The Circus

In the articles “Elephants can lend a helping trunk” by Virginia Morell, “Elephants know when they need a helping trunk in a cooperative task” by Joshua M. Plotnik, and “Elephants console each other” by Virginia Morell they talk about how elephants played a task where they had to pull a rope with a partner to get food. In the article they describe it as a platform tied to a rope on both sides and the elephants have to pull the rope together to get the platform with food to get closer. But if one…

All around the world elephants are known to be one of the brightest animals to exist in our time period. The reason for people to think this is because of the many interactions they have together so they work cooperatively to complete a certain task.Though rather these theories are true or not, can be proven through a series of passages and videos. These videos and passages provide an experiment that proves that elephants can work together well. The experiment will require two elephants and…

Should animals perform in circuses? Would you ever feel happy if your freedom all of the sudden is snatched away by an unknown entity and is forced to forever do their bidding? Would you ever feel at ease if suddenly you were taken away from your family knowing that you could never see them again until the end of time? And just imagine, how would it feel like to be embarrassed in front of hundreds if not thousands of people doing tricks that could bring harm to your body? Certainly never we…

Entry 1: Today we discussed the public sphere. In summary, we discussed the emergence of the “mass audience”, the low/high culture binary, and determining where the idea of “the public” comes from. We have a conception of the public sphere from the bourgeois class. The set ideal is that of a private (civil society) and the public (state-mediates crises). This public sphere is formed and operated through the norms of publicity. There are five norms that make up publicity: status as person is…

“That Time I Joined the Circus”by J.J. Howard is a fiction book that will take you on an adventure full of emotion, self discovery, and a circus made up of colorful characters (and a tiger!) The book begins in New York, New York, where Xandra and her father, Gavin, live in an apartment. Her mother left when she was still very young, but the wound is still fresh in Xandra’s heart. Xandra attends school at a private academy that her father paid for in full, and even though she hates the school, it…

isn’t asked for but depending on how it is used can either create positive or negative consequences. The many lessons learned throughout the book and stories are created from the way the characters handled the situations thrown at them. The Night Circus and The raven share the gothic element supernatural. For example “The gears float back to the watch, setting into place, until the watch is complete again, hands ticking forward as if nothing happened”(Morgenstern 18). The abilities shown in…

The Circus Maximus was the first and largest circus in Ancient Rome. The Circus Maximus was located in Rome, Italy. The Circus Maximus was built between the Palatine and Aventine hill. The Circus Maximus has an impact in today's society. The Circus Maximus was a 600 meter long and 180 meters wide circus in Ancient Rome.The Circus Maximus was built by Tarquinius Priscus.In the Circus Maximus the most popular sport was chariot racing. According to legend the chariot races began by Romulus on the…

animals. Though, what SeaWorld does not advertise, is how these animals have been captured by SeaWorld’s own poachers. Now SeaWorld is not the only entertainment park that exploits their wild animals for entertainment. There a number of carnivals and circus animals that are in captivity as well, these animals are cage for the majority of their life. Therefore, these animals are made to perform day in and day out for a large crowd for the rest of their lives. Life in captivity for exotic animals,…

two years after the death of John’s wife Mable, hoping it would “promote education and art appreciation, especially among our young people.” John Ringling owned and operated a circus with four of his six brothers and it’s name was the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. While he gained great success with the circus he developed a voracious passion for…

Animals is a common way to make someone happy. When I go to a zoo or an aquarium I think are these animals happy. These animals could be in a better place, they can be free and not there for the enjoyment of humans. Although most animal experts believe that animal captivity is for the better, others consider animal captivity is an unnatural environment for animals to be in. Animal captivity means the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined. Animal captivity is a…