The Green Gulch by Loren Eiseley

In the poem “Loch Ard Gorge” by John Foulcher he represents his vision of the world by describing a place called Loch Ard Gorge where there is a constant battle between life and death with death slowly winning. He does this by describing the Gorge in a way that compares life and death with the sea and the land, two places which can not exist without the other yet are difficult to reconcile.

Colin Turnbull an anthropologist, rise in a wealthy English family which discover his fulfilment in life; which were the Pygmies. Turnbull then wrote a book called “The Forest People”, which Turnbull spent three years studying about the Mbuti Pygmies; who lives in the Ituri rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In “The forest people”, Turnbull display the world of the Pygmy tribe, its environment, and how pygmies adopt to its surrounding in order to survive its everyday life.

The book I read for my Political Science class was In God's Underground, by Richard Wurmbrand.

“I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we 've got to do it right. We 've got to give those animals a decent life and we 've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.” ― Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin brings up a brilliant point, it’s okay to eat meat but it’s not okay to treat these animals throughout their life as just something that you will be killing. They have the right to live healthily and in a property environment. Throughout the novel The Chain by Ted Genoways it brings a light to all the dangerous conditions animals and workers go through and what actually goes into the meat you buy in stores. Although low prices on farm produced meat sound enticing, the abused caused to animals and the dangerous working conditions for workers cause dangerously poor sanitation, and can affect many Americans health.

Strangers in the Land of Paradise by Lillian S. Williams explores the settlement of African Americans in Buffalo in the time of the Great Migration. In this book, Williams discusses the process in which migrants from the South made their own black communities in Buffalo while bringing their beliefs and traditions with them, and having those beliefs evolve over time in a new setting. Her work sheds light on the experiences of blacks in Buffalo during a time where many changes were occurring; the Civil War had just ended and the Industrial Revolution was underway. She also speaks on how Buffalo was unique in that it became the final point for those escaping the racism and violence in the South, since it was the last point before crossing into Canada. In her own words, “the book examines the growth and development of Buffalo, the movement of European immigrants and African American migrants into the city, and their ability to secure an economic foothold. It tests the extent to which family and friendship networks for blacks were a significant force in their migration and acculturation. It also describes the establishment of institutions that African Americans created to shape their modern, urban community" (p. xiv).

When people are treated unfairly or unjustly, how should they perceive it and how to they generally react to this? In the Color of Water by James McBride, prejudice shapes James and Ruth in many ways, James has different stories than Ruth, due to the fact that he lived in a different time period, which makes his scenario different from Ruth’s. Both faced adversity, and stood up for themselves and defended themselves in many different ways just to make sure that they could survive in society. Ruth had always taught her children to be independent. She comes from an interesting background, she was starving of love and affection as a child. Ruth has experienced a lot of grief in her life due to all of these bad events that occurred. Even growing up, her father had treated her unfairly by taking advantage of her sexually. This was definitely not a right thing to do, Ruth’s father was an abusive man who had a sex addiction. He was found having a knowing affair with another woman even though she knew about it the entire time. Due to her rough past when practicing Judaism, she decided to practice Catholicism after marrying Andrew Dennis McBride. She felt as if she was a freer person, she gained a personal connection to the religion which was good because it helped for her to get her mind of of things. James is a very confused boy, being black and white. He is unsure where he fits in when it comes to society. A personal connection that I have to

Paul Farmer came from a family who had little to offer him beside their outpouring love and sense of adventure. He had many places to call home, and would never really get comfortable in one spot because often his family would pick up and move. Farmer was inspired by great leadership, his father, growing up and would in turn become a great leader on his quest to rid the world of poverty and illness. Mountains Beyond Mountains written by Tracy Kidder, depicts Farmer’s mission to provide health care internationally and talks about all the difficulties that Farmer and his team had to overcome.

