The Future Is Wild

From Hunter Gatherers to farmers was an interesting series of videos to watch. It shows how people in the old ages revolved from hunting food, and gathering wild berries and grains, to farming and being able to stay in one place. It surprised me how tamed the animals were, seeing how they don’t have the technology that we have to tame our animals, (Pets.) I thought it was a bit strange how much they changed. For example, eating raw meat. During the Paleolithic age, people ate meat straight from…

The House Says It All In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a powerful atmosphere is created. Although set on a simple, “dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year” (Poe 420), there is a sense of deterioration, insanity, and even murder portrayed in this short story. The Usher mansion is carefully crafted to heighten the mood and atmosphere of the story. A great deal of time is spent specifically embodying the setting. Poe brilliantly illustrates,…

higher in African-American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese” (para. 2). Childhood obesity carries with it the burden of diseases that affect “not only children’s ‘current and future health’ but also their evolving and future liberty as adults” (Schmidt (2008 p. 3). Some of “the health consequences of childhood obesity include greater risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and other serious illnesses” (HBO, n.d.,…

The ability to migrate in large feline mammals is necessary if large carnivores are to persist near cities in the future. QUOTE ABOUT FELINE MAMMALS AND THEIR LARGE HUNTING GROUNDS. OMG SO LARGE. MUCH LARGNESS. GREAT WIDE SPACE. PUMAS NEED TO PRANCE AROUND. Inbreeding, especially in a small population, can have serious implications on the survival and fitness…

Socialisation is a procedure which is transformed from the society that precedes the manner of life of the precursors. An individual's social characteristics as well as conducts are exceedingly reliant on the environs they are surrounded with such as ethical principles, beliefs as well as practices of the people within the society particularly parents and guardians from which children are greatly influenced. In order to survive, it is essential to adapt to the surrounded environment which is…

nonfiction Into the Wild depicting McCandless 's trip from his home to his cold grave. In the last chapter, Krakauer suggested McCandless 's death was resulted from consuming poisonous mold seeds. However, I believe the cause of his death is much more than just eating toxic seeds: McCandless…

Unfortunately, his mother is tired of his tricks, and sends him to bed without any supper. But suddenly a forest grows in his bedroom and Max is taken away to a land of Wild Things. Fortunately, the Wild Things do not eat Max; instead they make him their king. Max is allowed to continue his misbehaviors and actually encouraged to do so. It seems like a wonderful and perfect scenario…until something calls him home. The characters and…

Isolation: The Struggle to Find One’s Self In Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer investigates a young man’s struggle between isolation and forgiveness. This book shows the compelling, incredible adventure of Chris Mccandless, who leaves his home, family and money to disconnect himself from society and live the life he has always wanted. A simple young man, McCandless has a burning desire to live a simplistic nomadic lifestyle and explore the United States. This is a characteristic his family, his…

History is important because it helps to understand not only the past, but it also helps us to understand and predict the future. Africa is so influential to part of how humankind came to be...Africa is known as the motherland, and is known as the birthplace of humankind. (add who said that) “History is the mother of all social science”. This is why African history is so important, being that it is the birthplace of humankind everything that has happened in Africa is vitale and important. There…

loves his job at a men's clothing store. After a night of hard-partying and being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky, his bookish and unpopular classmate, hovering over him. While Aimee has dreams and plans of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now and has no plans…