Tigers

Each year, more people die from bee stings, snakebites, falling off ladders, or drowning in a bathtub than from a shark attack. Yet, people still think sharks are frightening and vicious killers. Sharks main prey are not humans, they usually eat smaller sea creatures. It is more likely for a swimmer to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark. Many shark attacks that occur on a human are accidental. Sharks are not vicious killers as portrayed in the movies like Jaws. Most people are…

With no one to look up to, he slowly walked to the door on the right and opened it. Out came a beast with intimidating eyes. The tiger pounced towards the man and finished him. As the audience moaned at the sight of it all, sorrow fell across the kingdom. “Why did such a lovely man have to die?” Many of the townsfolk thought.…

had come, the shade departed. But the prickling feeling on Charlie’s back did not. It was almost as if… And then he heard someone breathing behind him… He could feel their gaze, on his back, in his head… Visions of a dark cloaked vampire riding a tiger crossed his mind, was it his time already? “Who’re you.” The voice was high, young, and nervous. It was a question, but it didn’t sound like one. Charlie did not turn around right away. Something told him that if he did, he might end up with a…

A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ANIMAL METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN THE NOVEL “THE WHITE TIGER” BY ARAVIND ADIGA 1. Background of Study The use of animal terms in the human daily conversation has taken place rapidly nowadays which involving the speaker’s thought and emotion. These terms have sort of imagery which is usually delivered through speech acts and idioms. The most common device to use the animal imagery is that by comparing the animal to something unrelated that cannot be taken literally.…

Connection to Self: Tears of a Tiger I can relate my own life to this character of the Tears of a Tiger. Andy is a character of the book Tears of a Tiger that he and his friend Robert Washington get drunk after school and go to parties but, then robert crush into a post or a tree because he was really drunk. Robert Washington he was the captain of the Hazelwood high school basketball team he was killed last night in a fiery automobile accident in 1-7. Andy was ready to have the big basketball…

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Killer, entrepreneur, and biased all words that describe Aravind Adiga’s main character in The White Tiger. Balram grow up in the darkness as a boy his father was a rickshaw puller, a poor man. His mother died when he was at a young age and then his father dies in a doctorless government hospital. He then made his way to driver’s school and got a job as Mr. Ashoks driver and begins to make his way into the light. Despite Adiga thinking he has an unbiased scope through Balram, he is biased…

Would you rather get eaten by a tiger or never see your family again? In the short story “Lady or the Tiger” there is a king who founds out about the man who likes his daughter. The kind is overprotective of his daughter and decides to send the young man to an arena where he has to choose between two doors. One of the doors has a man-eating tiger behind it and the other has a lady behind it. If the man choses the young lady he has to leave the kingdom to marry the lady and he can never come back…

SHARK ATTACKS Q: What is it? A: This one is easy, a shark attack is the term used to describe when a shark acts upon a human. Every year only 75 attacks are reported worldwide. Even though there are many attacks a year, people are still very scarred to get in the water especially after major attacks, such as the Jersey Shore attacks of 1916, and many films such as Jaws. Q: What are the changes of this happening to anyone? A: According to ISAF (International Shark Attack File), between…

Individualism The white tiger symbolizes power and majesty in East Asian societies, for example, in China and Japan. It is likewise an image for independence and uniqueness. Balram is seen as not quite the same as those he grew up with. He is the person who escaped the "Murkiness" and discovered his way into the "Light". All through the book, there are references to how Balram is altogether different from those back in his home surroundings. He is alluded to as the "White Tiger" Freedom In a…