape the shells as well as the emotional and psychological torment of the war. The war takes an heavy toll on the soldiers who fight in it. The terror of deat ...
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... Widow Douglas. When Huck is in trouble he can be a first class liar. He is very sensitive about other people’s feelings. He even sometimes has feelings of guilt over troubles he hasn’t caused. Tom Sawyer skipped school and went swimming. When he got back Aunt Polly asked him “ Didn’t you want to go swimming?” Tom tried to get out of this one but he couldn’t because of his half brother Sid. Aunt Polly forgave Tom but made him work on Saturdays. Tom hated working on Saturdays, while the other boys had a holiday. When she ever hit him her heart would almost break and when she lets him off her conscience hurts. The Adventures of Tom ...
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... his mistress. The relaxed tone of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” and serious tone of “To His Coy Mistress” point out the difference in the way the writers feel about their characters. Both poems are directed to two different audiences. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” Herrick is speaking to all virgins. He never addresses anybody personally. In “To His Coy Mistress” Marvell is addressing his mistress personally. He wrote the poem for his mistress to convince her to become intimate with him. The difference makes a change because now Herrick’s poem affects the reader (depending on if she is female ...
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