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978 1978Mr. WhitbyEnglish 106 November 2017Picture Perfect PenguinsWhen I read this writing prompt, I wondered how Rosemarie Keough almost died taking a penguin’s picture. Perhaps she was standing on the edge of a cliff and either fell off (and was somehow rescued) or almost fell off. Perhaps the penguin attacked her and tried to kill her, although I don’t believe that that is a normal behavior for penguins. Perhaps the time required to take the photo resulted in her getting caught in a snowstorm, which are very bad in Antarctica as I understand it. These are all possible reasons for this statement, although I don’t know which one is accurate. To tell this story I will select my favorite: the attacking penguin.Rosemarie
Keough was standing on a wide, white expanse of blinding ice, pointing a camera away from the sun at a squat penguin waddling towards her with a speed that belied its short legs. As she readied the camera in preparation to take a photo of the diminutive animal, the beast suddenly slid forward on its stomach, and propelling itself towards her, suddenly flexed and sprang off of the ground, clamping its beak around her leg. Rosemarie screamed, of course she couldn’t be blamed, given that a penguin was biting her leg. She shook her leg around with the penguin swinging this way and that, and she finally managed to fling it off after about a minute of flailing. The penguin backed off, making a loud, raucous call.Then we knew it was time to leave, because behind the lead penguin an army of penguins suddenly marched up from a wide cleft in the ice. They all slid onto their stomachs and started rapidly moving towards us, several times faster than a human being. We ran towards the boat 978 2anchored at the shore and jumped on, speeding off just as the penguins reached the edge. We looked back as they slid into the water. They were furious that we were faster than they in the water.
The Singing Tree In the year 1914, one of the most terrible wars in history would begin; as innocent people laughed and spoke amongst each other as though they were all family, death was creeping over the horizon. Kate Seredy’s The Singing Tree tells the eventful story of a small and cordial farm that takes in the weak, dismal, and bitter then afterwards converts them into wonderful, determined people during a war-stricken time. The book takes us back to the time period of the horrific World War I, showing us the effects it had on the public while the children show the heroic traits of bravery, kindness, and charity.
Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp is an essay written by Joy Williams, about the overwhelming complacency that todays culture shows towards nature.Williams argues in a very satirical way, that todays culture has all but completely lost touch with what nature really is, and that unless we as a nation change our morals regarding the role that nature plays in human existence, we may very well be witnessing the dawn of our own destruction.
Ethel Waters overcame a very tough childhood to become one of the most well known African American entertainers of her time. Her story, The Eye on the Sparrow, goes into great detail about her life and how she evolved from taking care of addicts to becoming the star of her own show. Ethel was born by her mother being raped at a young age. Her father, John Waters, was a pianist who played no role in Ethel’s life. She was raised in poverty and it was rare for her to live in the same place for over a year. Ethel never fit in with the rest of the crowd; she was a big girl, about five nine when she was a teenager, and was exposed to mature things early in her life. This is what helped shape Ethel to be the strong, independent woman she is.
Victor Martinez’s “Parrot in the Oven” is a novel that reflects the protagonist’s school days, his athletic activities, and family life. Victor Martinez experiences as a Mexican-American are the influences that induce him to produce such a literary work with figurative language that he receives naturally from his family. In his life, Martinez’s high school days and his teachers take important role as they motivate his to find opportunities that he can get as a son of a migrant worker. He presents his feeling and emotion for finding his identity and belongingness in his novel. As “Parrot in the Oven” is a coming-of-age story of a boy, the high school days and family life of the protagonist is explicitly presented. Everyone has unforgettable school days that made a great impact on the mind of the person. I can never forget about my school days and the sports activities I have participated, got victory, and met failures. I have learnt not only education, but also life, as does the protagonist of the novel. I would like to describe the high school days, athletic contests, and family matters of the protagonist, Manny Hernandez that is concentrated mostly on the chapters 7 and 8 of the “Parrot in the Oven.”
The novel Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott is a book that was written in order to provide “Some instructions on writing and life.” Lamott published the book in 1994 in hopes to share the secrets of what it is truly like to be a writer, as both a warning and as encouragement. Bird by Bird shares with the reader the ironic truth of being a struggling writer through personal experience and humorous stories. Lamott uses memories from her past to help illustrate her points and to help the reader get to know who she is, not only as a writer, but as a person. The author focuses on the true struggles and benefits of being a writer while using metaphors and analogies to express her points, she also wraps her life stories around almost every writing tip.
