Crocodiles

n the beginning of the book the city of Rebu was getting ready for a battle with the Egyptians. Amuba is the son of the king of Rebu. He goes out to battle with his father he sees him fall, and his friend, an older man named Jethro, helps save his body. The battle was lost so the Rebu returned to their city. The Egyptians attacked the city and eventually conquered it, picking out some captives to be slaves and return with them to Egypt. The high priest of the Egyptian God named Osiris whose name…

SOT the predator is a dinosaur and in BP the predator in the crocodile. Also, the two stories deal with danger, in both stories the narrators are very detailed about the setting and the story in general. Furthermore, in both stories, the main characters break rules in some way, in SOT Eckles steps off the path and ended up killing a butterfly and changing the future and in BP Plumwood exceeds the boundary line and gets attacked by crocodiles. This…

stepping off of the Path and killing a butterfly, altering the entire future. In “Being Prey”, Plumwood ventures into the home of crocodiles. Some may say that the crocodile is at fault, but Plumwood was in crocodile territory. As a result of them causing their problems, they pay for them. Both characters pay greatly for the choices that they made. Plumwood is bitten by a crocodile, giving her a limp for life, while Eckels life is taken because of his…

relationship of humans to the natural world. This includes exploring the value and rights of the non-human world. In this assignment I explore Tom Regan’s position on the moral case of animals in regards to Val Plumwood’s account of surviving a crocodile attack. I will be using Tom Regan’s deontological stance to defend the claim that we should leave large predators unharmed, but also critiquing his position. Tom Regan’s position comes from a Kantian, deontological point of view. This rights…

The story goes on to show Kovaloff reactions to his nose and how he at first seeing his nose is afraid to approach it because it has a higher rank than himself. In the end, he wakes from his dream and pursues a higher position. Dostoevsky’s “The Crocodile”…

dropped her leaves. A huge green crocodile peeking out of the lake and smiling to her. ‘I can show you how to weave the basket’, he repeated. ‘Ca-a-an you?’ KangaRoo mumbled, stepping back to the bamboo forest. ‘Shure,’ crocodile answered. ‘Just jump in my lake and I’ll teach you. You’ll learn to make great baskets!’ Instead of running away, KangaRoo went to shore. The crocodile opened its mouth and smiled invitingly. ‘What a stupid and tasty kangaroo!’ crocodile thought. He grabbed one from…

could survive being attacked by a dinosaur or a crocodile? Both stories, ‘’A Sound of Thunder and ‘’Being Prey’’ both had an experience with a dangerous reptile. Would you be up for the challenge? The setting in each of these stories were ‘’relatably’’ different. They each had to do with some sort of dangerous reptile. In ‘’Being Prey’’ the setting was in present day – in a swamp. This is un-touched by humans, and the predator in this was a crocodile... While in ‘’A Sound of Thunder’’ the…

Art, is an element which has existed for centuries, dating back to prehistoric times. It allows one to express their feelings, beliefs, and talents onto various forms of mediums. Ranging from sculptures, to paintings, and even writing, art is a powerful tool to showcase one’s thoughts. At the metropolitan museum one of the most noticeable pieces of art work was The Metternich Stela. Dating back to Dynasty 30, 360-342 B.C, this stela belongs to the ancient empire of Egypt. The Metternich Stela…

Sobek looks like a “ human hybrid ” which meant he had the head of a human man and a head of a crocodile, or he could just look like normal crocodile. Crocodiles were mummified to represent Sobek, and were treated like household pets. Given necklaces and jewels. When ever there was a problem with the Nile River people would pray to Sobek. Sobek has a cult associated by him called…

both characters. In the first story “A Sound of Thunder” the main character was killed because he ignored what he was told to do. In the second story “Being Prey” the main character doesn’t pay attention and it results in her being attacked by a crocodile. So in both of these stories the authors are trying to send out a message to the readers that you need to listen because if you don’t something bad could or will happen to you. In both stories “A Sound of thunder” and “Being Prey” they are…