Susan Blackmore's Essay 'Strange Creatures'

          The website for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment is speaking towards anyone that has seen the documentary BlackFish, or anyone who thinks that SeaWorld is abusing or mistreating the orcas or other animals by keeping them in captivity. They also attract the corporate side of SeaWorld as a business. The website gives information about what the business does to give back to the community, how their animals are treated and shows their credibility to draw in customers.  The tab titled “The truth about Blackfish” states multiple points about how the producers of the documentary were lying about their facts or over exaggerating to appeal to multiple viewers. The purpose is to fight back against

During this essay written by Walker Percy, it is clear that his overall opinion of experiencing new things is in the eye of the beholder and/or the hands of those around them and their social status. Percy uses many examples in his writing including that of an explorer, tourist, and local all seeing things for the first time either literally or in a new different light. In this essay, I will play on both sides of regaining experiences, seeing things on a different level then before or the first time. Regaining experiences is a valid argument brought up by Percy as it is achievable. While criticizing each side of the argument, I will also answer questions as to the validity of Percy's argument,

In today’s culture people are not individuals they are consumers and they have lost their ability to have their own experiences. In “The Loss of the Creature” by Walker Percy, he talks about why people have lost their sovereignty and how they can get it back. There are a lot of things that people can do differently and regain their individuality back from the consumer culture that they live in.

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It occurs in everyday life, how there are different types of people interpret their lives and the lives of others. We start off by how culture effects how conscious. In the essay by Annie Dillard, shows an exponential example on a game that she used to play throughout her childhood. For example, this game would start off by Annie Dillard hiding pennies inside sidewalks. After this, she would draw enormous arrows towards where she hides the pennies around and inside the sidewalks, Annie concluded from this that most people do not stop and waste their time on picking up a simple penny. Dillard says, “The World is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny?” (17.) This quote taken from her essay, explains how Dillard had such a different conscious thought about this game towards someone who just seen the penny. In other words, most people had a susceptible mind towards something, will more than likely be inflicted by their

Humans are naturally uneasy and awkward when faced with an uncertain social setting. An unfamiliar place along with unfamiliar people can create an environment filled with abnormal behavior. Saki uses these variables so that his readers can empathize with his main character. In the short story, “The Open Window” Framton Nuttel, a troubled man, is fooled as a result of his nervous nature combined with fear which is further agitated by a young girl.

phenomenon, known as pareidolia, is the idea that humans are prone to find patterns in chaos. Similarly, as curious creatures, we strive to develop a guide in a life of uncertainty. An inherent aspect of human nature is the desire to establish a purpose for every action and a creed for existence. In addition, we remind ourselves of the flaws that we must abstain from. Such reminders are often found in religions such as Christianity and Hinduism and dystopian literature. Ursula Le

-A person’s behavior can be influenced by observing others within the context of social interactions, experiences, and outside media influence.

In the essay, The Loss of the Creature, written by Walter Percy, he discusses multiple stories relating to an unknown “creature” in our lives. Life is about our experiences. It is important to explore the world whenever we get the opportunity, but we must look at the world through a new perspective in order to truly see it. Walter Percy indirectly tells us, the most worthwhile kinds of experiences are not the ones we plan, but the ones we don’t quite expect to happen. My mother planned a vacation for my family and I looking for that once in a lifetime experience. She decided that experience would take place in Hawaii, the Aloha State. Unfortunately, that once and a live time experience she was searching for, would not be the highlight of our vacation. It would be something simple, yet surprisingly beautiful and euphoric. It was my “true experience”, my “creature”.

In “The Power of Context,” Malcolm Gladwell clearly states his view of human nature. His view is very different compared to the view that most people have on it. Gladwell feels that human behavior is not only based on individual characteristics, but also the environment that surrounds the individual. At first, a person may immediately dismiss this idea, but Gladwell provides great support to this theory. Gladwell tells many stories in his essay which all point to the fact that the environment does have the effect of forcing people to act out of character and against human nature.

In the essay, The Loss of the Creature, written by Walter Percy, he discusses multiple stories relating to an unknown “creature” in our lives. Life is about our experiences. It is important to explore the world whenever we get the opportunity, but we must look at the world through a new perspective in order to truly see it. Walter Percy indirectly tells us, the most worthwhile kinds of experiences are not the ones we plan, but the ones we don’t quite expect to happen. My mother planned a vacation for my family and I looking for that once in a lifetime experience. She decided that the experience would take place in Hawaii, the Aloha State. Unfortunately, that once and a life time experience she was searching for, would not be the highlight

An imposing environment may cause people become selfish since people may develop a tough emotion in the chaotic environment. Forgetting “self” is the way to help people get rid of being selfish. In the daily life, one of the most common reason that people gain selfishness is they seeing selfishness exist in the society. By talking about the crime can be a trend, Gladwell suggests that “this (the Broken Windows Theory) is an epidemic theory of crime. It ways that crime is contagious-just a fashion trend is contagious-that it can start with a broken window and spread to an entire community.

The way people react to different environments reflect upon characteristics of their identity. These surroundings can ignite feelings and emotions, which may urge an individual to react and reveal traits of his or her personality. In Gladwell’s essay, a change in New York City was ignited when Bernie Goetz was asked for money on the subway by young men, who were later shot by him. Gladwell’s explanation of Goetz’s incident detailed how “The Tipping Point in this epidemic, though isn’t a particular kind of person…It’s something physical like graffiti. The impetus to engage in a certain kind of behavior is not coming from a certain kind of person but from a feature of the environment” (152). Gladwell claims that Goetz shot the men due to the graffiti and the environment, rather than the four young men who asked him for money. When Goetz reacted due to his environment, he was able to portray characteristics of his identity, such how he felt about his environment and how perhaps his background, may have prompted him to react. Goetz was a product of his environment because he allowed his environment to control him. While Goetz allowed his environment to control him, the women in Nafisi’s group broke away from their environment to create a new identity. In the world outside of Nafisi’s apartment, the government acts as a strict behavior which prevents the women from expressing their true selves. When Nafisi’s students come to her apartment, they do not have to adhere to all rules

Robin Williams had three boys walk around the courtyard. At first, they went at different pace with different strides in different directions, yet somehow, they all mimicked each other and looked like soldiers marching. The students on the sidelines all started clapping to the beat of their feet, one after the other until everyone was doing it. (Dead Poets Society, “Conformity”). This shows how the problem of conformity is so subtle: they did not even realize they started following each other; the ones on the sidelines all clapped because they saw others doing it, all the while thinking they would have walked differently from the others. They only acted differently when prompted to, meaning it is difficult to break societal norms so deeply ingrained in our daily lives (Dead Poets Society, “Conformity”). This analogy is a perfect method of depicting how conformity seeps in and the difficulty to be unique when one is alone. By not being their true selves, they would not know their own potential and what they could accomplish, which is why there is such negative connotations with

Why people simulate the feelings, actions or behaviors of others. The reasoning behind this phenomenon is that throughout time people have been following the footsteps of others. In society there are followers and leaders. For the most part in general there are more followers. This is in our psychological makeup. People are pre disposed to act according to there individual traits even if the actions are destructive or harmful to others. In life the choice may not always be as easy as just not following along with your group, it is deeper than just walking away from a bad situation for most people. The need to be accepted, liked, and even hung around with all hinges on the fact that one cannot simply avoid the need to fit in. Consequently