Essays on Wolves

Fairy tales and folklores are nothing but the reflections of the society. Authors and artists depict the world through their lens to highlight social elements. The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a fairy tale built on the theme of the Little Red Riding Hood. In a very subtle way it depicts the patriarchal structure of the society and what it means to be a liberated woman. In an interesting way she has shown what a feminist means, as it brings harmony and order into an otherwise sexist and chaotic society. Carter’s Company of Wolves might not ...

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Alberta oil is one of the largest oil fields in the world. According to Simon Dyer, “The Canadian oil sands are the second largest proven oil reserve after Saudi Arabia” (Dyer, 2009). The commercial development of the Alberta oil sand had begun in the late 1960s. By the time World War I had arrived, and after the war was over, Canada was almost entirely dependent on oil from foreign countries. Canadians, after the war, began to wonder if the nation had any oil resources of their own. This interest led to the creation of the Alberta Research ...

Psychology of Lone Wolf Terrorism

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Psychological aspect of Lone Wolves 4 Conclusion 7 Introduction Terrorism and activities related to it have for long been a major part of the present day world. Different wars, battles, and treaties have shaped the modern world, which has been encountering terrorist activities for a long time now. They have been carried out by different means and strategies which continue to take newer forms in the modern world. One such new type of terrorism includes Lone Wolf Terrorism, which has become a common concept these days. This paper will discuss the idea behind the Lone ...

Angela Carter prominently retells the fairy tale story of Little Red Riding Hood, with more vivid and gruesome details as to the horrors of monstrosity. In The Company of Wolves, she first describes in detail the attitudes and machinations of wolves, providing examples using the concept of a werewolf compared to the anthropomorphized wolf in the original tale. Through Carter’s retelling, she envisions a tale of love that more closely resembles what could have happened in reality. Through this, the dichotomy of humanity and monstrosity is blurred when both exhibit traits that are supposedly exclusive of the other. ...

Writing About Stories consists of two short stories. A Visit for Charity tells about a Campfire Girl Marian. She came to the Old Ladies’ House with a potted flower to earn some extra points for a visit to the institution’s patients. The girl was down because of the house’s inner look and patients’ appearance. The nurse took her to a room with two old ladies; one of them was older and laid in the bed during the whole visit. This woman was called Addie; she criticized Marian’s flowers and her roommate’s behavior. The second woman ...

Argument essay

Historically, Kentucky was home to two wolf species: the red wolf the gray wolf. Today, neither wolf species can be found in the Bluegrass State. As the amount of human settlers increased, these creatures were seen as a potential danger, as a pest, threatening livestock. It was the belief that the red wolf caused widespread cattle losses that led to extensive predator control programs, therefore, the red wolf was totally removed from extensive areas of its former range. As being the most adaptable predator, coyotes occupied their habitat. But today coyotes are growing in population and preying on more ...

Comparison of W.H. Auden and John Dryden One of the differences in the stylistic choices of the two poets is the use of rhyme. In his elegy, John Dryden employs a rhyme scheme after every two sentences throughout the poem.

Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young friend perform'd and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more?. (Dryden) As seen in the first six lines of the poem, every two sentences maintain the same rhyme scheme. John Dryden employs an intricate and deliberate choice of words ...

Fairytales play an important role in the formation of personality in childhood. Knowing this, most parents read stories to their children. In fact, every fairy tale has a moral lesson that is presented in the form of a narrative. And children, by reading stories, automatically learn certain truths. However, some fairy tales might be more than instructive stories. Sometimes they can have quite ambiguous subtext. This paper analyzes the fairy tale "Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault. Probably everyone used to read this story as a child. It seemed that everything is clear in it. This paper presents a ...

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This is a review of a paper called, “Are Humans the Source of Canine Mange? From the journal Parasites and Vectors. I reviewed the paper and determined that the study was both accurate and sound. The paper hypothesized that humans were the main reason for the spread of Sarcoptes scabiei in dogs and other canines. The results indicated that humans were not the main carriers of Sarcoptes scabiei to dogs and other canines and that further studies should be undertaken.

