The Cougars: A Short Story

Sixteen kids, twelve to thirteen years old, stand motionless on the grassy, green, soccer field: momentarily frozen in time, their fiercely determined faces set in concentration; one half dressed like giant bumblebees, in bright yellow jerseys, and knee-high soccer socks, and black Umbro shorts; the other half similarly attired in royal blue and black; the six foot referee stands at the mid-field white chalk line; black nylon cord hanging around his neck; and raises the small, silver, metal whistle to his lips.

Their coach was Chet Carnivale. Coach Chet had been making a big impact on the Greenwave girls. It was late January, early February; the middle of the basketball season, and their record was 22-0. They couldn’t believe they were undefeated. Taking on Sacred Heart at 4:30, the Greenwave girls would compete to win the championship game in the Sacred Heart Tournament. Time had flown by. The sound of basketballs bouncing and the squeaking of basketball shoes burning rubber on the floor meant that it was almost game time. The Greenwave girls were extremely anxious. Coach Chet had sparked a new confidence in them, and their anxiety and fear quickly turned into anger and determination to give their long-time enemy a taste of their own medicine. Somehow, the fear of destroying their record and losing a chance at revenge still lingered in the back of their minds. All of a sudden, the ref blew the whistle for the jump

In the article Saving America’s Wolves, by Kristin Lewis, the author uses second person point of view and this choice has an affect on the reader. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a wolf? Today, wolves around the country face many dangers today. Throughout history and folklore, wolves have been depicted as being dangerous predators that come after humans, but that is far from the truth. In fact, humans today are more of a danger to them as they are to us!

The Omaha Chief Big Elk commented on the effect of the white migration to the West across the Overland Trails while visiting Washington D.C. He stated eloquently, “there is a coming flood which will soon reach us, and I advise you to prepare for it.” An estimated 500,000 people made the journey West to California and the Willamette Valley between the years 1840 – 1870. However, much like the first rains in a wet season, benefits were found in the first storm of white emigrants heading west. Native people were able to cooperate with white emigrants and benefit from trading with them. But the storms continued, emigrants as plentiful as rain drops came through the Indian lands and eventually, the prophecy of a great flood Chief Big Elk spoke of came true. Overtime, whites used up the limited resources of the plains tribes, depended on one another instead of Indians for help, and used force rather than compromise to clear the way for the expansion of the West.

Winter and bad weather are the most favorable (for launching a Surprise Attack) as the enemy’s sentinels and outposts will then, in all probability, be less on alert.

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Amos Bad Heart Bull was a member of the Oglala Nation, historian and artist of the sets of drawings that start with Oglala life before 1856, The drawings, catalog the life of the Oglala through 1903. By preserving the most minute details of daily life, then the battles with the Crow from 1856-1875. Additional significant set The Battle of the Little Bighorn, as it was one of the most studied actions in U.S. military history, and the enormous works on the subject are dedicated mostly to answering questions about Custer’s generalship during the fighting. Amos Bad Heart Bull left an invaluable historical record.

Wolves have always been a symbol of the wild, free in spirit and roamers of the land. These animals are considered majestic and protectors of the wilderness. They have always roamed the western United States, although their population has fluctuated over time. Over the past 10 years wolf reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park has been a controversial topic to those of the United States. As of 1995, wolves have been reintroduced into the park. This has come with some strong opposition and yet has prevailed. The future of the wolf in Yellowstone park is now looking bright, although not certain since there still are those who want them banished again.

Oscar Zeta Acosta was a powerful activist in East Los Angeles. In “The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo,” Acosta describes his life after moving to East LA, where he attended law school in San Francisco and became an attorney and counselor in the Legal Aid Society, helping women who were abused by their husbands. Not finding himself in this daily routine he quit his job and eventually ended up in in East LA where he was greatly involved in the Chicano Movements. He described himself and along with his fellow Chicano race the “Brown Buffalos,” comparing his kind to a herd that meant no harm yet can kill with a stampede. Although, they were no threat they were still slaughtered for the pleasure of others, “hanged as trophies.”

Imagine this: thousands of stands congregating in a stadium to cheer on their football team. They are all dressed up in their football jerseys and have their face painted to support their beloved football team. Their mascot? The blacks. On all of their jerseys, flags, on the field have their mascot painted on. The mascot is a derogatory depiction of the average black person and the stereotypes that are often associated with black people. How is this scenario of having a black person as a mascot any different than having an Indian or Native American as a mascot? It is not any different. Mascots such as the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Redskins are derogatory and offense depictions of Native Americans, and schools and organizations that allow these mascots to stay in place are promoting racism.

In the ecosystem organisms rely on each other for food and protection. The Food chain is like a pyramid you have the producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and quaternary consumers. It’s an almost perfect balance and if any level were to just stop existing then the food chain would be destroyed. An example of organisms relying on others is an issue of isle royale were the wolves and moose population are in jeopardy. This relationship is important because without the other animal the population would die.

Apparently, Shirley did not care to communicate with her team; she gave instruction and sat on the bleachers writing in her notebook, while also making derogatory comments to her team (Cohen, 2000). Furthermore, Shirley was also negative and held the power in her hands to make changes to the team practice without any consideration of what the team had accomplished in the past. Shirley applied negative leadership to her team by her emphasis being on harshness, intimidation, and penalties (Bethel University, 2011). When Shirley did communicate with Paula, her penalty was to bench her on the final day of the tournament. Paula, who was the co-captain tried to discuss the lack of communication between Shirley and the team, however; Shirley was hostile, rude, and punished Paula for being the voice of the team (Cohen, 2000).

Most people think of me as a monster. I personally identify as a great beast, but that’s not important. What am I? I am the Striped Driller Hawk, the only one of my kind. I am several meters tall, and 20 meters long. I have dark, charcoal-black feathers with crimson-red stripes through my torso. I have a large, ash-gray beak used for drilling into the ground. Many people think I am a savage creature, tunneling into the earth and devouring poor, innocent vermin. Well, they are wrong in both aspects. Here’s why.

realized that he had become a part of nature. In the story, Ike had brought a

William Faulkner’s novella “The Bear” from his collection of works, Go Down Moses, is a symbolic exploration of the relationship between man and nature in the eyes of a young boy. The heart of the issue, the warped idea of the ownership of land, is revealed thought the clash of man and nature in a wild chase that ends only in blood and death. The prey is nature itself, represented by a bear, while the hunters are men, full of greed and destructive possessiveness, pursuing that which they do not understand. Ike’s idea of the bear, presented in section 1 of the novella, expresses the idea of symbolism in relation to the bear and to the hunters and what the battle between the two represents.