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fashion industry. Any type of material seems fair game to designers these days. The use of animal fur and skins as a fashion statement is morally wrong according to most animal activist organizations. However, many corporations with interests in animal fur argue that animals do not have the same consciousness people do. Also, the production of faux fur has actually given rise to higher prices of real fur and pelts. The animals have no say in the matter, which is cruel and unusual in itself. Many corporations

Binta Ceesay ENGL 294 World Literature Assignment # 2 Write essay answers, providing examples from the stories, for the following questions. Submit your assignment to D2L and bring a hard copy to class on November 2 Questions on “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid 1. Summarize the story in one to two paragraphs The Girl is a short story by Jamaica Kincaid. In the story there is a dialogue between a mother and daughter where the mother is advising and guiding her daughter. It seems like the mother is the

and she goes off yelling, "Now look what you've done you clumsy little fool! My beautiful fur coat my father gave me!" (561). The way she reacted proves to everyone that she only cares about herself because Anne apologized and it was just an accident, but she still reacted this way. Finally, she displays her self-centered nature when Mr. Van Daan is trying to sell her coat and she throws a tantrum over her fur coat. (604). This is an important trait because even though other people are out on the streets

the horrible news, she felt miserable. Another change was when Anne knocked milk onto Mrs. Van Daan's fur coat. In the story, Mrs. Van Daan lets Anne try on her fur coat. After she tried it on, she started to talk about how she was going to move to Paris after the war and become a model in a fashion show. As she was prancing around, she knocked her cup of milk onto Mrs. Van Daan’s precious fur coat. Mrs. Van Daan screamed at Anne and made her feel very guilty. Anne’s guilt changed her and she became

Reasons Why people may give away animals Snowflake never saw it coming. She was a 3 month-old Maltese puppy, white fluffy and adorable. She had just gotten a brand new home with a new loving owner. Her life was just getting started when she broke her leg. It should have just been a quick and easy fix, but Alsu Ivanchenko, her owner, did not see it that way. Ivanchenko took snowflake, put her in a plastic bag and threw her from the window of a moving car. Snowflake was left there, weighing just under

pioneering technology. The organization encourages its employees to integrate individual and team working skills using knowledge, information, and creativity in his or her quest to develop new products (Stamm, 2008, p. 170). In developing the Lotus Elise, the organization sought to create a vehicle that did not compromise the character of prior models, yet illustrated uniqueness by maximizing on technology and inventiveness. In addition, they wanted the vehicle to be fun and affordable. In essence

Busy. The terminal became backed with hundreds upon hundreds of ponies, each trotting towards their flight or to family members they hadn’t seen in weeks. The sight of loved ones leaving out the door brought a smile to my face as I turned my attention back to the list of flight numbers. Ours, mine and my sisters, flight was still several minutes before a pony would began to let us board. A slow long breath calmed me down from my excitement. There was lot I was leaving behind, but none of it was

The mind creates a world of illusion, by changing our thoughts; we change the illusion, and experience a different reality. If we say that a real thing is something that always exists, with no gaps, then the outside world is not real. Katherine Mansfield captures the theme of illusion vs. reality in her short story “Miss Brill” the main character Miss Brill is fascinated with the surprise of having an almond in her honey cake. The almond symbolizes how Miss Brill sees herself in society as the honey

The Fur Trade Period in the Indian Territory Images of rough faced, Grizzly Bear fighting, firewater drinking, yarn spinning, frontiersmen form in the minds eye. Wild men for wild times! To a degree this image is true, but the fur trade was more than wild men. The fur trade was a business, conducted by businessmen. The wilder men living on the frontier chose trapping. Fashion created the fur trade as businessmen sought to satisfy the tastes of designers and customers back east and in Europe

which are animal testing, fur farms, or neglecting an animal and abandoning them on them ( Types of Animal Cruelty). When people think of animal cruelty, they often think of violence inflicted on an, animal but animal cruelty is the causing suffering or harm intentionally to any animal or It can be not caring properly for the animal A common type of animal cruelty is fur farming. Most of the animals that are used for fur live on fur farms. The most common animal on these fur farms is the mink.( ) There