Are Humans the Initial Source of Canine Mange? Is a journal article written by Valerie Andriantsoanarina, Fang Fang, ...

Fairytales play an important role in the formation of personality in childhood. Knowing this, most parents read stories to their children. In fact, every fairy tale has a moral lesson that is presented in the form of a narrative. And children, by reading stories, automatically learn certain truths. However, some fairy tales might be more than instructive stories. Sometimes they can have quite ambiguous subtext. This paper analyzes the fairy tale "Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault. Probably everyone used to read this story as a child. It seemed that everything is clear in it. This paper presents a ...

The short story The Company of Wolves was written by Angela Carter and is the story about the Little Red Riding Hood because it has a similar plot. He protagonist of the story is a young girl, merely a teenager who is on her way through the woods to visit her grandmother. It is winter, just before Christmas and this area is inhabited by wolves and werewolves. People live in hard conditions in this place and they always carry a weapon with themselves in order to protect themselves from the wolves. This story is about fear and how it ...

Masculinity is a set of qualities traditionally inherent to males. However, these features change through time. Some experts mentioned that the original idea suffered severely from the development of consumerism in 90s. Men were turned from the so called Caveman Masculinity to other behavioral patterns that would make them buy more goods. Levant and Kopecky are examples of authors who thought masculinity is in crisis. Like they mentioned in their book: “raised to believe that “real men” don’t feel fear, sadness or much of nay other emotions, we’re now told we should not only feel these emotions ...

In story “The Law of Life”, Jack London seeks to identify the law of life, which to him seems to be eternal. The life set one law: “To perpetuate was the task of life, its law was death” (London, “The Law of Life”). This is a story full of the influence of naturalism, Darwinism and philosophy. This is a story about the old chief, who was left by the tribe to die at a fading fire, because the famine forced the Indians to rush to the places where more food is available. For the tribe, the sick old man ...

Brief Summary

The story relates to three pigs that leave home to try to find their destiny. As such, each pig built a shelter using different materials. Two of the pigs build their dwellings with noticeably very insubstantial materials. The first pig build a house using straws while the other used sticks. Subsequently, the wolf blew the two houses and fed on the two pigs. However, the third pig was more cautious and used bricks. The wolf was unable to huff and puff the house as had done on the earlier occasions. He tried to use tricks on the third pig but to ...

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Social behaviour in animals is the relationship or interaction that happens between two or more individuals. This usually happens between animals of similar species. They form familiarities and cooperate in matters such as mating, parenting, communication and territorial authority. Group behaviour or collective behaviour on the other hand is the coordinated behaviour of large groups of animals usually of a similar species. This is characterised by the benefits of these groups. Animal group behaviour is different from social behaviour because of the fact that even animals from different species can form a group based on their similar interest while in social ...

Introduction

Land fragmentation is the process by which land is divided into smaller portions to suit the need of the communities around and the parties involved. However, many biologists know that there are many possible effects related to the loss of habitat. Any time the habitat is fragmented; there is very serious impact on the land surface. The habitat is where animals live. The organisms also thrive in such enabling environments (Berry, 1999).

Whenever, the community changes the way they use land, species have difficulties because their habitat is destroyed. When the habitat is also destroyed or overused, organism have ...

After reading the three articles that are featured in the following pages, it is evident that whales originated from a species of terrestrial mammals and that during the process of evolution that began in early Eocene it has lost some of the features of terrestrial mammals and grow features that made it fully adopt to an aquatic habitat. Thewissen, J.G.M. and Lisa Cooper, John George, Sunil Bajpai. “From Land to Water: the Origin of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises.” Evolution: Education and Outreach 2.135 (2009). Springer International Publishing, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12052-009-0135-2/fulltext.html. Thewissen et al’s article traces the ancestry of the ...

