Chapter 10 “The Gentle Ape”, begins with the authors embarking on a new journey, flying into a territory for the first time. The first remark that was made on this small village, Djolu, was the clinic for pregnant women. The author spent a good amount of the first few pages painting a picture for the readers; explaining the airstrips, churches, and plantations, metal roofs, strips of houses and big huts. While the authors are describing this village and its surroundings, the readers may feel a…
of the Human Species The future is not guaranteed for individuals, and the same is true for all of humanity. Of the millions of species that exist on this planet humans are known as the most intelligent, but maybe this is a misconception. While mankind carries on its activities, the chance of a mass extinction grows with every misuse of the earth. It is more likely that humans will cause their own extinction than it is that they would be wiped out by a natural catastrophe. Humans are…
follows another person’s footsteps, but that identification technically does not belong to them. For example, I read a short essay titled “Our Secret” written by Susan Griffin, who is a feminist writer. Her essay revolves around the connectivity between human beings and how they are connected whether they are strangers, or even friends of friend. Griffin’s essay mainly focuses on Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Secret Police. She connects herself with Himmler even though they are not…
Yet another one of my goals is to maintain my intellectual wellness. School has always been very important to me. All throughout high school, I worked very hard to maintain a 4.0 GPA and to take as many college credit classes as my school offered. I want to try my hardest to keep this up for as long as I can in college. I know that it will be more difficult, but I think that it is possible. In order to get the highest GPA that I can, I will set a SMART goal to do homework for at least an hour…
Suicide Death is inevitable. nobody can escape from death. People eventually will die. Nobody in this world is immortal. We never know when our time to die will come. Human beings always look for a way to prolong their life by living healthy lives, taking supplements and etc. However, there are some people in this world that are too depressed and always look for a shortcut to end their lives, which is mostly by suicide. According to some individuals including myself, people who end their life…
called and told them to get up” (O’ Connor 382). Her actions entirely portray her characteristics of judgmental person, annoying and malice. Throughout the story, we can identify that she thinks and believes herself as a good Christian and a pious human being. We can see it at the end of story when she blamed the God because send her an evil message which she thinks that she as a Church-going Christian shouldn’t receive such a disgusting message. She questioned the God, “Why me?” and continue…
Different Gender, Both Humans Since the time we are born or even since the time our parents know they having a boy or a girl, we are socialized into rules and what does it means to be a boy or a girl. The set of beliefs, norms and practices depends in the place we live. Our family, friends and the media around us it what shape our culture and through them we are socialized into society. What is the first thing that comes in mind what a person thinks about a little girl? The color pink, dresses,…
made to resemble a human, triggered Turkle’s interest…
The Hunger Games represents a dystopian society where there is an annual televised event where twenty-four children fight to the death until only one remains. I could only imagined being in the crowd of children on selection day where you do not know whose name could be called next, whether it be your own name to be called or a member of your friends and family it would be devastating knowing that their chance for survival is very limited. Katniss Everdeen, is the main character of The Hunger…
Science is in everything, including religion and lack thereof. In this paper I will show how scientism is tied in with the aspects of religious faith and atheism. First and foremost science is defined as the analytical and empirical basis for understanding reality, truth is either analytically understood or empirically verifiable. Also the main arguments that will be discussed deal with the finely tuned universe, the teleological argument, the theory of pragmatism and biological evolution.…