...American Literature Journal Writing Tabish Jaleel Shaikh March 10(Saul Bellow- Seize the Day) Seize the Day was a comparatively easy read, and seemed like a very real life depiction of American life, from the eyes of the two generations, Tommy Wilhelm and his father, Dr. Adler. Comparing it to one of the first novels I read in this course, Death of a Salesman, I realize that Seize the Day also has the theme of the broken myth of the American dream embedded in the story. Also the title of the novel struck me at first, but I could not remember where I had read or come across this phrase before. Upon searching online, I remembered that it has its origin in one of the poems of a Latin Poet Horace, the word being “Carpe diem” in Latin. I remembered that I had read this back in high school, the stanza of the poem was: While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future. It’s interesting how just a small phrase can carry so much meaning. Saul Bellow has very effectively depicted the philosophy of carpe diem by narrating a real life scenario of war stricken America where maximizing the utility of time is the very important. Although the theme of alienation and isolation is prevalent throughout the book through Tommy’s life events, Saul could not make me feel sympathetic towards Tommy. Tommy’s inability to judge himself, and be self-aware of his strengths and weaknesses causes his downfall. He is always...
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...other places in the book. But Mr. and Mrs. Cane, their little girl Lucy and their farmhands are fictitious and bear no intentional resemblance to any persons known to me, living or dead. Acknowledgements I acknowledge with gratitude the help I have received not only from my family but also from my 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...
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...“Rabbits and wolves” Introduction The computer simulation named “Rabbits and wolves” is about models and simple systems. In the simulation, there are three main organisms, rabbits, wolves and grass all put together in a forest ecosystem. An ecosystem is a set of organism within a defined area or volume that interact with one another and with their environment (Miller & Spoolman). A system is a collection of elements or components that are organized for a common purpose (Rouse, 2005). The purpose of this simulation is to see how these three organisms will interact with one another in the same environment. We will see how the populations of these organisms change by modifying parameters specific to each organism and how changing the start up parameter of an organism can affect the way the others grow. Objectives 1. To view and interact with a simple scientific computer model. 2. To determine how simple changes in populations of one organism will affect populations of organism in the same system. 3. To use a computer model to complete objective 2. Hypothesis Placing rabbits in a larger forest will not only allow them to grow better and have enough sustenance but also to avoid being eaten by wolves. Results The default parameters are the following: | Rabbit | Wolf | Maximum food capacity | 45 units | 200 units | Metabolism rate | 3 units/stage | 2 units/stage | Reproduction age | 10 stages | 10 stages | Probability of reproduction...
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...flames. Squirrels, raccoons, foxes, snakes, turtles, rabbits, mice and many other animals had to find new homes. Some of them went to other forests, some of them went to parks, and some of them actually had to make their little homes in the yards of human beings, or, people. Far, far away from the fire was a house where three little children lived. Their names were Thomas, Kathy, and Carrie. They all went to school but on this September day it was Saturday. They had been playing all morning. Now it was lunchtime. They were hungry. They asked their mom if they could have lunch, and she said, "Why don't you have a picnic in the yard"? That sounded like a great idea, but WHERE in the yard? So Mom told them to lay a picnic cloth in the green grassy grass near the scruffy old juniper bushes. While they were doing that, she would make some celery sticks, carrot sticks, and some yummy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. When the kids had spread out the picnic blanket, they ran into the kitchen and asked if lunch was ready. Mom told them to take the carrot sticks and plates out to the blanket, and to take their drinks also. So Thomas, Kathy and Carrie took these things out to the blanket and arranged them carefully. Then they ran as fast as they could, huffing and puffing, back to the kitchen and said to Mom, "What else have you made so far"? So she said, "I've got your celery sticks cut up for you now – run these out to your picnic blanket." So out ran the three...
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...of a small baby bunny, its nose barely above the water line. There is no way of knowing how long that poor bundle of fur had been in the water for I had been in school all day. If there was any chance that this bunny is still alive, I needed to act fast to keep him that way. My brain was transmitting neurons pretty quickly at this point to try to rescue the little cottontail before it was too late. I knew the pool net was too far away as the nose dipped under. Clothes on and all, I dive in. Chlorine in my eyes, I swiftly fumbled around until my hand grasped the soaked coat. Keeping the bunny rabbit above water, I swim to the stairs as rapidly as my body could. Within seconds,(BANANAS) I clamber out of the water. Right off the bat, I’m noticing the bunny’s body temperature is freezing. Why was yesterday the one day I remembered to put away the beach towels, inside. I run to the back door in a panic for the bunny wasn’t moving, not a foot, not his nose, not an eye twitch. I open the door, a gush of chilled air rushes out. I make the rash decision of standing out in the doorway, and not taking a wet, cold, hopefully still alive, creature into an even colder...