Tolstoy’s What is Art? examines the nature and purposes of art by focusing on it as a medium to communicate ideas, values and morality. He argues that most definitions and analysis of art are wrong because they focus exclusively on beauty, and instead focuses on the context in which it is used to share ideas, emotions and experiences. He does not completely neglect the beauty of art, but believes it is too vague and indefinable an idea to be a useful framework for analyzing the complicated question of “what is art?” According to Tolstoy, the essence of art, or what “ ...

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The Twilight Saga had become such a huge hit from its pilot move ‘Twilight’ up to the succeeding sequels that the crowds of people that turned out at each movie in the saga reached an all time high. Because of this, the director and filmmakers needed to sustain the hype and interest up to ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 1’ and this was done by pulling in more audience by visual stimulation. The said visual stimulation was provided by Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black because the movie opened ...

“A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL”

1. Introduction: Every piece of literature, be it a book or a song, literary devices have always been used to support their theme and meaning. The stronger the use of these devices, the stronger their impact would be. Most of the times, writers and authors use imagery as a tool to create this effect, but in terms of songs, artists make use of different techniques such as repetition, to make their songs stay longer inside the head of the listener. In this essay, we have analyzed such a song called “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” by Bob Dylan. Also, the lyrics ...

Summary of the First Hunger Games Book

The book tells the tale of a place called Panem a very rich city that is vibrant and very modern. The city otherwise known as the capitol has other twelve districts that work to supplement the needs of the capitol. To remind them of their victory against their rebellion several decades ago, the district have to select by lottery each year two young representatives to participate in the Hunger Games. In district twelve, Katniss Everdeen has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister Prim. Peeta Mellark, a boy who once gave Katniss a loaf of bread years before, is selected ...

John Ford’s 1956 film The Searchers is commonly understood to be one of the finest Westerns of all time; much of that is due to John Ford’s gorgeous cinematography, but the lion’s share of the film’s appeal rests on the captivating nature of John Wayne’s character Ethan Edwards. The dubious nature of Ethan Edwards’ heroism is at the heart of the film - a mysterious stranger who rides into town after a long absence, Ethan’s behavior and attitudes change the other characters around him in an irrevocable fashion. Because of his dry, easy wit and ...

1. ‘How does the rainfall of grasslands like this compare to deserts and forests?’ Grasslands are located between the forests and the deserts the distribution of rain is different in the three zones. Grasslands receive moderate rainfall ranging between 500 to 900 mm annually while forests receive high rainfall and deserts receive low rainfall. 2. ‘How does the behavior of communal (group) calving help the survival of Mongolian gazelles?’ Mongolian gazelles communal calving helps them to move together in groups hence are able to resist predators that locate them from afar considering the grasslands do not ...

Verbal and Sound Communication: Dog and Human

VERBAL AND SOUND COMMUNICATION: DOG AND HUMAN 2 Verbal and Sound Communication: Dog and Human Dogs and humans have coexisted for probably thousands of years, since wolves discovered that they could forage scraps by following human hunters around, and they eventually began to hang out and become part of the human “pack.” Slowly, through evolution and intentional breeding, many different breeds of dogs have been developed, until by a recent count, we now have well over a hundred wonderful dogs from which to choose. I have decided to write about sound communication in dogs and humans, because it is ...

"The Prince" is one of the most important works of philosophy, which Machiavelli created in 1513. It was published only in 1532 - after the death of the author. Since it was written by Italian writer it is necessary to pay attention to what political situation in Italy in those days. Italy at that time was divided to few small states. In these states, have preserved the outward forms of the republican system, but in fact the city-states were ruled by representatives of a noble families. Italy has become a kind of arena of wars, which was constantly attacked by ...

The story of werewolves has been in existence since the early medieval times. The captivating change of beast to man has been a source of fascination to the masses for many years. Many audiences all over the world have been moved by this captivating phenomenon of the beasts which are also referred to as the lycanthrope (Bennett, 2014). These animals have been featured in ancient literature with the stories being transmitted through oral traditional mythical stories, story books and other forms of art. The transformation is mainly associated with a full moon and is primarily as a result of sorcery, magic or a ...

