..."Buck, a huge, four-year-old half-Saint Bernard and half-Scottish shepherd dog, is living a life of civilized ease in California's Santa Clara Valley in the home of Judge Miller. It seems to be the best of all possible worlds, for Buck is the most prized animal that the Judge owns. Around this time, however, gold is discovered in the great North, and large dogs suddenly become tremendously valuable because these types of dogs are needed to haul the heavy sleds through the deep snow fields. Tragically, for Buck, one of the Judge's servants (an addictive gambler) steals Buck and sells him to a ring of thieves who are making a great deal of money by buying and selling dogs to northern traders. Buck's spirit, however, does not adapt as easily as do some of the other docile big...
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...Call of the Wild Research Paper True individual success is not provided on a silver platter, it is not built from the hands of another, it is not found in a surrounding environment, but rather found within one man. Individual success is hard work,determination, will power , and strive that a person possesses. Individuals that have found the success within themselves can be seen throughout history with elected officials, academic scholars, and achieving medical professionals. In order to achieve the ultimate prosperity, hard work and dedication is essential. Albert Einstein could not develop the theory of relativity, had it not been for his previous work in physics. Edward Jenner would not have developed a cure for smallpox had it not been...
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...what differentiates between a righteous and respectable person and an arrogant one. The books, “Alias Grace”, “Call of the Wild”, “Wuthering Heights” and “Mayor of Casterbridge” all demonstrate that by protecting ones pride only leads to more destruction of it. “Alias Grace” written by Margaret Atwood, shows this with the possession of Grace’s body and with the accusations made towards Grace. “Call of Wild” by Jack Landon also demonstrates this theme with the killing of Curly, and the transformation of Buck. Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” illustrates this with the interference of class difference in love and the pride of two people coming in the way of their union. Finally, in “Mayor of Casterbridge” by Thomas Hardy, the main character’s stubbornness and pride of protecting his name leads to damaging his personal relationships, work and eventually his life. The first book, “Alias Grace” was shared by group member, Angel. She felt this book was “Interesting, with a hidden arrogance and pride laced within the characters." In the book it shows how after the truth of Mary possessing Grace’s body is disclosed, Mary wishes that Grace is kept oblivious to the truth so her image does not get lowered in the eyes of Grace. This shows Mary’s character valuing what her friend thinks of her rather than respecting her enough to tell the truth. This also shows how Mary would not object having her friend being accused of a murder she never committed instead of her own character getting...
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...学术前沿 A View o n t he Theme Analysis of The □ of t he Wild call Wang Xiangling ( Sias U niversit y Xinzheng ・Henan 451150) Abstract This paper analyzes t he t heme of The Call of t he Wild f ro m human’s living , working and feeling per spectives , which reveals t he relatio nship between animal world and human societ y. The animal world is act ually a reflectio n of human societ y ; t hey are similar to each ot her ; what exist s in t he fo rmer act ually al so exist s in t he lat ter. Key words animal humanit y reflectio n 中图分类号 :J 90 文献标识码 :A 文章编号 :1002 - 9788 ( 2005) 08 - 173 - 02 The Call of t he Wild , is o ne of J ack London mo st pop2 ’s ular novels. It apparently is a dog’s story. In t he deep part , Lo ndo n makes a reflection of t he real human life t hrough Buck life. He t reat s animals like human beings and human ’s beings like animals , recognizing no essential difference be2 tween man and animal. J ack London uncanny understanding ’s of animal and human nat ures give t his novel a st riking vitality and power. After reading it , people co uld not help pondering over his own life and t hinking about what is t he real meaning of human nat ure t hat always reso unds in t he inner heart like t he call f rom t he wild appealing Buck to ret urn to it s arms. Buck story in fact is a human’s life story. Some interesting ’s comparisons will show how amazingly similar t hese tow worlds are , and so me inspirations...
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...carry them to the severe cold in the Arctic for their journey. Buck is a strong dog and the main character of “call of the wild” tale. Buck lives in the home of Judge Miller in Santa Clara Valley. Other dogs are present in the tale; however, Buck is the king of his domain. He escorts the Judge's daughters on walks; he hunts with Judge’s sons, carries his grandchildren on his back. Buck weighs around 140 pounds. He is not as large as his father was, but he carries himself like a king. Hunting and walking keep him fit. Buck doesn’t know what danger is waiting him. Manuel, a gardener's helper, who fall in debt, his salary can’t support his big family. One night, when the Judge and his sons are gone Manuel takes Buck on a walk. They arrive to a flag station where a man is waiting for them. Manuel sells Buck to a stranger for some dollars and when the stranger tries to grab the rope around his neck he flies violently at the man and bite the man’s hand; however Buck is thrown into the baggage car of the train. The man tells the conductor that Buck is being taken to San Francisco in order to cure him. Buck was hold into a brass collar and thrown into a cage. During the first night, Buck wonders why he is there. He wishes that the Judge come for him. Buck kidnappers put him in an express train to reach Seattle in two days. They harass him by poking him with sticks while he in the cage. They don’t give him food and drinks. Buck refuses to let another rope be placed upon him. When the train...
