Exit 8 Big Top Mall Analysis

Hi. Most of us have been reading since we were young, but not many of us think about the reason in doing so. What makes a novel so compelling, a memoir so riveting and what do we really gain from reading? Peter Skrzynecki, here in Australia, received an Order of Australia Medal for his prestige excellence in his calligraphy skills. Through this honourable medal, readers can distinguish the different cultural experiences that Peter had endured.

In the novel Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, a man by the name of Jacob Jankowski who is ninety-three years old lives in an assisted living home. He gets into an argument with another patient who claimed to have been a water boy at a circus that Mr. Jankowski worked at years ago. Mr. Jankowski is ordered back up to his room to calm down. He starts to think about how he was a veterinarian for various animals at a circus that out he joined. He used to study for that at his parents practice until it was disclosed to him by his principal that his parents died in a car accident and that they were broke because they couldn’t keep up with the payments for his education. Since he can’t

This Story takes place in 1961, in a small New England town 's “A&P” grocery store. Sammy, the narrator, is introduced as a grocery checker and an observer of the store 's patrons. He finds himself fascinated by a particular group of girls. Just in from the beach and still in their bathing suits, they are a stark contrast, to the otherwise plain store interior. Though it takes place over the period of a few minutes, it represents a much larger process of maturation. From the time the girls enter the grocery store, to the moment they leave, you can see changes in Sammy. At first, he sees only the physicality of the girls: how they look and what they are wearing, seem to be his only observations. It fascinates Sammy because he has never seen any girls like that come into the store especially Queenie. As they go about their errands, Sammy observes the reactions, of the other customers, to this trio of young women. Sammy wants to get out and do what teenagers do while on summer break and not just work in their parents store. In “A&P”, the social class and society expectations come hand in hand depending on the symbols throughout the story, in fact it allows the readers to get a full understanding of what went on in Sammy 's “World”.

Fortunately, the novel reclaims momentum and suspense as Ed is tasked with Ace of Spades, particularly 23 Clown Street. The second assignment, 23 Clown Street, provides the audience insight regarding Beverly’s (Ma) hatred towards Ed and the legacy of his father. Initially, Zusak creates apprehension as Ed visits Melusso’s restaurant various times without any change. Apprehension escalates as a conflict is introduced: Ed’s mother dines with another man. This moment transcends the need for language, and empathy is truly established. Zusak allows for the audience to experience the shock, anger, and sadness in which Ed is enduring. Ed’s confrontation with Ma at her house creates tension as Ed finally questions her hatred. Unsurprisingly, Ma mercilessly scorns Ed to the extent that the audience experiences the excruciating pain and confusion that Ed endures. This portrayed flawlessly through characterization and powerful figurative language that truly captures the intensity of Ed’s emotions. However, Zusak bewilders the readers as Ed finally rises up to his mother. This scene provides satisfaction to the audience as he exclaims every thought, emotion that has been concealed within him. Simultaneously, the audience witnesses a significant progression of Ed’s character as he no longer accepts the criticism of his mother. However, it is Ed’s epiphany of the definition of success which astonishes the readers as they bear witness to Ed’s development.

In the short story “Menagerie, a child’s fable”, the animals are going through a harsh time without the presence of the owner, Mr. Tilford. Mr. Tilford was a cruel, hot-tempered drunk owner of a pet shop. He had many animals in the pet shop, but he had as his favorite. Berkeley, a German Shepard that is kept loose to protect the pet shop, is a bold, and leading watchdog that protects the pet shop from any burglars. The pet shop consisted of fish, reptiles, parrots, rabbits, Etc. The Animals in the pet shop have their unique personality, which makes Berkeley a well-rounded dog being able to get along with them. There was one animal in particular that Berkeley wasn’t to fond of, the monkey. The Monkey was considered a “clown” whom did everything just get a laugh from visitors and the other animals. One day Mr. Tilford never showed up to the pet shop for work, all the

    “The bad in the past can lead to the good in the future” (in class discussion). As inspiring as this theme may be, when still drowning in the “bad” the future feels like forever away. In Katherine Applegate’s novel, The One and Only Ivan, an inspiring tale of perseverance is revealed. Ivan, A gorilla, taken from his home in his early youth, lives in a mall exhibit. He watches human interactions and befriends animals near his domain. Stella, an elephant and a friend,is a special part of Ivan’s life. She asks him to ensure that their newest addition, a young elephant named Ruby, is cared for. An ongoing infection in Stella’s leg eventually takes her life, and Ivan is more determined than ever to get Ruby out of the mall and into a zoo. Eventually through determination, persistence, patience, and love Ivan and his friends have a happy ending.

Willie is a gorilla that was taken from his home and was sold to Zoo Atlanta. One of the claims, they showed the readers is that the zookeepers wanted the animals to feel as comfortable as possible. “Willie’s keepers wanted him to be happy. They hung an old tire from a wall of his cage...” (Nirgiotis, 1) The zookeepers want Willie to be relaxed because he’s going to be in the public eye. Another claim is when the zoo made a new home for Willie that looks like his natural habitat. And because of this new change Willie would exercise more and be amused, which was good for the visitors in the zoos. “That year Zoo Atlanta opened the Ford African Rain Forest, a brand-new home for Willie…” (Nirgiotis, 1) And the zoo didn’t want Willie to be lonely so, they got a group of other gorillas to be with him. “Three other gorilla groups share Zoo’s Atlanta’s African Rainforest enclosure with Willie’s family.” (Nirgiotis, 1) With other gorillas being there with Willie, he would feel like he’s in his habitat with animals that he’s familiar