The book “The Grizzly Maze” by author Nick Jans, tells the fatal story of a man known as Timothy Treadwell and his dark obsession with bears and the wilderness. Timothy is a self proclaimed “Bear Expert” who devoted his life to protecting Grizzly bears from the dangers of poaching. He began to research bears on his own and began to spread his “knowledge” to thousands of people through books,media, and even as a classroom speaker. He wanted to protect the grizzlies so much that he even went as far as to camp in the wilderness of Katmai National Park and protect them physically from the threats of poachers/hunters, a threat that was never a reality. He garnered large media attention for the way he handled his “research”, since it was so

"One decent thing, however, was there - Hope. It was the only respectable entity the chest had held among the many ills, and it remains to this day mankind's solitary ease in misfortune." by (Edith Hamilton). Mythology involves the sociological study of myths. Myths can consist of ordinary people or gods. A myth is often mistaken to fiction-something that really never happened or a momentous story. The origin of the universe has been explained by astronomers, historians but in the past mythology was the explanation to the society. Throughout the story, it becomes a struggle of our new gods of society trying to overtake the old gods that are living here in America.

When man forgets order beasts are made. Children serve as prime examples because when the imprint from a few rules starts to fade away they resort to their primal state of mind. Without more than a second thought young children in a “crowd” had “bit” and “struck” and “tore” and “screamed’ toward the only “beast” that was against their savage ways and held the potential to save them (Golding 153). If the youngest part of mankind can become so blinded with savagery then the adults are more than capable of succumbing to the primal lifestyle too. Golding shows the process in which innocent young boys turn to savagery by committing such gruesome acts without remorse. Every boy participates because everyone else decides to kill the beast without stopping to consider what they stab and why. If all men were left with absolute freedom, all peace, safety, and reasoning would vanish too. “Once a lot of women came and made a scene because their men came to see me”

The title of my book is Remembering green,Written and illustrated by Lesley Beake. I chose this book because the title Remembering green sounded interesting. The setting of the story took place in South Africa. Africa is ranked number three of the top 10 poorest countries in the world. The characters in the story are Sharon,The mother,The grandmother,and Saa. Sharon is a little girl willing to sacrifice a tekkie. Mother has past but that doesn't stop Sharon from sacrificing a tekkie. Grandmother is a wise old lady guiding Sharon. Saa is a lion cub who is always by Sharon's side and protects her when she is in trouble. In the story the problem was global warming,destruction,and desperation. Sharon and Saa are willing to thwart a tekkie. At

“I don't think your missing pieces ever fit inside you again once they go missing.” This is one of my favorite quotes from this book, and there are many more, too. An Abundance of Katherines is a young adult novel by John Green that was released in 2006. This is by far an unrivaled book because it brings us to a realization of what will happen when you grow up and your life doesn’t get your way which is a relatable scenario for teenagers.

John Green is famous for being an acclaimed author and director, but after reading Paper towns, my respect for his writing has started to drop. If you didn’t look at the name of the story and the characters, you wouldn’t be able to tell any of John Green’s stories apart. They are EXACTLY the same. Same non-existent nerdy boy, who’s in love with the beautiful unobtainable popular girl. Same black/mexican “funny” best friend. Same quest to capture the girl’s heart or avenge for her death. Supposedly John Green is famous for his symbols or metaphors, but really? World’s largest collection of black santas? (43) Where the heck did he pull that out of? Is it supposed to be a metaphor for race or something because it honestly just sounds like he ran

In the early 19th century, people would worship of nature. This worshipping was known Romanticism. One of Romanticism main belief was that “nature is the truth manifest” in other words nature is truth. Romanticism is a played a key role in the story The Secret Garden. In the story, Mary Lennox is an Indian high class girl with unfair skin whose parents who assigned a Nanny to address her every day need because her mother was not willing to and did not want her at all. After cholera killed most of the servants, her nanny and parents, her uncle Mr. Archibald takes her in and assigns her a servant to take care of her just like he does to his son Colin who is illed. After opening a hidden garden, Mary starts changing and with the help of

Within Frances Hodgson Burnetts ‘The Secret Garden’ nurture is explored through the young protagonist, Mary Lennox, and the image of the garden itself. Through the image of the garden, nurture can be seen through its growth as well as its symbolism of motherhood. Although, the more obvious portrayal of how significant nurture is can be seen through the attitude of the protagonist and her journey from India to Yorkshire, and the events that unfold.