Snake

effectively uses the poetic devices, imagery, alliteration, and allusion to portray the central theme of making decisions. The first line, “venomous lies, attacks you anonymously” bring forth the allusion of snakes. Snakes are considered to be full of lies and betrayals. In the Bible, the snake gave Eve a choice to eat the fruit of knowledge and Eve took the fruit of knowledge and shared it with her husband Adam. Which later caused God to cast them out of the garden of Eden. This shows that lies…

wild; therefore, making it an optimal predator stimulus. On the contrary, the researchers used the western shovel-nosed snake, a sympatric species to the California kingsnake, to test the general response of the iguana’s snake chemcials. Unlike the California kingsnake, the western shovel-nosed snake does not feed on lizards and only feeds on arthropods making it an optimal snake control stimulus. (Bealor and Krekorian, 2002). The researchers hypothesized that chemoreception is a salient aspect…

“Poison” by Roald Dahl is a short story about a man named Timber who arrives at his bungalow to find his partner, Harry, laying in his bed and acting frantic. Harry then reveals that a krait, a poisonous snake, has been laying on his stomach for hours. Timber calls an Indian doctor, who is addressed as Ganderbai throughout the story, and asks for help. Ganderbai willingly comes to the bungalow and does everything that he can possibly do to help Harry. At the end of the story, Ganderbai and…

It is often said that a story is only as good as its villain and, while argued by many, there is much truth in this statement. In the short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, the villainous figure is represented by Sykes, Delia’s husband, who abuses her not only physically but emotionally as well. His innate moral corruption makes him a clear candidate as the antagonist in the story. Hurston develops Sykes’ depravity using dialogue, symbolism, and flashbacks, and, in turn, she expresses the…

from like three places north America Canada and Mexico. Bullfrogs eat insects, minnows, worms, crayfish, snakes, baby birds, other frogs, small turtles and even small mammals. Bullfrogs eat anything that they can overpower and fit into their mouths. They have power like legs and cow. which their conversation status is least concerned. Also their skin type would be permeable. They usually eat snakes, worms, insects, crustaceans, frogs, tadpoles, and aquatic eggs of fish, frogs, insects, or…

portrays the struggle of a married, colored couple Sykes and Delia Jones. Delia is an honest, hardworking woman, and Sykes is a mean, rude egomaniac, who finds great pleasure using a snake to torture his wife’s and to laugh at her greatest fear. Upon a closer examination, there is a deeper meaning to the plain words ‘snake’ and ‘sweat’. “Reap what you sow” is the theme of this not-so-fairy tale of the conflict between ‘good’ and the ‘bad.’ In the fiction literature, when there is a deeper…

What would you do if you saw a 25 foot snake as wide as a telephone pole coming towards you? Burmese pythons are affecting the Everglades by causing changes for animals, people and the ecosystem in the Everglades. These viscious animals will annihilate anything in their path. First of all, Burmese pythons are killing almost anything in their path. According to page 44 paragraph 2 it states, “Burmese pythons are carnivores and survive primarily on small birds and mammals.” Also, page 44…

foreshadows Sykes’s evil actions causing issues for him down the road or as Delia puts it, “whatever goes over the Devil’s back, is got to come under his belly.” Hurston describes the snake’s eyes as growing bloodier by the second which foreshadows that the snake will soon make its next kill. Sykes is cheating on his wife with Bertha, whom he spends all of their money on. The role of Christianity plays an important theme throughout the story.…

The short story, "Sweat", is about Delia Jones, a washwoman, and her husband, Sykes. In the middle of sorting clothes, "something long, round, limp and black fell upon [Delia's] shoulders and slithered to the floor beside her" (3). It’s not a snake, but Sykes's bullwhip. He criticizes her for bringing 'white folks' clothes into the house and tells her to quit working. When she doesn't, he kicks the clothes around. A frustrated Delia defends her job and herself with an iron skillet. This causes…

that awaited us. HISS! CHOMP! Snakes filled the room. One snake in particular, wrapped around my leg and started to bite. "OW!" I screamed. In the corner, I spotted a box. It read, "I WILL GIVE YOU A KNIFE TO HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY! JUST OPEN THIS BOX AND YOU WILL FIND A KNIFE TO HELP YOU GET OUT!" I opened the box, a split second later, CHOMP! Blood filled my nose and face. My nose and eye stung like crazy. When I was able to see what had happened, I saw a snake inside the box that was…