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...say anything when they arrive. Because Lennie forgets things very quickly, George must make him repeat even the simplest instructions.Lennie also likes to pet soft things. In his pocket, he has a dead mouse which George confiscates and throws into the weeds beyond the pond. Lennie retrieves the dead mouse, and George once again catches him and gives Lennie a lecture about the trouble he causes when he wants to pet soft things (they were run out of the last town because Lennie touched a girl's soft dress, and she screamed). Lennie offers to leave and go live in a cave, causing George to soften his complaint and tell Lennie perhaps they can get him a puppy that can withstand Lennie's petting.As they get ready to eat and sleep for the night, Lennie asks George to repeat their dream of having their own ranch where Lennie will be able to tend rabbits. George does so and then warns Lennie that, if anything bad happens, Lennie is to come back to this spot and hide in the brush. Before George falls asleep, Lennie tells him they must have many rabbits of various colors.AnalysisSteinbeck accomplishes a number of goals in the first chapter of his story. He sets the tone and atmosphere of the...
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...Unit 1 Lesson 1 Finding fossil man 发现化石人 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why are legends handed down by storytellers useful? We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the word where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas -- legends handed down from one generation of another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian peoples now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sagas of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2,000 years ago. But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first 'modern men' came from. Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone, especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace. ROBIN PLACE Finding fossil man New words and expressions 生词和短语 fossil man (title) adj. 化石人 recount...
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...Perhaps our lives are but a simply a game, a game to which society sets the rules and to which we adapt. These rules determine our positions, both in society and as an individual. John Updike in Rabbit, Run and Erica Jong in The Fear of Flying extensively use the role of women as a theme throughout their works, but in strikingly different ways. The film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest furthermore stages(I would use a different word: serves maybe?) as a pivot between the two novels highlighting how a women's position in life affects other characters and surrounding society. Within the novel Rabbit, Run, Updike illustrates many different, classic, stereotypical views of women. By these women, examples of whore, wife, temptress, and mother are presented. In each example we gain a better understanding of their roles and how they revolutionize society. Throughout the story, Rabbit chose to come and go as he pleased, openly cheating on his wife, Janice, with another woman. When she has her baby, Rabbit comes back and she responds by saying, "I told Mother it looks like you and she didn't want to hear it...I wanted to see you". Janice forgives her husband for his unfaithfulness and accepts him back into the home. For men, the consequences for their actions do not affect them. Janice on the other hand cannot provide for herself, much less her two children as well. In the end,...
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... Why start. Take one look at the domestic rabbit, and you will understand its appeal. Recognize it as an animal that thrives almost anywhere and is inexpensive to obtain and easy to maintain. Add its legend any prolificacy, its unmatched cleanliness, and a steadfast refusal to bark at the moon at midnight or crow at the neighbor at 6 A.M. Consider, above all, its versatility, and you will readily comprehend it’s steadily, zooming popularity. If you going to start a rabbitry you will first need to be able to find out if u have the space for a 35 by 24 rabbit hutch for indoors or outdoors. Once u get all that figured out, u need to find out what kind of bedding u will be getting. The three best bedding u can get is straw, hay, and wood shavings. In the summer u would probably want to mix wood shavings and hay. You could also put a frozen water bottle in there so they can lie on it to cool down. It’s a good idea to have the bedding about 3 inches thick through out the hole box of the hutch. In winter line the whole cage with stray or hay. If it is possible get the straw or hay stacte on the sides of the walls. The next step of building a rabbitry is to build your herd. There is multiple different rabbits to choose from. You could pick the small breeds, like the Nether Land Dwarf or the large breeds, like the German Grey Giant. You also need to know what you are raising rabbits for. The top three things for rabbits are meat, show, and breeding. If you choose to raise...
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...Some people do not want to draw attention to themselves. They do this because they do not want to be the outsider, the black-sheep. In the book Terrible Things it was peaceful until one day something/someone came and kept taking every animal and no one stood up saying that it was not right or that they should do something. There was only one animal little rabbit he said that they should move or do something and big rabbit told him that it was none of their business and they should keep their mouth shut. So he did, he did not want to say anything. Not because only his dad told him not to ,but because he did not want to be the odd ball out or draw attention to himself. In Adolf Hitler many people follow under his reign. Hitler only loathed one type of person. A man or women with blonde hair and blue eyes. In Adolf Hitler people just followed the crowd and watched what happened to million of people. The only reason he did this is to these people is because he felt threatened by people taking “his” land. People just went with the crowd because some were forced and other could see that, they did not want to become like them. Sometimes going along with...
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...organism was removed? Food Chain Gizmo Go to www.explorelearning.com Click Login User name: mrmorantz Password: morantz Using the find gizmo browser on the website, search for Food Chain Select the Food Chain gizmo Click on the gizmo tab and wait for it to load Assessment Questions (5): ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1. If a disease strikes the snake population in the food chain shown, what will be the initial effect on the populations of hawks and rabbits? * A. The populations of hawks and rabbits will decrease. * B. The populations of hawks and rabbits will increase. * C. The population of hawks will increase. The population of rabbits will decrease. * D. The population of hawks will decrease. The population of rabbits will increase. 2. In the stable food chain shown below, what would you expect to happen initially if you were to suddenly double the population of rabbits? * A. The populations of the other three species would also increase. * B. The populations of the other three species would decrease. * C. The grass...
