He tells of a time when Argos was trained by his master to be a great hunter of wild goats and other smaller game. Further he touts the dog’s bravery, strength and speed. Although he never got the chance to hunt with Argos, this can be seen as a representation of Odysseus because, as a great warrior and leader himself, he trained Argos to be as such in the way of hunting. It is as if Argos was a piece of Odysseus that he left at home, the care-taking, responsible and hard working protector and provider. It would not be prudent to expect this of his son, Telemackos, due to his youthful age; it was only a purpose
The body of Charles Walton (74) was found at the bottom of Meon Hill, Warwickshire, England. He was working as a casual farm laborer at a farm called The Firs Farm, which was eight miles from Shakespeare’s hometown, Stratford upon Avon and was considered by locals to be filled with Druid artifacts and used for pagan festivals and witchcraft. He was a solitary man, a widow, but had adopted his niece Edith Walton when her parents had died. She was 33 when Walton was murdered. He walked with a stick because he suffered from rheumatism and when he set off to cut the hedges at Meon Hill that morning, he carried with him his stick, a pitchfork and a fruitcake for his lunch.
Tragically, Old Yeller died at the end of the story due to a plague. The first reason for choosing this book for my ERP assignment is the touching relationship between Travis and Old Yeller. Even though Travis was a boy and Old Yeller was a dog, they obviously cared much for each other.
Timothy Treadwell had a rocky start. He struggled with a drug habit, caused by not getting the role he wanted on a sitcom “Cheers”. He put everything he had into The Grizzly People which was the organization that he founded and his experiences with the bears. He left behind everything to protect and help the grizzly bears. Louisa Wilcox a family friend had this to say about Timothy Treadwell, “Surviving on the edge of poverty, giving away all, his time, his soul and his photographs- for the purpose of keeping the wilderness wild.” (Willcox) This is how he loved to live.
This is because Dr. Farmer has the qualities that most people have but few have them to the same extent he does:determination, perserverance, and selflessness.The main characteristic which separates Dr. Farmer from other people who talk about change but never act on it or only do so in a superficial way is selflessness. While reading Mountains beyond Mountain, the reader is first introduced to Dr. Farmer's selflessness while he is in Haiti. Dr. Farmer's daily routine is depicted and the reader is able to get the sense that he is willing to do whatever it takes to help or cure his patients. He walks miles in the sun over mountainous rocky trails just to check and see how they are doing. Unlike the other doctors, he is interested in each individual and not just the diseases.
Pi shows discontent with how people spoke of zoo's being prisons for animals, versus the safe-havens he saw them as. He expresses their thoughts as "..not the way it is" (16). Here one might question that the zoo is a metaphor for religion and animals being humans. Animals have needs to happily survive such as food, water and shelter; humans basic needs for happy survival are hope and some sort of belief. Animals in the wild represent "un-saved souls" and those animals who live within the safety of the zoo represent "saved souls" who are promised love and eternal-care.
C.J. was understanding the gravity of the situation. But he could be very smooth when he wanted, and he used his friendliest voice with the reporters, assuring them over the telephone that there really was no problem, just kind of a routing technical situation. Somehow the reporters concluded that the sick monkey had been ‘destroyed as a precaution’ when in fact the nightmare, and the reason for the troops, was that the animals hadn’t been destroyed” (Preston 219). As with most controversial situations that deal with life or death, there tends to be mass panic.
The poem “Bushed” by Earle Birney is written in a free- verse style with lines of irregular length. The title of the poem i.e. ‘bushed’, itself suggests the theme of isolation and wilderness or about someone who is lost or mentally disturbed by living in wild bushes. It describes the story or experiences of a man who wants to live in isolation, away from the mankind and fret and fever of city life, to lead a solitary life somewhere near the mountains or river, in the lap of nature. This isolation, from the outer world and mankind, pleases him in the beginning and he is charmed with the untouched beauty of the mountains, river and forest but after a while, this serenity and calmness of the forest turns into a scary wild atmosphere and soon,
“She said that my life is being subsumed by yours and that it’s as though I’ve joined some sort of eco-cult and you are the cult leader” (Beaven-75). When Colin contacted his family, he received a similar reaction. His plan was “instead of two three-day trips at Thanksgiving and Christmas” they would “take one weeklong trip for one holiday and stay home and relax for the other” (Beaven-82). His mother did not understand because “the train will run whether you are on it or not” (Beaven-82) and that his sister would be devastated that they would be missing his baby shower. I can only imagine what my family would do if I said something to them like Colin and Michelle did to theirs.
I agree with zoos because that’s a way to preserve the different species but sometimes animals are not in excellent conditions. Talking seriously, people suppose that in a zoo animals are a save of abuse because somebody in taking cares of them, when the reality is that not all zoos are trying to accomplish this purpose. Most of them only are looking for money and they don’t give the right care for the animals, or they put the animals in small places that are not very similar to their original habitats; something that I saw when I visited Vallarta’s zoo, is that they have two or three monkeys with a chain around their necks and with only one bar where they could be, when the reality is that these animals never are in one tree or branch, they really like to go from tree to tree and eat different fruits, but there monkeys where ready to be in a photo with somebody and produce more money. I think that animals like humans have their rights and we must respect them, so if we are taking care of them let’s make it good. Like giving them bigger places to live, more and better food, also trying to disturb them as little as possible.