Sparrow

Plum Island Trip First of all, I decided to do this project because it included a trip to an island. My first thought was warm weather, the sun, the beach, and the ocean, but unfortunately we did this trip in a cold, dark and windy day. We spent most of our day at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, which is located along the northeast coast of Massachusetts. This refuge has it's history, it was established in 1941 for several reasons, which they are: to provide feeding, resting, and…

source of transactive memory. In a study conducted at Columbia University, scientists have found that “the internet is changing the nature of what we remember, making us more likely to recall where the facts are rather than the facts themselves” (Sparrow, Liu, and Wegner). All of the data on the World Wide Web is not “overwhelming,” but what is overwhelming is our inability to store and use it properly. We do not try to memorize information as much anymore because we can easily look up the…

Vocalization is an essential type of communication for passerine species. Bird is a primary example of using auditory signals between intraspecies and interspecies. This research paper will examine the European warblers, mockingbirds and sparrows to show that songs are specifically developed by male birds in order to attract females and they are also the way for females to evaluate potential mates to ensure reproduction success. Vocalization is also a mechanism used by this taxon to be able…

Little Sparrow sat where she had minutes ago, talking and laughing with the other women. For a minute, Alma wanted to turn back to find Gabe. But she needed to get this over with and so she hurried forward and smiled at the women who had let her sit with them earlier…

Sappho lived during the sixth century BC on the island of Lesbos. There is very little that is to know about the life of Sappho, she is one of the greatest women of Greek lyrics, and through her work of both lyrics and narrative poems she focused on beauty and love. Catullus was a Latin poet from the late Roman Republic, his style of writing is mostly neoteric poetry. Sappho’s writings are softer and more feminine, she would express how passion, relationships and jealousy felt like. Her writings…

The cartoon Tweetie Pie in 1947 saw the introduction of another pair Looney Tunes characters in the form of Tweety and Sylvester. Since then, there are three things that viewers would usually expect in every cartoon that featured the tiny canary and his feline predator: 1.) Sylvester's goal of eating Tweety which was frequently quelled, thanks to the presence of either Granny or her bulldog, Hector. In some episodes, an army of bulldogs or another feline predator did the job. 2.) Tweety's…

Killer Robots Autonomous weapons, commonly known as killer robots has seen their rise in prominence in the last decade or so. The first "killer robots" date all the way back to World War Two, with the Soviet Teletanks and the German Goliath remote controlled mine. Both of these weapons were extremely advanced for their time and both had the same common goal of inflicting as much damage on the enemy with minimal loss on their side. That does not sound like a very promising morally strong back up…

When Dante tries to stop the kids from shooting the sparrows, Ari supports him, even though he doesn’t really know why. Another time is when Dante is helping the bird on the street and a car is coming at Dante. Ari risks his life by jumping in front of the car to save his friend. By the end of the book, Ari realizes he did those things because of love, yet he didn't even notice. In the beginning of the book, two kids were shooting sparrows with BB guns. Dante didn’t like that the kids were…

silence is unbearable, I don’t want to look up. I feel sick. I stare at the fox’s silver-black fur, knowing that she is staring intently at the exact thing I refused to look at. A girl, sitting frozen and staring wide eyed at a boy. The boy holds a sparrow in his hands, a large smirk on his face. He is holding her familiar. I can’t help but to grip my own, the fox in my lap. She is bristling with disgust. It was forbidden to touch another person’s familiar. It is like grabbing someone’s soul,…

heartbreak. Then in lines 5-9, Sappho calls upon Aphrodite, saying that if Aphrodite has ever helped her before then she should ride her chariot down from Mount Olympus to help her again. In lines 9-12, sparrows yoked to the chariot bring Aphrodite down from the heavens to the “black earth”. The sparrows might symbolize spring, and with Aphrodite as the goddess of love,…