The book, ‘Understanding and Handling Dog Aggression’, is an introduction into canine aggression and its causes. Its author, Barbara Sykes, is a highly experienced dog trainer and registered behaviorist and also one of the UK's top shepherdesses, winning many trials. She has a specialization in Border Collies and has also written books regarding the training and handling of that particular breed. The book has several different elements to its structure. On the one hand it gives details of what aggressive...
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In his very informative book, ‘There's No Such Thing as 'Business' Ethics’, John Maxwell tells us of one simple idea of getting back to ethics in business organizations. That one simple idea is called the Golden Rule, which many of us have learned from a young age, from the Bible, states, “Do to others as you would have them do to you” (Luke 6:31, New International Version). In business ethics, owners, managers, financial officers, etc., often revert to what is...
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‘The Silence of the Lambs’ by Thomas Harris is the second book in the series of Hannibal Lecter. Before discussing about the book, I want to talk about Thomas Harris. The author of this book because I him find to be very interesting. Little is known about Thomas Harris. He is very out of the public’s eye and very off the radar. He hasn’t given an interview since 1976 which is quite interesting. He has given us the most infamous...
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Margaret Mead, one of the leaders of the Culture and Personality school of Thought was a leading lady anthropologist of Columbia University. She was a student of both Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict. Configurationalism, the identification of salient cultural characteristics, representing the patterns of culture, and their presentation in a familiar psychological idiom, was the forerunner of reconciliation between historical particularism of Boas and psychoanalysis of scholars of culture personality school. ‘Coming of Age in Samoa’ is Mead’s first book...
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‘A Different Shade of Gray’ written by Katherine Newman looks at a neglected group within the inner city. This group is the minorities that are middle-aged or older and they include African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican respondents who took place in New York City life history interviews. Newman compares this data against a larger New York City survey and national data that comes from these middle-aged and older people. These people are elderly inner-city residents have worked hard against...
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Written in 1976 by Richard Dawkins, ‘The Selfish Gene’ discusses key concerns related to evolutionary processes. Initially, Dawkins, introduces the reader to the most prevalent theories at the time, notably the group centered theory of evolution proposed by various academics. The book proposes the alternative theory of a ‘gene centered’ view of evolution as opposed to the former theory. Lastly it also discusses a new form of replicator known as the ‘meme’. The book begins by introducing the reader to...
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The argument of Clampitt, which is repeated in subsequent chapters, is that the Civil War and Reconstruction period in the history of the Indian Territory were complicated and always evolving. This series of eight essays and the editor's 'Introduction' focuses on the Civil War west of the Mississippi. As well, it focuses on an even more complicated topic: Native Americans' experiences in Indian Territory during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Too often, historians have ignored or discounted the Civil...
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Many historic figures prolong their legacy or importance through books, memorials, or museums. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most prestigious and important people in U.S history and for someone with a great amount of recognition, a biography is usually written about them.There are multiple different biographies out there highlighting Lincoln’s life, accomplishments etc. However, I believe that it is the best biography over the 16th president and not only does William E. Gienapp explain about Lincoln, he also includes...
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It is astounding to consider the controversy a mere 53 pages were able to garner among literary critics. Not only replete with complicated syntax and complex diction, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a text that consistently contradicts itself, condemning imperialism while simultaneously celebrating racist perceptions of Africa. As a result, it is difficult to make sense of Marlow’s physical expedition to the Congo and the allegorical investigation Heart of Darkness represents. Yet the novella’s susceptibility to interpretation is precisely...
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Released by 1979, Julius Caesar BBC is quite similar to all high school students and people who love history. The controversial first series of the BBC Television Shakespeare. The Julius Caesar was Cedric Messina's second television adaptation of the play, the first having been made for the Play of the Month slot ten years ago. One of that includes the film by Herbert Wise is adapted from the writing by William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar is a Roman statesman and military...
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This book is about the life of the people socially connected through coffee. Paige West, the author of the book has tried to provide an account that roams around the globe, from a small village of eastern highland of Papua new guinea(PNG) to western Europe and the USA. As the title of the book suggests the Social world of coffee, it elaborates the ethnography of people of Papua new guinea. In PNG people lives from diverse culture and ethnicity. It...
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Very long ago the Yukon Territory many people used to live there in the age of the 1800’s. Long ago there wasn't a mailbox so those people would rely on the mailman with sled dogs. The book and the movie “ The Call of the wild” are both similar yet different. Like any movie based on a book the movie The call of the wild presents different characters and events than the book so it can be more enjoyable and...
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Both ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘Exposure’ deal with the topic of war in vastly contrasting approaches. ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ details the account of the six-hundred and seventy cavalrymen and officers that were given an ambiguous order to attack Russian troops armed with cannons during the Crimean War. Tennyson accentuates the cavalry’s bravery and heroism against the seemingly immeasurable enemy in ‘noble six hundred’ and ‘boldly they rode.’ Alternatively, Owen describes a different aspect of...
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It is commonly seen when a book is turned into a movie, to have significant changes and alterations. Some add up to the overall thrill movie-makers want to create for their audience, some fail to depict the writer’s thoughts when writing the book. The novel “Hunger Games” is among those books that have been incarnated in movie theaters all over the globe. However, Suzanne Collins, writer of The Hunger Games, would most certainly question several parts of her trilogy’s adaptation,...
