If I Ran the Zoo

Peter's answer was somehow provocative " And am I the guinea pig for today"?" (40). Jerry sees Peter as a very "sweet man" (47) that "possessed of a truly enviable innocence" (48). Anita Stenz states that the "stage directions" show that Peter "resists communication with others, or at any rate, with Jerry" (449). At the very beginning of the play, one might believe that Peter's character is unchangeable and that he will remain the same person until the end, but the fact is that Peter at the…

Blue Ridge Journey “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” I asked. My family went to Harrisonburg so we could go camping in a cabin. It was a hot summer August day. “Look! Look!” My siblings all yelled one after the other. Out the car window you could see the ancient blue-capped mountains. The mountains were so blue they looked like a picture with a blue filter. We stopped at an aged brick tavern my dad went to when he was in college. It was magnificent, but the food was…

lady? As I matured, some gear in my head locked into place: I want to be a magical warrior princess. It’s as simple as that. Armed with knowledge as my power, I want to battle worldly injustices and be an emblem of hope for others. However, until recently, I felt more like a peasant than a princess. I was the studious little girl in the corner who ran for secretary, not president, scared to stand up for myself.…

My years when I was just a little girl were one of the best. Whenever I would go to my grandma’s house we would always play games such as dominos, scrabble, or card games. Card games and board games were always my favorite and I would love to beat anyone who thought they were better. One of my favorite games to play was baseball, we would go into my grandma’s living room and a take a deflated ball (representing the baseball) and hit it with our hands to create the bat. Then someone would pitch…

time I sussed I was a human being and not some weird sea lion, I was four. At zoos I actually asked my mom to read the information panels and sat there, thumb in mouth, while she sounded out tongue-twisters like “chances lupus.” I had my collection of stuffed animals, my copy of Amphibians of the Americas, and my career goals. I was going to be a vet, James Elliot-style. Maybe a small animal vet, maybe a field vet, but definitely a vet. Then I read Song of the Dodo. Silly as it sounds, I had…

Fifth Grade I had just had moved to Idaho at the beginning of this schools year so I didn't have any friends or know anyone. When I would talk people would look at me funny because I had a thick southern accent. I made a lot of friends just because we only had one class the entire day so it was easy. Most of my friends were in the grade above me because I was in the sixth grade orchestra and I was in a fifth/sixth grade combo class. Because I was in the sixth grade orchestra class I would have…

also a journalist, this is a quote of Lewis speaking of the effect these two authors had on his atheistic life, “In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere. . . God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.” (www.gci.org). And just as his quote says these softening of his heart over the years eventually lead him to accepting…

my Project Within my project I aim to discuss whether it is right to keep animals captive. In particular, if it is right to keep them captive for our entertainment. Animal captivity raises many important moral questions, which include questioning whether it is ever right to restrict animal’s liberty and if so, under what conditions? Furthermore, do human beings have the right to keep other animals captive? Are we the superior species and if so, why is this the case? I aim to discuss many of…

and 1-10 km for females (Caldecott, 2005). As you can imagine, orangutans that live in captivity don’t have homes remotely close to those ranges. Not only is it smaller, their enclosures also lack forest canopies for them to inhabit. In the National Zoo there are various elevated ledges and platforms and some small trees, but nothing compared to their natural habitat. How do the orangutans behave in an enclosure that doesn’t have the same climbing options as in the wild?…

Shivering from the chilly autumn wind, I waited by the public bathroom, anticipating our monthly Chicago rendezvous. This month Katy and I agreed to meet at the Lincoln Park Zoo. After several not-so-clandestine glances at the main entrance, I finally spotted her infamous bright orange beanie bobbing its way through the crowd toward me. I waved and caught her eye, and she smiled at my little "freeze" dance. Katy--always the jester--began to grotesquely limp her way to me. At her atrocious…