Purpose

This research is intended to identify and provide understanding of the physical, scenting and vocal expressions of gray wolves when confronted with different situations and circumstances that includes state of anger, danger, loneliness, intimacy, happiness and hunger.

Background

Animals just like human beings have distinct means of communicating to one another (Fromkin, Robert and Nina 25). They have been known to use body language, produce scents or odor and make sound to pass information and connect with each other. These behaviors, scents and expressions vary depending on the physical environment and the feelings of the animal. Many animals communicate ...

Is Death Bad?

IS DEATH BAD? Introduction Death is the scariest word for almost every individual and unfortunately it is inevitable. It is truly scary for us because there is no scientific information explaining the happenings after death. Considering that death means a complete loss of our consciousness, unknown things in the human life scares us. Every individual on the world, from the beginning of the history to the last generation on the world, develops a lifestyle and social relations during their lives, and death ends all of them. Also breathing and being able to move around and run after passion on ...

Introduction

This 2012 American-made movie – The Grey – starring Liam Neeson in the lead role, can be categorized as a superior example of a movie in the aerial disaster genre, although the greater part of the movie is set in the snowy wilderness of Alaska, where the seven survivors of the airplane crash find themselves having to trek through the bitter cold of winter, whilst subjected to constant harassment by wolves. Liam Neeson plays Ottway, a marksman employed by an oil company to protect the workers against wolves while they work in the harsh environment of the frozen north. In the opening scenes of ...

Analysis of Wolves in Sheep' Clothing

[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] Analysis of Wolves in Sheep' Clothing Leading children program providers such as Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, WB, and Fox show two extremes of content tailored to children. Cartoon Network and WB show the highest number of instances of violence, abusive language, and sexual content whereas Disney and WB had the lowest number (WB has the highest AND the lowest?). What aspects are considered in the study? Which one of them is relevant or irrelevant to the aims of the study? The following findings ...

Abstract

According to research by federal scientists, the number of a major elk herd that migrates from Yellowstone National Park has decreased by 10 percent from 2011. At present, there are about 4100 elks in number of elks in the herd. The population of the herd was at the peak in the year 1992. Drop in population is due to predator attacks, Extreme winter seasons and hunters. The major effect in the reduction of elk population is due to the wolves, which are re-introduced in 1995-96. At the end of 2011, the wolf population was counted to be of 11 packs ...

Introduction

The book and movie Animals make us Human by Temple Grandin focus on the way that autistic children could actually benefit by mere interaction with animals. This is because animals exhibit behaviors that are similar to those of human beings, especially those that are driven by instinct. The movie especially focuses on the way this interaction is conducted for the successful cognitive development of an individual. The book points out the specific behaviors exhibited by animals and the way that they are exhibited in response to the environmental factors surrounding the animal. This essay shall focus on dogs, cats ...

Introduction

Films are an effective way in which the history of the people can be presented. While historical events happen spontaneously, the film making process is a carefully planned exercise in which effort is expended by the film makers in portraying their characters in a way that makes the most impact on its viewers. Effective movie making process with an aim at preserving history is possible, therefore, by the inclusion of social ideals in the movie plot whilst they might have been absent in the actual chronology of the historical events. Such moral virtues, such an adherence to personal effort in striving ...

Response to “The Three Little Pigs” by James Finn Garner

I liked humorous interpretation of famous fairy tale “Three Pigs” by James Finn Garner. He depicts the relationship between different layers of our modern society from the political, but rather humorous point of view. As is well known political issues also have concealed economical meaning therefore I will attempt to share my thoughts after reading this story. We observe how three pigs manage to live peaceful life. They start from transition to settled life and built various dwellings depending on the available materials and construction skills. In spite of stratification of their society they “lived in harmony with ...

