If I Ran the Zoo

Pi describe “Man” as the most dangerous animals in the zoo? Pi describes “Man” as the most dangerous animal in the zoo because of their human nature. He goes in detail on describing the cruelty and insanity of humans. Men don’t fully respect the animals, they use animals’ skins or fur/feathers for their own benefit, and they even attempt to steal and kill animals. Pi believes that humans are destructive. 7) What is even more dangerous in a zoo than “Man,” and how does Pi’s father teach this to…

Maniac Magee and its movie. Like many other movies, the movie based on Maniac Magee features several changes but also has some similarities so that it is still recognizable as based on the book. While watching the movie, two major differences that I found between the book and movie are: there is no Grayson in the movie while there is in the book, and the book and movie’s contrasting ending. Being so…

When we arrived, everything seemed to move slower, but I soon realized it was the anticipation and caffeine that kept me from falling asleep. We took my sleeping bag, my bag of clothes, and my backpack out of the trunk. My father and my sister, Stephanie, were there to goodbye and as I was heading on the bus my dad handed me a hundred dollar bill and said, “Have a good time in San Diego Kiddo.” I smiled, grabbed my luggage, and got on the bus. I sat and waited for a while as others boarded the…

Groundhog Day. It was a sunny and bright day in Puttingneg. I ate breakfast, quickly and jump into our vehicle. My mom said, “Chelsea, What’s wrong? “Mom nothing is wrong.” I replied. “Why are you just sitting in the car?” She asked. I said, “I don’t want to make us late for ground hog.” “I can‘t remember the last time, you’ve been ready to attend the ground hog celebration, Chelsea.” She replied. I said, “You’ve been through a lot, I just want to be supportive.” “Thank you dear.” She…

identity was far different than I had ever perceived. Because of my elementary school’s curricular adaptation to express our cultural backgrounds, everyone in the class was required to share their historical ancestry. Regardless of the teacher’s best efforts, many never embraced customs or traditions in the school setting. Likewise, my personality and appearance in fourth grade had conformed to the cultural identity which was reflected by the majority of the class. Like them, I saw myself as a…

utmost one of his biggest influences. Brian Hoey, a critic of Seuss said his responce towards the father, “While his father was the one who oringinally encouraged him to draw… it was his mother who he credited ‘for the rhymns in which I write and the urgency with which I do it’” (web). Dr.Seuss was heavly influenced by his mom at a undeveloped age. His mother was a positive influence and including a loving mother that cared for him. His father was also very creative and outgowing. He got some of…

they are not. On the school bus Lorraine just stared out the bus window and John was talking to his friends. Lorraine asked him not to laugh so loud because people think I am sitting with a lunatic. When Lorraine looked in John’s face…

size, fitting two firm twin beds, a flat screen television that was impossible to use since everything was in Chinese, and a bathroom that had you could see into from the beds so you had to use blinds to hide while using the bathroom. After I got my hotel room I immediately fell…

while shadowing at an equine veterinary clinic I was asked to hand walk a horse who was acting up in his stall. He was a beautiful black stallion, and I felt power and fear radiating from him. When I took him outside, I saw why he was there. A huge raw cut covered a quarter of his flank, the skin had been ripped away, exposing the red damaged muscles underneath. This had happened when he spooked after being handled by his rescue family and he had ran into barbed wire. They had just rescued him…

world or even about yourself? I had one of those moments in my life and what I learned about myself changed my mentality forever. An ordinary family trip to the zoo had turned into a life changing event that I would never expect to deal with at 10 years old. This is how my perspective changed forever. It was a rather normal drive to the San Diego zoo. The highway ran near the ocean on a cliff and the breeze was refreshing. Seeing through the fence blocking the cliff I saw the occasional…