Stephanie Malinowski manipulates Thomas L. Friendman's "30 Little Turtles" in her strong response, Questioning Thomas L. Friedman's Optimism in "30 Little Turtles. " Malinowski pulls quotations out of Friendman's work in order to portray how it impacted his writting positively or negatively. The quotes used by Malinowski are compelling, in the sense that it futhers the readers understanding and questions the author, Friendman's. For example, in Friendman's work he goes on to say that an Indian telemarketer states, "They say you people are really good at what you do.…
Native American Myths have been used for hundreds of years to pass stories and traditions along to different generations. Throughout these stories, there are themes found. Whether these themes are well known or if you need to dig deep into the story to find it, they help convey the message being portrayed. The themes in the myths relate to now a day cultures and remind us how similar we are to the Native Americans. Coyote and the Buffalo, The World on the Turtle's Back, and Brother Bear are stories where themes can be found.…
Thinking Critically About “Questioning Thomas L. Friedman’s Optimism in ’30 Little Turtles’” Stephanie Malinowski’s response to Thomas L. Friedman’s essay revolves around two key points. The first point revolves around how “call center jobs” (107) are playing a positive role with young Indians. Malinowski recalls how Friedman succeeded in “portraying the positive side” (107) to his audience. On the other hand, the second point Malinowski’s uses questions Friedman’s credibility as well as demonstrating how he created stereotypes by generalization of young Indian workers.…
In the article “The Last Meow” published in The New Yorker in 2003 the author Burkhard Bilger states, “Americans now spend $19 billion a year on veterinary care for their pets, up from $11 billion just seven years ago. Add to that the cost of pet food and other supplies, and the number rises to $47 billion, nearly three times as much as the federal government spends on welfare grants.” Bilger claims, “clearly our love affair with animals has gotten out of control ( Part 8 para 49)”. There is no doubt that Americans spend a ridiculous amount of money on their beloved pets; money that could be spent improving their quality of their own life and the life of others. By defining the ridiculous and costly love affair Americans have developed with…
Morgan’s narrative in her piece approaches death, something that traditional taxidermy avoids. This is so that the death of the taxidermied animal is not in the forefront of the viewer’s mind. Instead, traditional taxidermists, such as Akeley and Potter, approach life through lively content and visuals. Potter approaches human qualities of life through anthropomorphic kittens lined up for a wedding, an event that humans consider the “beginning of a new life.” His diorama “The Kitten Wedding,” is an anthropomorphic scene of a kitten wedding; a bride and groom stand toward one end of the rectangular diorama as a pastor stands in front of them watching the groom place a gold band around the bride’s finger (paw).…
Cat’s Cradle In Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, the reader is faced with the juxtaposition of religion and science. In this book, it sees that science represents the characters with discovering the truths in life whereas religion creates lies. This contrast between the two themes makes readers question how to react to the book. One end of the spectrum, is religion being represented by Bokononism, Christianity, and Nihilism.…
Cats VS Crows 53 thousand middle aged drunk blokes jumping out of their seats howling at the umpires to give the boys a free. This is the atmosphere that I am most familiar with. Usually the winter weekends begin with an hour long train ride into the city along with the agonising hope that the train will go express to Adelaide. “Ding”, a rush of red, blue and yellow rush out the doors.…
The description of the cat as “sagacious” contributes to the meaning of the story by it allows the readers to understand a character trait of Pluto. Since sagacious means wise and a shrewd, we can conclude Pluto is an intelligent cat. It is understood that because Pluto was abused by the main character, he will try and outsmart the narrator. In the story, after the house burned down, the only thing remaining was a compartment wall with a rope around Pluto’s neck. This causes the main character to experience terror, feel like he is being haunted, and become anxious.…
The Mantis shrimp is an amazing overlooked creature. It is often overlooked due to the fact that it cannot be contained in aquariums because of its incredibly powerful “arms”. The Mantis shrimp can expand its front two limbs at an astonishing 1,800 feet per second. This speed, which is equal to a .22 caliber bullet, makes the Mantis shrimp the proud owner of the fastest moving animal title. Mantis shrimp are also very territorial and fight one another often.…
Imagine walking through the dusky terrain of the Asian forest hearing the triggering sound of menacing creatures under the crunch of leaves. Feeling unnerved before the sight of a large cobra standing elevated under the shadow of an even larger mongoose that is slightly taller than the average cat both in the poses of strike. Who will win? Scientist have considered the life and adaptations of both the mongoose and the cobra and came up with the conclusion that they are almost equally savage and petrifying. If a mongoose were bigger and faster than the cobra then the mongoose would win in zealous attack.…
In his book The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History, American cultural historian Robert Darton argues that readers can access the “social dimension of thought” via folktales because stories are often influenced by the “surrounding world of significance” (6). He claims that folktales often evolve to reflect the social attitude at the time at which they are told. Thus, as Darton suggests, it is “…unwise to build an interpretation on a single version of a single tale (18)”. Focusing especially on the evolutionary aspect of folktales, Darton provides a comprehensive tool to interpret what different versions of the same fairy tale suggest about changes in society.…
The cat had a lot of significance in the Medieval Era and it held a lot negative connotations with the people of the time. The cat at the time was usually thought of as a pet/helper for witches or they were thought to be witches themselves. So with that thinking people started killing and torturing cats thinking that they were getting rid of witches by doing so. The reasoning the people at the time had for torturing cats is that cats move from here to there and not domesticated and this was behaviors of witches and heretics. In the popular play Macbeth a familiar which took the form of a cat appeared to help the witches show Macbeth his future.…
A vacuum in physics is described as a space completely empty of matter. Much like in physics, it’s completely possible for a void to be completely empty in one’s life. What people do with free space is fill it up with objects or other things of value. No one enjoys empty spaces in their lives and are immediately filled. In Haruki Murakami’s Town of Cats Tengo lives with a vacuum in his life questioning the relationship that he has with his father trying to fill the void he’s been living with not knowing if that’s truly his father or not.…
I often find myself prey to emotions and impulses I cannot control. When I feel overwhelmed, I feel like the walls are closing in and I need to claw my way out of my skin. Sometimes I will be sitting with my family and all I can think about is what a disappointment I am. For many years I have thought this meant that I am troubled in a way that one else is, and that is the most daunting experience: believing that you go through your entire life alone and misunderstood.…
How does a tortoise beat a hare in a race? In the short-story, “The Tortoise and the Hare”, the tortoise teaches many lessons that have impacted my life. This short-story has been very impactful in my life and still is today one of my favorite readings. The lessons that the tortoise teaches are to never judge a book by its cover, always face your problems head on, and to never give up.…