The Asphalt Jungle

Terk, short for Terkina, is Tarzan's best friend. She is a feisty, tomboyish ape. Many people mistake her as a male character because she is louder, assertive, and strong, which is something that society connects to the male gender. Because individuals are used to female characters being like Jane, people end up trying to conform Terk to the gender expectation of a female. It is interesting how many people may view Terk as being a male character because there are multiple indications in the…

animals for fun. Hurting animals is a cruel way of trying to get noticed and kidnapping someone just for weaving isn't a good idea. If the Monkey people wanted attention, they could have done other things like starting a little club or defend the jungle, but…

“Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear, but finding a way through it.” Mongoose are animals who are trained from birth to kill and eat snakes. If mongoose eat a lot of food, it makes them slower. When mongoose become angry, their eyes turn blood red. To kill snakes, mongoose must be able to bite them directly on the back of the head. The story and the movie, Rikki-tikki-tavi has much to compare and contrast. There are many similarities and differences in the…

If you placed a child in the jungle all alone, what would become of him? Would the child be consumed, or would the animals raise him as one of their own? Jon Favreau showed that in the movie The Jungle Book. This movie is about Mowgli’s experience in the jungle after his parents had died while protecting him from a tiger. Abandoned by his father, Mowgli had been raised wolves and had become one himself, but was not completely accepted by the animals inhabiting the jungle. Shere Khan, the tiger…

live in the “The Jungle”. It is a crowded makeshift tent camp, housing thousands of refugees, close to the French entrance of the Eurotunnel near the port of Calais, France. It is a place for a desperate people who are deprived of any hope. France will not look at their asylum claims and Britain is fortifying it is door to keep them out. Nawal is 26 years old. She is from Da’ara, Syria. She was trying to jump in the back of a lorry heading to the tunnel, when she felt to the asphalt and a taxi…

About a week ago, I was on my computer looking at the map around my town creating a bike route. I usually just grab the bike and start pedaling until I get tired and then turn back but, this time I wanted to be away from the asphalt. Being born and raised in Dominican Republic and loving mountain bikes, I grew fond of wondering in the woods and exploring new places. I currently live in The Bronx and here, a mountain bike usually only dreams about its first name; So if i wanted to see the wild,…

This modules assignment has afforded me the opportunity to explore one my favorite poets and writers Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr. better known as Nikki Giovanni. Nikki Giovanni is renowned as one of the pioneers of the Black Art’s movement of the late 1960’s. Although some may have viewed her work as controversial, she is one of the most influential poets of the Black Movement era. She is famously known for “her unabashed advocacy of murderous militancy as a proper black response to white…

executives and have relationships with them: a mild way of prostitution. She took act- and singing lessons and bleached her hair. She took the image of a dumb blonde. Her first serious acting job came in 1950 when she had a small role in ‘The Asphalt Jungle’. Her first leading part was to be in ‘Don’t Bother to Knock’, filmed in 1952. She also met Joe DiMaggio that year and got married two years later. Their marriage was in trouble from the beginning. In 1954 she got divorced. After a few…

Loyalty Review Program: On March 21, 1947, Truman launched the loyalty review program. The loyalty review program was created under pressure due to the Communist threat overtaking the US. The iron curtain represented the growing tensions between the Soviets and the US. At the time, the federal government already addressed Communists acting in Hollywood and teaching in certain states. What was left to be filtered was the federal government. Truman, the president at the time, believed in limited…

Intro This is a critical Review of the Documentary by National Geographic Megacities: New York. In this documentary various environmental issues are presented, this critical review will explore the issues presented. Present Environmental issues include; the increase in population highlighted by the expansion of buildings and public transport. Urbanization and the Urban heat island. The energy consumed by the construction, maintenance and use of public transport systems. Underground construction…