Chameleon

Anteaters are edentates. Edentate animals do not have teeth. Anteaters eat around 30,000 ants and terminates a day, ripping open anthills and termite mounds with its long, sharp claws. Its tongue is 2 feet long with tiny, sticky hooks. To avoid the pain of bites and stings, anteaters eat quickly by flicking their tongues around 150 times a minute. They also lick fruit that has fallen on the ground. Anteaters living in zoos have a different diet. A zoo in Germany offers their anteaters a mix of…

This erupted to an all out war between the countries of Europe. An ideal society should most not engage in war and try to stay away from war as much as possible, but be ready for the worst. The chief of the South American Nation refers to war as a chameleon and a fly. “At last, when well within…

Creation myths can tell us a lot about the way humans picture their place in their place in the universe. In each story, humans associate themselves with a defined set of characteristics –sometimes positive ones, sometimes negative ones. Many creation myths also attempt to explain the origin and purpose of human beings on earth, in addition to defining the power dynamics underlining the relationships humans have with nature and with each other. In many creation myths humans seem to be depicted…

jungle as they transform for survival into these “chimeras,” these beasts that maintain the image of being human but are permanently changed. In Komunyakaa’s words, these changes were the “Chameleons / that crawled our spines, changing from day / to night,” that helped support the “illusion” of this poem. Chameleons are reputable for both their ability to blend with surroundings and the innate stillness it posses. A symbolic image that provides two very important traits for soldiers involved in…

Person vs society conflict is a dominant conflict that all of the characters must face throughout Whale Talk. The quote above is a demonstration of how each of the characters contrast from what society accepts, and therefore the conflicts that each of them face. The most significant conflict faced by the Cutter High School Swim Team is that of the closed-minded discrimination of students to their peers who are different. Because of the fact that there are characters who discriminate against…

In the article “Doing School” by Denise Clark Pope , a senior lecturer and alumni at Stanford Graduate School of Education, Pope explains her thoughts and research on different school dynamics and what kind of students they are producing. First of all, what does “Doing school” even mean? According to Pope, Doing school is a term she uses for students and teachers finding ways to succeed without putting forth as much effort. Likewise most students are achieving high test scores and grades, but at…

musical magical carpet ride taking all 5 senses to places unexplored. I loved Friday night's show so much that I traveled out of Baltimore to see the show again. Playing this time at The Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA. Tonight's show brought on a whole different experience. Having been my first time at The Chameleon…

According to the OED, the figurative use of chameleons signifies an “inconstant or variable person” (2). This definition acknowledges some previous relationship between the two characters, which Juliana presumably ended after changing her mind. Furthermore, people once believed chameleons lived on air as their sustenance. One OED excerpt from 1600 asks, “Can men feede like Camelions, on the ayer?” (1). Much like the chameleons who need no sustenance, Damon portrays Juliana as a powerful…

Get to know a Goth The Goth culture is one that finds beauty in things that others consider to dark and depressing to even think about. The goth group is known for mostly wearing dark clothing and being calm and nonviolent people. However, goths are commonly perceived from society as people who worship the devil, cut themselves, are evil, and only wear black. Goths have also been seen as people that are always depressed and only like to listen to goth genres such as rock and heavy…

A Bell Jar The notion of ideal gender roles that have been brought up by the post-world war two era are self-evident in the novel, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. The title of the novel itself represents how the protagonist, Esther, feels about the pressure of holding up to proper feminine decorum put into place by society. This is obvious when Esther begins to explain about her life choices, as represented by the fig tree, where each fig is a path that Esther can choose to live, however choosing…