Home is a complex term that can be thought of in many different ways. Hamid breaks down the definition of home and broadens it significantly in his novel, Exit West. Throughout the beginning of the last chapter of Hamid’s Exit West, the third person narrative voice makes it clear that Nadia no longer has a connection to her birthplace. A certain distance is present as she walks through the town; a town that is “familiar but also unfamiliar,” and has lost many of its recognizable characteristics to war and fire (Hamid 229). This theme of the last chapter connects to the overall lack of place in the novel. Hamid refuses to name the place of Nadia and Saeed’s birth and he rejects the notion of home for the whole of the novel. The

After about 10 minutes, he is abruptly bothered by the youngster who is running on his knuckles towards the male and runs back up the hill as if he is taunting him. The youngster does it about 3 mores times within the next 7 minutes and perches upon the hill in the same position as the silverback, except he is bended at the knees in squat position. In my second visit, I return to the gorilla exhibit for about 10 minutes to see a female unknown if related to the previous observation in submission. She is found crouched to the floor with her elbows on the ground and hands extended out and her butt perched up. Her hind legs are also bent and position to help support her butt. Three minutes upon observation, a silverback male comes running on his knuckles from another part of the exhibit and mounts the female. He positions himself on his knuckles to provide him support and continues with the sexual intercourse, in which I conclude my observations.

Finally, after six months of seeing nothing, Sambeggar and Fossey found a group of gorillas nosing their ways through the thick underlay of the forest. As Fossey stares in amazement at the beautiful group of gorillas, the lead “silver back” spots them. He begins to charge at them. Fossey and Sambeggar retreat through the woods and escape the huge “silver back”.

Andre Bauma is the main caretaker for the orphaned mountain gorillas at the Virunga National Park. Due to the severity of gorilla poaching in this region, the park rangers rescue the orphaned gorillas and take them to live in the orphanage with Bauma. He describes the four gorillas that he cares for as his family. Despite being a man, Andre describes himself as the mother to these orphaned gorillas. He feds them, sleeps with them, and cares for them in all aspects of their lives. Depicting Andres relationship with the gorillas leads the audience to become emotionally invested in Andre and the gorillas. The director took this approach to lead the audience to once again turn against SOCO and the M23 rebels destroying the forest and hurting and killing the gorillas. The director depicts the humanity and the child-like qualities of the gorillas to effectively show how much he cares for them, and how he would do whatever it takes to protect them, leading the audience to want to protect the gorillas as well. The director of Virunga also emphasized the humanity of the gorillas as another rhetorical appeal. There were several scenes focuses on the traits and characteristics of the gorillas that make them similar to humans, such as their eyes, their fingernails, them walking, and their child-parent relationship with Bauma. Showing how the gorillas are not

We are introduced to the main characters of the story here, Ivan the Silverback gorilla, who is also the narrator of the story, introduces us as the reader to his home inside the mall. The setting is described from Ivan’s point of view, and here we realize just how lonely his life is. According to Ivan in the story he describes his setting as “I am lucky my domain has three windowed walls. I can see the whole mall and a bit of the world beyond: the frantic pinball machines, the pink billows of cotton candy, the vast and treeless parking lot” (Applegate 2012, p. 14). This gives us an indication as the reader how miserable yet accurate the life of a circus gorilla is. A gorilla should have the freedom of the wild which we see that Ivan and his fellow characters do not have further exceeding in the accuracy of the setting of the story. Applegate is able to give a clear delineation of the setting which ties into the overall concept of her story which was that of humanity and what it means to be compassionate for other living

Family and heritage are very important aspects to human life. To begin, this is what is addressed in the poems,”Freeway 280,” by Lorna Dee Cervantes and Simon Ortiz’s,”Hunger in New York City.” Both poems share a great amount of similarities like the way they address the importance of family and heritage and the message of both poems. They address the importance of family and heritage by using objects or feelings, metaphorically, to express their family or heritage. Not only that, but both poems share the message that a person’s past stays with them no matter where or how far they go. Ultimately, both poems address the importance of family and heritage the same way and also share the same message.

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate is about Ivan, a silverback gorilla who is raised by a human and lives in captivity at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Ivan is brought to the Exit 8 after being captured and separated from his family while living in the wild. Ivan considers his new habitat a “domain” and refuses to admit that he is living in a cage. However, when Stella, an elephant, dies as a result of neglect, Ivan is forced to accept his situation. Moreover, he has to fight to keep the promise he made to save Ruby, a young elephant, from going down the same path as the rest of them. In her novel, The One and Only Ivan, Applegate uses characterization, setting, and plot to convey Ivan’s determination to become a protector.

The behavior of different species of wildlife which are brought into the circus industry also varies, and they therefore require different living conditions. Observing the natural behavior of tigers versus lions illustrates this fact. Unlike tigers, which have a mainly solitary existence, lions are very social, and are really the only big cats which display this characteristic (Whitney). Furthermore, elephants have yet another type of lifestyle, and “form deep family bonds and live in tight matriarchal family groups” (Whitney). By looking at just these few select animals, one can see that they all require different treatment based on their natural predilections. Tigers may be comfortable to exist in solitude with the circus, but a lion would be more accustomed to travelling with his pride, not alone, a sentiment which would be shared my an elephant used to being with a family. Moreover, separate from their preferences for company, both tigers and lions are extremely territorial and are usually in charge