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...species are very destructive to the environment and they grow very fast as a population” (Eckler). The wild boar population is a bad population they destroy water holes and habitats. The wild boar eats food that other animals need to survive. “The wild pig is the most prolific large mammal on the face of the earth-but they are not “born pregnant”! The average is between 5 and 6 pigs per litter. Sows have approximately 1.5 liters per year” (Higginbotham). If a sow has 6 pigs every litter that she is able to have and there are 6 pigs that is 36 pigs born into a habitat. This shows that pigs are very invasive and rebirth quickly. “Average lifespan id probably between 4 and 8 years of age” (Higginbotham). If a sow lives to be 8 years of age and have 6 pigs in 2 liters per year that is 96 pigs for one sow in its life span. Now think of all the pigs in the United States. “Average weight varies but run 200 pounds for adult males and 175 pounds for adult females” (Higginbotham). For such a short animal this is a lot of weight. The wild pigs destroy the environment. “Approximately 85% to 90% of their diet is believed to be composed of vegetation and 10% animal matter. Small pigs eat approximately 5%of their body weight daily; larger pigs an estimated 3% of body weight” (Higginbotham). Wild pigs eat a lot of other species food that is why they are considered an invasive species. Wild pigs are fast and...
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...115 million animals are tested and executed in U.S. laboratories every year. The sad truth about all the inhumane research experimenters are carrying on is that it is paid by the typical American taxpayer without their consent. That’s right, the experiments including the injection of chemicals into rat’s stomachs, the isolation chambers where monkeys are separated from their mothers, and the enhancing of a dogs thigh muscle tissue is all made available by animal product consumers. All those products that say “product safe for animals” are products that are derived from laboratories where the animals are exposed to cruelty and animal exploitation. Of course the government does not tell consumers where their money is being spent, or how many animals are being killed. In fact not even the government keeps track of how many animals are being experimented on or killed,...
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...East Coast of America. The year is 1398, surrounding you is a rich abundant land full of wild plants and animals. A close knit family where everyone shares, and greed is almost non existent. Day to day survival is what keeps the mind going, but it is never threatened. As you grow up you learn only of your people, and how the world was made for you and you must return the favor with respect. No one tells you your right or wrong, and there is no doubt in your beliefs being false. On a morning just like any other, you take to your hunting trail. It is very common land and you can walk this with your eyes closed without running into vegetation. The birds whistle a common tune, and you can feel and understand what kind of mood they are in. It is quite, but you can still hear and comprehend so many things as the world talks to you. Movement catches your eye and suddenly a great whitetail bucks jumps across the ravine in a non challant manor chasing does. This buck is known in the tribe, and a kill would bring great spiritual power to the people. The buck pauses as he encounters a new scent, thus creating a opportunity to srike. The crisp red oak bow bends to a rate of optimal power, the arrow which took a day to create is perfection as it sits on the stand. The release is smooth and the feathers cut through the air speeding to the target. It is a clean kill, a sacrificed to be made that does not go un appreciative. The 180lb animal of dead weight promotes a challenge, being three...
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...5/31/15 Ch. 1-4 Ch. 1) Huck is a realist, able to look beyond the rigid rules of society in forming moral judgments. He recognizes that people lie and that, in some situations, lying is okay. Ch. 1) The Widow Douglas is good and kind, and yet, like many members of society, she can be a hypocrite. Though she condemns Huck for smoking, the Widow doesn’t condemn snuff because she herself takes it. Ch. 1) Huck is frustrated by society’s strictness, its empty rules about how one must be and look, and he knows that society needs to change somehow. He wants to go to Hell because it sounds better than his current circumstances, less boring, and more accepting. Ch. 1) When Huck is alone, he sometimes becomes lonesome. Such a feeling is only exacerbated by Huck’s childish superstitions, like his reading...
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...AMERICAN PAULOWNIA ASSOCIATION VOL. 15 NO. 2 SEPTEMBER 2006 PAULOWNIA IS NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA "A Record of Paulownia in the Tertiary of North America" American Journal of Botany 48(2); 175-179 Illus. 1961 Charles J. Smiley Macalester College; St. Paul, Minnesota Reviewed by Ralph Donaldson First, the writer is incompetent as a reviewer of a juried paper on paleobotany in a scientific journal. He is neither paleontologist nor botanist. He is a farmer. The language of the paper being reviewed is alien to him. This attempt is to extract some bits of information that may be of use to growers, promoters, and protectors of Paulownia. First, some definitions. Pre-history has been divided into periods for convenience of study. Often the divisions used correspond to geologic changes-changes being a relative term since many of the "changes" occurred over many millions of years. There have been several such schemes of dividing up the past. As a matter of fact, the Tertiary Period referred to in this 1961 article is part of an obsolete scheme. The Tertiary Period in this article went from about 66 million years ago to about 26 million years ago. Fossils attributed to this time are found in rock strata that are associated with geologic events that can be tied to this period of pre-history. Fossils themselves are rocks; rocks whose formation was influenced by the remains of living matter that was present during their formation. Animal bones buried under sediment eventually-over...
