Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros, written 1958, and published 1959 is one of Ionesco’s most popularized plays. It opens on a usual Sunday in a town, where abruptly a rhinoceros is sighted twice by the townspeople. Initially some wonderment is expressed about the strangeness of this happening, but eventually a great deal of discussion is devoted to whether the two sightings were of the same rhino or of two different ones, and whether the rhino(s) belonged to the African or Asian species. Soon it becomes evident that people are being metamorphosed into rhinos unexplainably. At the conclusion of the play all human beings yield to rhinoceritic, while the protagonist Berenger remains the solitary human. Despite a number of characteristics representative of the theatre…

“Black Rhinoceros”(www.bagheera.com) The Black Rhinoceros are not completely extinct, but it critical.The reason that the Black Rhino’s are being hunted is because of their horns. The horns on them are very valuable and can also be used for other things. There were 65,000 Black Rhino’s in 1970 and now almost 90 percent of them were killed. Now there is 2,500 left in the whole entire world. Their horns are packed with fibers that hold it together that make it strong. They have two horns instead…

By avoiding fights that they are unlikely to win, the Giant Rhinoceros Beetles can both save energy and prevent injury. There is evidence that fight escalation is most likely to occur between two equally sized males, with smaller males simply retreating after sensing they are outmatched(paper). With smaller beetles retreating shortly after contact, some stimuli is received that allows them to assess their opponents. How Giant Rhinoceros Beetle assess their opponents is currently unknown, but…

With today’s society, it is easy for one to become caught up in wanting to look like everyone else instead of being themselves. This generates a decision that one has to make about how they would like to present themselves in society. In “Rhinoceros,” by Eugène Lonesco the main idea shows that once one person starts a trend, others will quickly follow. Jean, the main character, shows the difficulties of picking one's desired place in society, especially when it comes to fitting in or standing…

before he gets too far away he returns to put a locator in the child’s teeth for future use and then escapes. This young boy finally wakes up to see a dead carcass of what used to be his mother and is totally distraught. Five years later, the implanted locator is triggered because the young son is now of age to be hunted. History is now repeating itself and the son will suffer the same fate as his mother. This brutal activity is actually happening in our world today but with animals like the…

Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros written in 1959 is one of his most famous works forming a part of the Post War Avant-Garde Drama of the Theatre of Absurd. Rhinoceros demonstrates Ionesco’s anxiety about the spread of inhuman totalitarian tendencies in society. Inspired by his personal experiences with fascism during World War II, this absurdist drama depicts the struggle of one man to maintain his identity and integrity alone in a world where all others have succumbed to the beauty of brute force…

Since 2006, the tally on Africa’s rhino war stands at more than 1,000 poached rhinos, 22 poachers killed, and more than 200 poachers arrested (Sohrabian 2013:16). In an effort to alleviate the pressure on the species, some have proposed to legalize trade in rhinoceros horn. It is the belief of such advocates that “rangers and conservationists could win the war if rhino horns were farmed on a large scale” (Sohrabian 2013:16). Unlike elephants who die when their tusks are removed, rhinos can…

hunting expeditions have seen gangs turn grenades and AK-47s on entire herds, even within the supposed shelter of national parks. Other animals poaching is effecting are Rhino’s there horn was reported to be selling for $65,000 in 2012, making it more expensive by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine. Illegal killings hit another record high at 393 in the 12 months leading up to April. Finding themselves faced with more and more mutilated rhino carcasses, horns sometimes hacked off while the…

The fight to save our rhinos is getting an upgrade. The new technology, known as Rapid (Real-time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device) is impressive. Plus, there's top-secret spy cameras involved. It's one last, drastic effort to save rhinos from extinction. "Rapid Renders Poaching a Pointless Exercise" As reported in The Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rhinos-horns-to-be-fitted-with-spy-cameras-and-alarms-to-help-catch-poachers-10400423.html endangered rhinos will…

population is estimated at five thousand, they are currently a critically endangered species. Majority of rhinoceros live in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Kenya. Historically from the year 200 B.C to 200 A.D, rhinoceros horns along with their blood, skin, and urine have been in high demand in oriental Asia due to the belief that these body parts serve as ailments…