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“Why do you think they always say never give up on something you want to be in life?” Life is all about how you make it, you will have to fight many battles just to be where you want. Some might be easy, and some might be hard. Reading many epics this semester, The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, and Sundiata are relatable to this phrase. Despite the timing and culture background of each epic, they all have a similar story and multiple...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from antiquated Mesopotamia about a king who is two thirds god and one third man. The king does not fulfill his leadership expectations as he is selfish and often angry with the gods. Gilgamesh goes off on a quest to attain immortality when his companion Enkidu dies. In this quest he fails and eventually dies, but he came to terms with his own mortality and lived on his greatness through his travels....
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In, the poem “The Epic of Gilgamesh” the main character and hero of the story is Gilgamesh. In the beginning, Gilgamesh is not the fair and just king as the gods expected of him. Gilgamesh thought that because he was mostly god he could anything he wanted with no consequences. Gilgamesh caused an abundance amount of distress and pain to his people. He harmed and torched the causing them to cry to the gods for some to come and save...
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, there is Gilgamesh, half man half demigod whose ultimate goal is to reach immortality and then there's Endiku, who was made from clay and water by Aruru who lived with the wild. The whole creation of Endiku was made to rid Gilgamesh of his arrogance and Gilgamesh quest for immortality is what ultimately led him to meet Endiku and the genuine kinship between those two is libertarian. Everything is shared, devotion to the fellowship is...
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In Jack London's The Call of the Wild Buck goes through a self-evaluation because of his surroundings and what he has to adapt to. Buck changes for the better and worse because of his adaptability, intellect and might. Because of these traits, he can overcome great obstacles. He is constantly trying to adapt to nature because it is the only way to survive. Buck improves physically and mentally because of his self-reliance and courage. In the story, Buck has to...
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In chapter 3 of The Call of The Wild The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck. And it was still growing. Spitz and buck had grown a hatred towards each other. A fight for leadership and dominance. Spitz took every chance he could to bully Buck or start a fight. It would have happened If it weren’t for unwanted accident causing them to make a bleak and miserable camp on the shore of Lake LeBarge. Buck had made a...
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‘The Promise of the New South’, a non-fiction mid-Reconstruction literature piece by Edward L. Ayers. To start, the first half of the book is filled with perspectives on the South itself, with no specific character but perspectives from almost every part of the South. Ayers is able to accomplish that by minimalizing his own perspective. Detailing the race relations, religion, stores to mills. There are arguments spread throughout, these arguments being: lumber mills are their importance, forest products in the...
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The Call of the Wild is a novel of “devolution” which traces the process of releasing Buck’s savage, atavistic nature beneath its civilized veneer”(citation). Buck, a St. Bernard Shepherd mix, was a very loyal pet to his own family in California where life was easy and good. However, Buck is kidnapped during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush where sled dogs were in high demand ending this easy life. The novel progresses through tough times, not known to a...
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Title of Work: “Mother Tongue” Author: Amy Tan Occasion: Explain the context of the piece. What has caused the speaker to say what s/he says? Minimum of 3 sentences. Include 3 quotes as evidence and explain what each quote tells us about the occasion. The Genesis of "Mother Tongue": A Personal Revelation “Mother Tongue” was inspired by Tan’s realization of the certain type of English she uses with her mother in comparison to her formal diction. As she was speaking...
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Protagonist: The protagonist is Jonas. He lives in a family of 4, which consists of himself, Lily, Father, and Mother. He will later meet a baby named Gabe, who has a matching trait with Jonas that is very unique. They both had pale blue eyes. His best friend was named Asher, and he was also close friends with a girl named Fiona. They were all 11s. Antagonist: I think that the antagonist in “The Giver” would have to be the...
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Guy de Maupassant's most well-known literary work is the short story 'The Necklace.' This classic de Maupassant story is set in nineteenth-century France and is known for its unexpected ending. The plot centers on a young woman and her husband, who enjoyed a normal middle-class existence before becoming completely deprived due to an unfortunate tragedy. This is an irony of fate, given that the young wife's dissatisfaction with her social situation and her passionate desire for a life that her...
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Ch. 1: According to Chapter 1, what main event changed Boo Radley’s early life? Predict: What kind of a man do you think he might have become because of this? According to Chapter 1, the main event that changed Boo Radley’s early life was when he was arrested and sent to court. The neighborhood legend that explains Boo Radley’s early life mistake was that “One night, in an excessive spurt of high spirits, the boys backed around the square in...
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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a vast example of how life can replicate or reflect on literature. The Mimetic Theory is a literary theory in which theorists analyze and evaluate work as an imitation, reflection, or reflection of the world and human life. Mimetic Theory claims that literature can reveal the truth. When applying Mimetic Theory to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, reveals how the novel shows people's prejudice and discrimination in real life....
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To Kill a Mockingbird movie tells the childhood experiences of six-year-old Scout Finch during the Great Depression in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. The movie recounts a period for Finch when her father an attorney, defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Scout and her brother witness the horrors of racism that plague their society and still have roots within our criminal justice system. Watching the movie To Kill a Mockingbird gave me a synopsis...
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Imperialism in “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe, Imperialism refers to the extension of one country’s authority or control over another territory. Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” covers extensively the impact of colonization on Igbo society. The arrival of the British Missionaries in the 19th century caused great destruction of the Igbo lifestyle and culture and resulted in the collapse of the Igbo religion and caused social disorder among the Igbo people. The Igbo culture bestowed with much richness was...
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Musings of a Teenager: My favorite book Reading is my favorite pastime. Right from my childhood books have been my best friend. I feel books are dependable and are always there sitting where we last left them waiting for us to pick them up. They provide us with a secret getaway when we want to be alone in a room full of people. They can make us smile even when we have had the saddest kind of day. They share...
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