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... renamed Giraffid newsletter of the IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group (GOSG)! Inside this issue: It has been an exciting last six months and this issue brings you lots of stories and tall tales from across the African continent and beyond. From species conservation strategies and Red List updates, interesting wild and captive behaviours to translocations, hooves and DNA, this is truly a fully loaded newsletter. An inspiring read to keep us all going over the imminent festive season and a relaxing winter or summer break. Unusual sightings of wild giraffe behaviour 4 GOSG together with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) and the Provincial Governor hosted a multi-‐stakeholder workshop in Kisangani, central Democratic Republic of Congo, where the participants reviewed the okapi’s status, carried out an okapi Red ...
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...mall. The house will be bought to have a better way of staying cost friendly. The utilities will be lower as well as the mortgage verses the rent. Instead of a strip mall this will give the people who really want to come and get what they want and what they need, from that feeling of belonging. The coffee shop will have décor from consignment shops and coffee cups from the dollar tree. It will have over sized love seats and couches that are spaced for those who might want to relax or sit somewhere comfortable. People will have the option to sit or to go with their beverage. People can eat a muffin made from the local bakery where a deal was made to get the muffins at a discounted price. Coffee will be sold at a cheaper price than start bucks but a little higher than the small local café’s. There will be an area set up for people to doctor their coffee to suit their needs. Instead of regular sugar” My cup of Joe” will offer liquid sugar which gives a sweeter taste and less has to be used. There is a local distributor who will be used to support local business for the creamers, sugars and spoons. The organic cups will be special ordered to help stay earth friendly. The cups will be recyclable and there will be bins inside and outside specifically for those cups. There will something for everyone, music nights will be offered for locals to...
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...Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures Present A Magnolia Pictures Release FOOD, INC. A film by Robert Kenner 93 minutes, 35mm, 1.85 PRESS NOTES Distributor Contact: Matt Cowal Arianne Ayers Magnolia Pictures 49 W. 27th St., 7th Floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 924-6701 phone (212) 924-6742 fax publicity@magpictures.com Press Contact NY/Nat’l: Donna Daniels Public Relations Donna Daniels Lauren Schwartz Press Contact LA/Nat’l: mPRm Public Relations Alice Zou 5670 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 2500 Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.933.3399 ext. 4248 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1410 New York, NY 10010 Ph: 347.254.7054 ddaniels@ddanielspr.net lschwartz@ddanielspr.net azou@mprm.com 49 west 27th street 7th floor new york, ny 10001 tel 212 924 6701 fax 212 924 6742 www.magpictures.com SYNOPSIS In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for...
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...friends Reg Sones and Hal Summers, who read the book before publication and made valuable suggestions. I also wish to thank warmly Mrs. Margaret Apps and Miss Miriam Hobbs, who took pains with the typing and helped me very much. I am indebted, for a knowledge of rabbits and their ways, to Mr. R. M. Lockley's remarkable book, The Private Life of the Rabbit. Anyone who wishes to know more about the migrations of yearlings, about pressing chin glands, chewing pellets, the effects of over-crowding in warrens, the phenomenon of re-absorption of fertilized embryos, the capacity of buck rabbits to fight stoats, or any other features of Lapine life, should refer to that definitive work. PART I The Journey 1. The Notice Board CHORUS: Why do you cry out thus, unless at some vision of horror? CASSANDRA: The house reeks of death and dripping blood. CHORUS: How so? 'Tis but the odor of the altar sacrifice. CASSANDRA: The stench is like a breath from the tomb. Aeschylus, Agamemnon The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog's...
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...CONTEXT Growing up, Suzanne Collins was a military brat. Her father was a career airman in the United States Air Force, as a result, Collins and her siblings—two older sisters and an older brother—moved around frequently, spending time in numerous locations in the eastern United States as well as in Europe. The military, in fact, played a leading role in the family’s history. Collins’s grandfather had served in World War I, her uncle served in World War II, and the year Collins turned six, her father left to serve his own tour in the Vietnam War. War, consequently, was a part of life for Collins, something very real and not just an abstract idea. While her father was gone, she would sometimes see video footage of the war zone on the news, and she recognized that her father was there fighting. Though her father returned after a year, Collins’s connection to war didn’t end. In addition to being a soldier, Collins’s father was also a military historian and a doctor of political science. That knowledge and experiences serving in the Air Force and fighting in Vietnam had a profound effect on his relationships with his children, and he made sure they learned what they could about war. While other girls’ fathers were telling them fairytales, Collins’s father educated her about military history. When the family was moved to Brussels, Belgium, for instance, her father educated her about the region’s violent history and took her on tours of the country’s historic battlefields. Eventually...
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