Octopus

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ; The Return of Sherlock Holmes ; A Study in Scarlet ; The Sign of Four ; The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: Octopus, 1981.…

to promote his views and gain the attention of followers. “Long and Coughlin evoked deep images in the populist past, for example the famous free coin tract coin's financial school, one of the widely read books in the 1980, known as the “English octopus” which had consumed so much of the world’s wealth…

Just like pores on human skin which absorb elements of the world around us, the holes all over the sponge’s body as essentially pores as well. The function of the holes all over the sponge’s body is to allow water to be absorbed into the sponge’s body. Through the absorption of water, the sponge also absorbs food and oxygen to ensure survival. There is no one set type of symmetry for sponges. Therefore, not all sponges have the same type of symmetry. Sponges can range from asymmetrical to…

In addition, when animals are represented as transfigured humans, both Disney films and oral folktales highlight the superiority of humans in relation to animals by conflating happiness with the restoration of the human condition. In The Emperor's New Groove, Kuzco regains his human form, is reinstated as emperor, and shares his wealth with Pacha and his family. In The Princess and the Frog, Navene and Tiana regain access to the human condition because of Tiana's new status as a princess, and…

It all began with a slimey pet snail and an octopus’ front yard. Annoyed by the trailing goop of his neighbor Spongebob’s pet, Gary, Squidward Tentacles constructs a splintery barrier to keep him out, but a rickety pile of sticks doesn’t stop him. Completely though with the mollusk’s shenanigans, Mr…

Finding Dory, a film by Pixar Animation Studios is about a blue tang fish named Dory, where as a child, she got separated from her parents. She has short-term memory loss, so at first, when she got lost, she tries to look for her parents and asks other fishes for help but the fishes couldn’t help her because when they asked what are you looking for, Dory forgot what she is looking for. As time passed, she completely forgot about her parents. The only thing that she remembers is a song that goes…

healthier, but also good for the environment. Therefore, currently I have salad at least once a day for one of my meal. I have also travelled to Korea for a summer study abroad program in my freshman year. In a seafood market, I first tried lived octopus. The arms were chopped into short segments to make it easier to be chewed. While the arms were still moving after being chopped, I dipped one arm in a type of Korean spicy sauce, and put it in my mouth. I could feel its suckers were sucking my…

Are you a good person? A person of morals and values? An ethical person? Yes? If so, then: How much are you willing to give up? How much can you give up? How much will you? Regardless of your answers, what remains is that you are affluent enough to give. Philosopher provocateur Peter Singer uncomfortably highlights these questions in The Life You Can Save: How to do Your Part to End World Poverty (New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010.). Singer’s goals are "to challenge you to think…

A fishery is a broad term used to describe any activity involving the harvesting of aquatic and marine animals, mainly fish. A fishery can refer to the fishing vessel, equipment and crew involved in the harvesting; the area that the fishing activity occurs in; and/or the species of interest. These can be wild captured seafood or seafood harvested through aquaculture. Commercial fisheries can also refer to the whole process of catching, processing and marketing the seafood for sale and involves…

When we think of cartoons having a moral behind them, most would not think SpongeBob SquarePants would fall into the category. One of the highest rated series on Nickelodeon by Stephen Hillenburg is SpongeBob SquarePants- a comedy series, which tells the adventures of him and his 6 other friends through the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob is a TV show that teaches everyone a lesson who watches the show because each character represents one of the seven deadly sins.…