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...with a couple of Holland Lop rabbits. When we raised the rabbits together, I found not only my grandfather's wisdom and patience, but also the love between us. It was the Chinese spring festival, the household would celebrate together and the older generation would generally give some gifts to the younger. Instead of the lucky money, which was a very normal gift in my eyes, my grandfather presented two Holland Lop rabbits to me. I was so surprised and extremely happy. My grandfather said, "When I first saw them, I thought of you. I knew you would like them because of their super small size and their natural gentle disposition." Admittedly, I liked the rabbits very much. They had black eyes and small ears. One of the rabbits was white and brown, another was grey. I was curious about why they were called Lop rabbits. My grandfather told me that their ears would grow downward, and the weight of these kind of rabbits was between 2 to 2.5 kg. For the next several days, we raised the rabbits together and I found that my grandfather was a patient and careful person. We bought a large rabbit cage and he advised me to put a hay ball in it, with which rabbits could play. Also, we kept the cage dry and healthy. My grandfather said that could prevent bacteria. What's more, we fed the mineral water to the rabbits and my grandfather also prepared some Timothy hay and rabbit food for them. I asked my grandfather if we should feed vegetables to the rabbits. He rejected my suggestion because...
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...RAISING RABBITS IN THE TROPICS The importance of the domestic rabbit as a supplier of meat for human consumption is widely recognised throughout the world. There are rabbit farms in the tropics and sub-tropics. The size of these varies from the large commercial rabbitries to small backyard rabbitries. Apart from being a good source of meat, rabbits provide useful skins, manure and, with some breeds wool. Reasons for keeping rabbits Most of the countries in both the tropics and sub-tropics face an increasing demand for meat production, especially in expanding urban areas. The rabbit has several points in its favour as a meat producer, and can be raised either on a small-scale by individual households, or on larger commercial scales. Furthermore, there are few cultural or religions or beliefs which do not allow the eating of rabbit meat. Rabbits can be fed on a great variety of locally available foods, some green leaves and kitchen vegetable scraps can be given to rabbits at almost no cost. Commercial rabbitries buy more expensive concentrate rations for their rabbits. Rabbits can breed and grow quickly. This means that a rabbitry can expand quickly and take advantage of a plentiful food supply. Even the backyard rabbit keeper can provide a constant supply of meat for his family. Rabbit skins can be used for several purposes (mats, rugs and clothes). The manure is a valuable organic fertilizer for use in a vegetable garden. Housing can be built from pieces of wood and/or bamboo...
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...Korbyn Woods 8/28/11 3 Hour English Rough Draft Once upon a time there was a little jack rabbit that had tiny, tiny ears and little legs. His main problem was that he could hear or get around very easily. His home was under this big oak tree in the forest, it was very cool and it kept the rain from getting him all wet. Mr. Jack was very friendly; everyone in the forest was his friends even his common enemy; like the coyote. But out of all his friends there was this one that Mr. Jack would always turn to for help or questions that he wanted answers to. This friend live in the upper part of the tree, he was an owl named Hoot. So one night he just got back and he saw Hoot in the tree and he looked at him and said “ Hoot, why is it so hard for me to get around and so hard for me to hear I don’t get it; I know you can hear really well, and you get around great because you have wings”. Hoot was thinking and said “I don’t know how that works but that’s the way life goes, now get some sleep.” “Ok I will good night Hoot.” Later that night Jack was having dreams about actually having long legs and ears, he was so happy and excited that in the morning he woke up and had to tell Hoot. He was very happy for Jack, then it hit him what if I try to tug on Jacks ears and legs. Hoot thought it over very carefully and was thinking maybe that will really...
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...Eating chocolate affects memory Eating chocolate increases memory power Eating chocolate affects memory Eating chocolate makes no difference to memory power IV= Chocolate eaten DV= Memory Firstly give a person a memory test to remember 10 numbers in order then give the same person a bar of chocolate and give them another number test with different numbers, if with chocolate, more numbers are remembered, then chocolate has an impact on memory. To control confounding variables, if you repeat it, use people of a similar age so that their natural memory powers are similar. People with similar IQ’s, and the same time of day. Rabbits are more aggressive than guinea pigs Rabbits are more aggressive than guinea pigs. Rabbits have different levels of aggression to guinea pigs. Rabbits and guinea pigs have the same level of aggression. IV= Rabbits and guinea pigs DV= levels of aggression Get someone to put a stick into each of the animals cages, the one that bites the stick and tries to kill is the more aggressive on. Do the tests at the same type of day, use animals that are of a similar, give them the same stick and the same temperature. The more positive a person’s mood the better they can concentrate The more positive a person’s mood the better they can concentrate The mood of a person affects how they can concentrate The mood of a person does not have any effect on how they can concentrate IV= the mood of a person DV= the levels of concentration Find 10 people...
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