Animals have always been used in fiction literature to display the character and nature of human beings. People have diversified characters, which can be best defined by specific behaviours displayed by certain animals. In the story of Pi, the tiger has been used to display the strong, dangerous and daring nature of Pi character. The articles, Little red riding Hood and The company of Wolves tell the character of the wolf and how the animal has been used to represent the devil or the beastly acts of men on women. The two animals, the tiger and the wolf not only ...

In recent discussions of the wildlife populations in the world, a controversial issue has been whether human beings have a role to play in the population of the wild animals. Some scholars argue that human beings have no role to play in the wildlife populations. From this perspective, wildlife populations can only take care of themselves and people must seclude themselves from it. On the other hand, however, others argue that it is the full responsibility of human beings to take care of wildlife populations. The proponents argue, “The aggressiveness and involvement of the human race in wildlife conservation is the ...

Introduction

A story is told of dog that tirelessly fought the brigands in defence of his master. This dog proved to have a more than just a pet attitude in him as he would not leave his masters corpse despite the fact that it was covered with wounds. The dog went an extra mile of chasing birds and beasts of prey from attacking his master at all costs. In Epirus, a dog helped in execution of his master’s murderer by barking and snapping on him until he confessed of committing the crime. An example of a dogs unlimited love for human beings ...

The Wild Souls

The story “wild souls” is effectively narrated, especially considering the extent to which it employs a number of literary tools. Notably, the story uses both present and past tense. The present tense acts to take the reader to the setting of the story. In point of fact, one of the most notable strengths of the story is the manner in which dialogue is employed. The dialogue is realistically structured, giving the story a touch of reality. The second positive is the setting. Considering that the characterization revolves around wolves, the forest setting is the most appropriate. The references made to such ...

Introduction

Malcolm X was initially known as Malcolm Little at birth in Omaha Nebraska, on 19th May 1925. However, he changed the slave name ‘Little’ and adopted X a representation of unknown when he joined the ‘Nation of Islam’. His father was Reverend Earl Little and was a Baptist Minister and also served as an organizer for Marcus Garvey Universal Negro Improvement, which was a black separatist association in the early 1920’s. His civil rights activism against white supremacy prompted numerous death threats forcing relocations when Malcolm was very young. However, he was later killed when Malcolm was thirteen years. After the ...

Political Ideology

The history of American politics can be traced back to the 18th century when the nation was fighting to gain independence. After decades of struggle, United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. This was a fundamental achievement because it laid the ground for the making the country’s constitution and in determining the political direction of the country. Many years after this momentous occasion, political figures and the citizens alike have looked back to the spirit of the founding fathers for inspiration and to gain an understanding of what it means to be an American. Therefore, the history ...

With dignity and respect your honors, I represent Mr. Wolf who has been accused falsely of attempting to murder three little pigs. I am seeking to present to you an argument and the evidence to portray the innocence of my client. My name is David Mathews. I have been an attorney for the past 12 years. I am married and have two sons. As I stated, my client is Mr. Wolf. Mr. Wolf, please stand up. Now do any of you, simply by looking at Mr. Wolf, already believe that he shouldn’t win this case? Does he remind ...

Introduction

Question one

The man’s best friend is the dog. In the evolution theory the dog, come up as a result of natural selection. It started at the time human got permanent settlement the wolves pack would hang around the human homestead in such of leftovers hence establishing a good relationship. Natural selection set in where the wolves had no other alternative for their food supply therefore forcing them to be nice to humans for their survival. As learned from the video the relationship of human and wolves emerge as reason for survive of both parties.

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How evolution improved our food ...

- Destination Description Yellowstone National Park is located in the state of Wyoming in the United States. However, the national park extends into Idaho and Montana. More precisely, the park is located on coordinates 44°36′North of the equator and 110°30′ West of the Prime meridian. The park was established on the 1st of March in 1872 through an Act of Parliament signed by the then president. Yellowstone National Park extends in five counties of the Wyoming, Montana and Idaho states. The population of the Park County in Wyoming according to the 2010 census was 28, ...

