In the book, A Long Way From Chicago, many types of witty, or humorous, dialogue are used. When Grandma Dowdel takes the kids fishing, Joey says Grandma worked as “busy as a bird dog.” This is one of Grandma's favorite sayings. During the middle of the book, Mrs. Eubanks finds out that her daughter is somewhere inside the Dowdel house. When she comes to find her daughter, Grandma threatens her by saying, “if you set foot over that doorsill, I'll wring your red neck.” Mrs. Eubanks took her warning seriously and remained outside. When preparing for the Centennial Celebration, Joey is forced to wear Grandpa Dowdels wedding tuxedo.
Along with her family, Sara Gruen lives with three cats, two dogs, two goats, and a horse, therefore it is no surprise that all three of her novels revolve around the relationship between humans and animals. Her first two novels, Riding Lessons and Flying Changes were both about horseback riding, and her current work in progress, Ape House will be about her love for the bonobo apes. In Water for Elephants, it is evident that Gruen’s love for animals was a heavy influence on the novel and on Jacob’s character as a veterinarian. She put much emphasis on the cruelty of the treatment of the animals in the circus, such as Rosie the elephant being fed a lit cigarette and being beaten severly by August, the circus’ animal trainer. During her research, Gruen was also given a chance to meet and interact with several elephants in captivity at the Kansas City Zoo, and at a circus.
Obedience was used in order to provide an example of how girls should act towards their superiors, in particular, their parents. A tremendous focus is on Little Red Riding Hood’s appearance as the superlative ‘prettiest’ displays, this leads people to be ‘fond’ and to ‘dote’ upon her, increasing her vulnerability as ‘predators’ are drawn to her or as Perrault wanted to show, men. Also, the repetition of the attributive ‘little’ alongside the common noun ‘girl’ highlights Little Red Riding Hood’s defencelessness. However, naivety is her ultimate downfall leading her to a grisly end. Despite the warnings that she should go straight to her Grandmother’s, Little Red Riding Hood becomes distracted by feminine pursuits, portrayed through the compound sentence “…gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers.” This emphasises her age and vulnerability as she isn’t aware of her surroundings and the danger they can impose.
Through the Columbian Exchange there were new varieties of plants, animals, and diseases that the Europeans transferred to the Americas. The new plants and animals had an enormous impact on the natural environment of the Americas. The new plants such as wheat, olives, grapes, rice, bananas, and sugar created a variety of dietary options. European livestock multiplied prolifically and destroyed land by trampling the land with their hooves. The introduction of cattle and horses specifically provided transportation and mobility in warfare in addition to hides and meat.
These words refer to an unattainable ideal in our modern world. Humankind is everywhere and making an impact always. At last, a final and most intrusive proposal is made in the sixth paragraph. Bringing wild animals into captivity is an area most all of us are familiar with because of our childhood visits to zoos and wildlife parks. This paragraph could incite some pathos which I believe the author should have capitalized on.
She finds comfort in her mother’s hair. Although she loves the hair of all her family members, she has an attachment to the smell her mother carries. At night, she sleeps next to her mother just so she can have the pleasure of smelling her hair all throughout the night. She lives with a big family where they all share a
The room was pretty messy, not saying mine is any better, but judging on the clothes on the floor I could not only tell that it was a female I could also tell that her room was more of a place to sleep and keep her stuff instead of have tons of people over. I found dresses, skirts, heels and other female shoes which made it obvious that a girl did reside in the room. On her wall she had tons of photographs of her different friends and her family which allowed me to assume that she has some form of relationship with her parents as well as many friends. Also, there was a picture of her with a dog which backed up my first assumption that they enjoyed animals. My next discovery was a mounted photograph hanging on her wall signed by her.
Exotic pets are non-traditional pets that people keep in this modern era. The examples of exotic pets are iguanas, snakes, frogs, scorpions, cubs and so on. They are unique creatures to be kept at home. There are several reasons of keeping exotic pets at home. It is challenging to keep these because they can be quite dangerous as some of them bite people.
I agree with Kasson’s assessment since he shows many changes that the people make while going to the amusement park in Coney Island. The amusement parks that are built in Coney Island changes the American genteel culture that people have followed for many years. Social norms is one of the examples of
It was like we were wearing the same dress to the prom. Dorothy thought her landing here was fate—that it made her special. Another girl from Kansas meant that it was just a regular occurrence and that she wasn’t special at all. Or—worse—that I was here to take her place. She loves torturing animals, and there was a scene involving a mouse that was truly painful to read.