Pygmies

Everyday life revolves around food. In western cultures the day consists typically of 3 main meals. The morning starts off with breakfast, this meal generally focuses on milk based items e.g. cereal or coffee. Later on during the day, typically around midday, its lunch. Lunch usually consists of some type of sandwich. And finally later that evening is dinner time. Dinner generally consists of a serving of meat and vegetables that is followed by dessert which is a sweet based meal. Food, taste,…

He utilizes not only vivid imagery but also clever analogies to enlighten the reader on the true nature of the blemish. “Its shape bore not a little similarity to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy size. Georgiana's lovers were wont to say that some fairy at her birth hour had laid her tiny hand upon the infant's cheek” (Hawthorne, The Birthmark 2). He compares the mark to a faerie’s hand much the same way he compares Beatrice’s voice to a sunset…

To Be or Not To Be An old word asks us: “To be or not to be, is a question.” How does a person think of death in daily life? What makes a person commit suicide rather than live a better life? What experience does a person go through leading him to give up the hope of existence? In our reading, “The Birth-mark” and “A wall of fire rising”, Hawthorne and Danticat use representative symbols, such as the birthmark and the balloon, to show pursuing to perfection and freedom. Symbolism is one…

scrap wood, sugars, starch crops and algae are being aggressively promoted for use over biomass, to reduce reliance on forests. These measures have contributed to preserved environments for endangered species including the orangutan and the Borneo Pygmy Elephant. Countries like Paraguay have also reported reduced rates of deforestation. (WWF, n.d) I feel that deforestation is a serious issue which desperately needs to be addressed. The efforts by the conservation organisations have improved the…

Eight inches tall with an 18-inch wingspan. It has dark brown plumage, brown and white vertical breast streaks, and no ear-tufts with yellow orange eyes and white “glasses”. Thousands of this seemingly tame, fearless little owl migrate from Canada south through Maine to points south in winter, but some reside in the state throughout the year. Like the screech owl, it nests in tree cavities and will use a nest box. It prefers dense coniferous and broad-leaved forests next to water. It eats small…

wanted to predict species at risk by “determining the species most vulnerable to increasing degradation of coral reef habitats requires identification of the ecological traits that increase extinction risk” (Hobbs et all, 2010). The study focused on pygmy angelfish, but also the fish’s use of habitat, resources, and diet. They researchers found multiple risk factors and determined three components, small range size, low abundance, and specialization that make a fish rare and at risk for…

Three-toed Sloth The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It also serves as a home to several species of animals. From the 3,000 species of fish to the 428 species of mammals (Hellas 2), each one of them calls the rainforest their home. One species in particular, the Three-toed Sloth, lives in the trees of the rainforest and generally hangs on the vines. They have been known to hardly come down to the rainforest floor. However, there is a major problem that the…

Tiffany Liang Ms. Maher Period 1 2/7/16 Much Ado About Nothing Double Entry Journal Act I Scene Quote/Passage Analysis Citation 1 O Lord… he be cured. In this passage, Beatrice uses simile to compare Benedick to a disease. This shows how she sees Benedick-- an unwanted, irritating, detrimental pestilence, with the ability to drive people downright insane. On the contrary, Beatrice thinks well of Claudio, especially compared to Benedick. She hopes he would not be affected by “the…

Squids and Octopi may be two of the most fascinating and unique creatures to live on the planet. With each animal having close to over two hundred different species, two that distinguish themselves from all the other species are the giant octopus and the giant squid. A misconception often made is that these two animals are the same and just have different names. While they both belong to the same class of Cephalopoda, they are in fact two completely different species both belonging to a…

Jared Diamond, in Chapter 19 of the novel Guns, Germs, and Steel, proposes that the black Bantu ethnic group was able to exert dominance over the other four cultural groups in Africa in areas that food production was viable because the Bantu’s sedentary lifestyle was greatly advantaged compared to hunter-gatherers living in the same area. Diamond supports his claims by illustrating the major societal and organizational difference between the Bantu and hunter-gatherer groups and pointing to the…