- Executive Summary This paper explores into the annals of citizen science in relation with the use of tourists in community environmental monitoring in order to enhance the creation of sustainable destinations. The gist of the paper involves the exploration of a central theme of how tourists can be used as citizen scientists in community environmental monitoring. In advancing the theme, the paper analyses six citizen science projects that predominantly use tourists to collect data for analysis. The main project analyzed in the paper is the Fluker Post Research Project in Melbourne Australia. To back the analysis of the ...

Farley Mowat's autobiographical account Never Cry Wolf, written about his time investigating the causes of the decreasing population of caribou in Canada, is a hard-hitting and uniquely spiritual account of the Arctic Wolf. Early in his book, Mowat notes that his "original intention was to write a book satirizing another type of animal, the bureaucrat" (Mowat v). His mention of this is quite clear in its intention; Mowat equates the bureaucrat with wild animals like the wolf, though their territory and their methods are quite different. In light of the hazardous and fear-based imagery associated with the arctic wolf, often by ...

A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the Lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion, who was ...

Mary Rowlandson had a particularly difficult experience in maintaining her Puritanism and womanhood, as she was captured by Indians and lived with them for some time. Her experiences, as depicted in the narrative itself, directly challenge Puritan religious beliefs, as well as her understanding of her moral superiority over the Indians who capture her. Mary believes that God has a central role in her life, due to her Puritanism, and so she believes that there is a reason that she was attacked and captured. The book itself informs us of the Puritans' belief in the supremacy of God, particularly through Mary's examinations ...

Neurotic disorders have been disorders dating back in ancient centuries. Many psychologists have come up with recommendation that would help come up with the most appropriate treatment for this disorder. With many recommendations having passed the test of times modern century have argued that ancient psychologist did not come with appropriate recommendations that could be used till now. One psychologist that created a treatment structure in the ancient times was Sigmund Freud. Freud came up with a treatment structure that dwelled its treatment on dreams and memories. In his argument he claimed that one cannot be treated for a mental ailment without ...

The Gray is an American adventure drama film based on a short story by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers titled Ghost Walker. The film, directed by Joe Carnahan, tells the story of an unruly group of oil workers after a plane crash in Alaska. A pack of gray wolves pursues the crash survivors mercilessly killing all except the lead actor Ralph Ottway (Liam Neason). The oilmen are mortally wounded, and the cold weather only serves to exacerbate their condition. They also have difficulties reaching agreements while others question the leadership of leader Ottway. The film presents several themes and is hugely impressive to ...

Living English through Multimodal Texts Multimodal Texts The unit "Living English through multimodal texts” represents contemporary English teaching in secondary contexts through careful use of highly relevant and engaging texts that facilitate multi-literacy skills, the purposeful integration of ICT and the use of multimedia to further student outcomes and to present content in a congruent way (Callow & Zammit, 2002). This is based on English pedagogy that places emphasis on the development of skills and knowledge that are transferrable to new situations and contexts. In other words, the unit of work is based on the premise that ...

Introduction

Two lines from the brother’s grim, Gregory Orr Part 1; guidelines For poetry: Is there rhyme? A rhythm? How does that affect you? Rhyme is a very important component of poetry. It is defined as any two words that sound alike. For a rhyme to be perfect the last vowels must be stressed and all the sounds must be identical in both words. It’s easy to recognize a rhyme but one must be cautious not to overlook it. The effects of a rhyme includes, unifying a poem, repetition of words links a concept to another and also helps to give a ...

It’s been a long time since I could show up from my shelter. I am so hungry, but I don’t want to go out. I think that the air here is still cleaner, than outside and it is cooler in here. I have to take care of my baby, which is why even greater responsibility lies on my shoulders and I have to defend it from all the harmful things we have here. Actually, our old wolves used to tell us a story about the life that our ancestors enjoyed. To tell you the truth, I don’t believe ...