The Wild One

animals as symbols in their writings to enhance the emotional connection with the reader. In When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka uses wild and domestic animals to symbolize the confinement her main characters face. White Dog is a symbol of how the main characters leave their innocent past behind as they go to the internment camp. The freedom of the wild horses symbolizes the confinement of the protagonists. The tortoise represents the hope the characters can find, even in confinement. White

appeared disconnected from one another, and many participants were not able to extend their idea beyond how specific animals respond in specific conditions to more general types of animal thinking” (pg. 136). The essence of Maust-Mohl’s argument is that majority of people do not see wild animals past their instinctual behaviors, but they can see other cognitive abilities with domesticated animals. The issue with this is that the public tends to have a different attitude towards wild animals and animal use

bred in fish farms, not caught in the open sea. We will explore the many differences between the two and decide which the healthier choice is. We will begin by explaining the life cycle of farmed as well as that of wild salmon and how it ends up in your dinner table. Aquaculture is one of the most harmful production systems in the world. The system of open net-cages are placed in areas in the coast where the industry takes advantage of ocean currents that delivers oxygen to the fish and eliminates

leave’ . I believe that a better definition for the term captivity is the act of any living thing being confined or imprisoned in any sorts against their own will. There are many different types of captivity and many of them different to each other. One type of captivity is circuses. This is where animals are kept captive for the purpose of entertainment. Although this seems pretty harmless, a lot of animals are mistreated and abused. This leads to injuries, health concerns and in most cases death

The Call of the Zeitgeist Jack London’s The Call of the Wild is a novel written during the literary era of Naturalism. It is about a pampered dog, Buck, who was thrown into the Alaskan wilderness and becomes part of a team of sled dogs. Eventually, he becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Naturalism takes place during a time in America known as the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age, the ideas of Social Darwinism take hold. Social Darwinism is “a term scholars use to describe the practice of misapplying

In the final chapter of The Call of the Wild, Buck goes on one last trip with Thornton towards north for the gold mine. Along the way they make several camps and on one of those nights Buck dreams about the hairy man again. On another night he travels through the woods by himself and meets a wolf who he befriends. He returns back to camp and doesn’t leave until he gives in to his desire. Sometime later near a creek he encounters a herd of Meese and he ends up killing the leader bull. When he returns

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry is a level three poem of Difficulty. The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry with its not uncommon language and diction would be a score of two. The poem has many familar words that help give the meaning and general understanding. However there are some uncommon words that might prevent the reader from understanding the meaning fully. For example, words used that might do that are despair, least sound, and wood drake. If the reader didn’t understand

a range of themes, from their unique level of intelligence to why they may mentally and physically suffer in captive environments. However, it all connects to how and why these animals live and behave differently in captive environments than their wild counterparts. I had a unique method to how I researched the literature. Since marine mammal captivity is a personal interest of mine, I have attended educational conferences on the subject where I have made friends with many scientists such as Dr

Existentialism: Wild(2014) and Into the Wild(2007) For this paper, both movies used to explain Existentialism are adapted from real stories. The first film is Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed and the second is Into the Wild, starring Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless. In Sartre’s definition of existentialism, human existence precedes essence, therefore leading to meaning, purpose and identity. When Chris and Cheryl leave their family, friends and everything else they know

The story of Chris McCandless has become a pop culture phenomenon. Many are fascinated by his desire to abandon his family and society and “walk into the wild” (Krakauer 69). Newscasts, magazine articles, movies, and books have tried to define what motivated him to give up everything for his Alaskan odyssey; however, the answers died with McCandless. People make assumptions about him without knowing his entire story. McCandless chose to do the unconventional, making people think he was either foolish