Topic: Emperor Penguins Organization: Topically Specific purpose: To teach my audience about an overlooked species. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Can you imagine living in a state of pure cold? Where the temperature is constantly sub-zero? How about an entire colony living in such conditions?
When Amir finds out that Baba has been concealing that Hassan is his brother and he becomes angry and disappointed. Amir says “It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.” on page 1. He says this because he knows how they effect life and people and since in the first chapter he is looking back on life, then Baba's secret is related into this quote as well. This qoute shows how Amir feels about his fathers secret. Amir describes the secret as clawing and that shows his distaste and hatred. Later Amir refers back to when his father taught him that theft was the most vile crime any man can commit and realises that his father had stole Amir's right to know he had a brother as well as Hassan's identity.
Among the numerous different species of birds in the world one particular type stands out from them all. The emperor penguin reigns as one of the most interesting and unknown birds in scientists’ minds. The way that they conform and blend into the Antarctic environment, even during the harshest condition, underlines the uniqueness of these spectacular creatures. Scientists have been captivated by the amazing reproductive lives of the Emperor penguins, who live and behave in a way unlike any other animal in the world.
Williams, T. D., Wilson, R. P, Boersma P.D, Stokes, D. L. Davies, J. and Busby, J. (1995) The Penguins: Spheniscidae. Oxford: Oxford UP. Print.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit was a fictional story for children written by Beatrix Potter. The main character of the story was Peter Rabbit, who had three sisters by the names of Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. The four bunnies lived with their mother, Mrs. Rabbit, underneath a huge tree in the woods. All the characters displayed the element of anthropomorphic because they are dressed in human clothing and display human characteristics such as walking straight up on their hind legs. The three sisters were wearing a pink to reddish cloak, Peter Rabbit a blue jacket with brown shoes, and the mother a blue chambermaid dress. While Peter Rabbit’s sisters were obedient little bunnies who gathered blackberries, Peter Rabbit was a naughty, disobedient and mischievous young rabbit who gave into temptation rather than to listen to direction.
Usually we perceive penguins as being surrounded by icebergs and snow but Fiordland crested penguins have chosen to ignore this penguin stereotype in favour of a more temperate climate. Luckily for visiting penguin enthusiasts this means Fiordland can be spotted without hav...
Emperor penguins are a very unique species. They have carried evolution far back into history and into the the harshest climates on earth. They have managed to survive and adapt as we try to find as much knowledge as we can about them. Penguins are truly an unique species that have evolved throughout the ages, and Emperor Penguins are the epitome of evolution.
Among the countless books written throughout history, the small gems of good books exist written by famous and unrecognized authors. An enjoyable book requires the answer of a majority of questions that many enjoyed books answer. What is the conflict? What are the characters like? Do the characters create a connection with the reader? Can the author make the reader feel like he/she is inside the story? What is the central message the author is trying to get through? These questions and many more are the final deciding factors readers and critics answer to see if the book is indeed a gem of a novel. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs answers the questions and justify it by the evidence from the book. The book was an enjoyable book for myself and I would most definitely recommend to others
“The origin of the word “penguin” has been the subject of debate for a long period of time. Researchers and historians’ theories range from reference to the amount of fat (penguigo in Spanish and pinguis in Latin) penguins possess to the claim that the word was derived from two Welsh words meaning ‘white head’.” (Sparks and Soper, 1987) Penguins are comical and funny birds. Blue/black on the upper half of their body and white on the lower half, they look as though they are all dressed up for a formal dinner or show but have no place to go! Penguins are flightless birds, which have adapted to living in the cooler waters of the Southern Hemisphere. They generally live on islands and remote continental regions that are free of land predators. Their inability to fly has been detrimental to their survival on land. Some species of penguins spend as much as 75% of their lives in the ocean, yet they all breed on land or sea ice attached to land. The seventeen species found today are thought to have evolved from flying birds more than forty million years ago. To date, the discovery of all penguin fossil fragments has been limited to the Southern Hemisphere. “Records show that prehistoric penguins were found within the range of present-day penguins.” (Sparks and Soper, 1987)