The Tortoise and the Hare

Junior Project Research Paper Throughout history, the allegory has played a vital role in revealing moral lessons to people of all ages and backgrounds, linked by common symbolism and human experience. An allegory is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence.” Common examples range from, Aesop’s “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” to C.S. Lewis’s series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Often, such works…

Comparisons Between Animals and Humans in Things Fall Apart The short story of The Tortoise and the Hare, written by Aesop is a well known anecdote throughout the world. It tells of a tortoise and a hare who compete in a race although they have unequal abilities. Behind the childish story lays an important lesson, slow and steady always wins the race. Aesop uses animals to compare them to humans through the use of metaphors which reveals much about human culture and morals. The notable and…

Children all grow up remembering cute animal story books that their parents read to them to make them fall asleep. There is “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “The Hare and the Tortoise” etc. Something all these books have in common is the anthropomorphism of these animal characters. Furthermore, these books always seem to teach a lesson or have a moral. This is on purpose, of course, to help educate children while still having fun reading. Nevertheless, it also brings up a pressing…

the Bunny was born 20 years ago in a beautiful cave that looked like a castle. As just an infant, she was kidnapped by the malicious king of the monkeys, Marty. Bella has long, luscious, white fur that had magical healing powers. Harry the Hare and Tony the Tortoise have been at a standstill. They both want to save Bella, but for two different reasons. Harry has a fascination with the majestic princess and her fur. Tony in love with her and is intrigued by her beauty. They both want to recuse…

School vs. Education The public schools today in America are not educating their students but schooling them. Schooling them to memorize test answers instead of understanding the moral concept of what they’re learning. “My schooling was about facts and figures, rather than understanding and moral formation”, says Darrow Miller when looking back on his reflection on his own education which supports my claim. Passing standardized testing today has become the main goal of teachers and students…

The videos, What is Innovation and Where Good Ideas Come From, both relate to innovation. Both videos describe innovation, but in different ways. What is Innovation describes innovation more as dots, or ideas, that others have overlooked. These dots are ways in to which products and services better that have not yet been thought of. Where Good Ideas Come From describes innovations more as bigger ideas that are made up of smaller ones. These smaller ones find other smaller ones through…

Everyone loves a good underdog story. Throughout history there have been many stories of the little guy beating the odds. There are the famous stories such as David and Goliath, or The Tortoise and the Hare, that we pass on through generations. In all these stories of improbable victory the story of Seabiscuit rises above the rest in American culture. In Laura Hillenbrand's book an awkward, and stubborn horse named Seabiscuit becomes an unlikely hero as he is trained by an even more unlikely…

Greece has many long-lasting cultural effects on today’s education, the literary works that Greek philosophers and writers have created still teach children morals and are even used for other educational purposes. For example, Aesop’s “The Hare and the Tortoise” is a well-known story by almost every child and teaches the reader about the value of taking your time, and humbleness all in one coin. Or, if a child ever had to take a typing test in their elementary school’s computer class, they may…

slave and lived on the Greek island of Samos. He was freed as a reward for his learning. Aesop traveled and retold fables that he had learned along the way. Some of the stories you might have heard of such as, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare. My final reason why Greek literature made the biggest impact on our world today is because They made some epic poems that people might consider still famous today. One of those epic poems was The Odyssey. The Odyssey is an Epic poem…

In total he received 19 different awards. Most of his awards are for his movies (some awards did not say what they were for). Disney made 50 short films in his lifetime. Beginning in 1923 and ending in 1966. His short films include The Tortoise and The Hare, Goofy and Wilbur, Mickey Mouse. Disney made 81 movies in his lifetime. The first being Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and his last, The Jungle Book in 1967. His movies include Fantasia, Bambi, and Lady and the Tramp.…