Monkey Bar Essay

Monkeys and humans have been compared for years, we have all heard the expression “Monkey see, Monkey do”. Analyzing individual primates at the Santa Ana Zoo was quite an experience because when I use to hear monkeys I use to only picture one certain appearance and that was a brown monkey with a light brown face, and a long tail. Moneys are not just monkeys, humans aren’t just humans, and apes aren’t just apes they are all primates which is a mammal that has certain characteristics such as: flexible fingers and toes, opposable thumbs, flatter face than other mammals, have eyes that face forward and spaced close together, large and complex cerebrum, and they are also social

Lan Cao’s carefully-crafted novel, Monkey Bridge, details the struggles of the newly immigrated, namely, their difficulty adapting from a culture that prioritizes communication to one where impersonal interactions are accepted in the interest of efficiency. For example, after a store clerk signals for Mai and her mother to approach with a gesture commonly used for dogs in Vietnam, Mai’s mother “grumble[s]” to her daughter that “even the store clerks look down on us” (Cao 12). Cao’s use of the word “grumbled” evokes a sense of annoyance, but not complete assurance in oneself. Indeed, “grumblers” typically only intend for those in immediate proximity to hear, and they are often doing so to express displeasure in a system without threatening one’s place in it. As such, Mai’s mother is attempting to gauge a proper response

The book Monkey Bridge, by Lan Cao, is a semi autobiographical book that goes into the mind of a young Vietnamese woman named Mai. She grew up in Saigon during the Vietnam war, and fled to America in 1975. She's haunted by the horror of wars, is is desperate to forget her past and emerge herself into the American dream. But her mother, Thanh , is tethered to the ways, and tradition of Vietnam, and is scared of her new home. This results in Mai taking charge of the household, and in lots of ways nurturing her own mother. This mutated mother daughter relationship result in a void between them. The author uses this tension to create themes; War, and change can even split the bonds of a mother and daughter, and when one is split between two different worlds you can never be completely committed to either. But this book is misrepresented by its current cover, that does not show the depth of the book. A new cover is need to

I woke up, it was Monday the first day of school at Cupertino Middle School. I got up and took in the eye shattering light from the Sun's burning rays, and got ready for middle school being careful to make every little detail perfect like my hair, shirt, and of course school supplies.

I went to school, except this time with a funny feeling, knowing this was the last time I would ever see any of them. All my friends and other family, I wouldn’t be seeing for a long time. Then the day came. We all woke up early that morning. My mom helped me and my brothers pack our bags and get ready for the flight. As a family we made our way to the airport with a drive that felt like it took a million years. Finally, we reached the airports and I was ready to collapse in a seat and go right to sleep.

I walked outside the next morning feeling great. The bright vibrant sun shone on the freshly mowed grass. I loaded into my sister's car and we went off to school. The day passed extremely rapid,

That first day of school that morning was filled with nerves, and heading into the school year.  I was ready as usual and as soon as the bus came, waved to my parents as usual. The bus ride

The conflict of the Haisla people's spirituality and modern "white washing" of their culture has a major influence on Eden Robinson's novel Monkey Beach. The protagonist Lisa struggles to understand her spirituality and her family often dismisses any hint of spirituality. Lisa finds herself connected to nature but is does not fully understand why, leaving her to contemplate there meaning or existence by herself. Robinson’s use of allusion and imagery illuminate many key themes and implicit meanings throughout the passage.

When we got there and a nurse saw dad carrying me in, she immediately got up and grabbed a wheelchair. Dad sat me down and they rolled me into this room and started asking me questions and getting my blood pressure. After that we went into another room with a hospital bed and the nurse said that the doctor will be in shortly. Biggest lie on the face of the planet! We waited for about an hour and a half. What made the wait not so boring was that we watched animal planet while we were waiting. They were having a program about dogs that do weird things. It was hilarious!

In the chapter Year of the Monkey, Paul Lin’s father passes away during Lunar New Year festivities. In Chinese culture, there is a system of 12 different names of Chinese year named the Chinese Zodiac. And it is also called as Sheng Xiao, based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to a kind of animal. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The way of its calculation is accorded to Chinese lunar calendar. The zodiac is also mentioned in the chapter Outlaws. During the funeral proceedings, Pual is so passive. It means that he is not familiar with the approach of his father’s death. As an Asian American, he doesn’t know what the proceedings mean and what the symbolic meanings are, and all these things are indicated

On the first day I was happy and ready to start my day. When I got my schedule I was lost. I didn’t know where to go. One of the staff members had to help me get to my class. I was hoping that I have a class with some of my friends that I knew since elementary school. When I came in. I saw my friend, I was so happy. I hurried up and sat in my seat before the bell rang.

When I was in Kindergarden I got peer pressured into jumping off of one of the pieces of equipment on the playground. I ended up breaking my ankle. I’m going to tell you the story of how it all happened.

One thursday afternoon around 12:30 me and my friends andreas and emily were sitting on on top of the monkey bars at my current school , St. Thomas More talking. Andreas would always jump off the monkey bars to show off to Emily, me and the other girls. We would always watch kind of amazed as Andreas jumped off the monkey bars landing perfectly. He gave us a look as if it was our turn to jump. We ignored him as we made room for Andreas and other girls to come up to sit.

It was a hot and humid day and the weather was perfect, In the morning I woke up, brushed my teeth and ate breakfast and got ready for camp. At camp, I met my friend Tim and Dylan who were about a year younger than me in the grade

The monkeys of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book are a very unique group of characters. They are viewed by the other animals of the jungle, or the Jungle People as they call themselves, as outcasts and outlaws. The most prominent chapter they occur in, “Kaa’s Hunting”, shows their lawless, shiftless, and uncivilized way of life. This image in itself does not give off any racist undertone. However, Disney’s adaption of The Jungle Book carries this view of the monkeys, while also giving them strong attributes that are commonly associated with African-Americans.