McKenzie Bowman
Commemorative Speech
Public Speaking
27 April 2015
Jane Goodall
“You can do whatever you set your mind to,” said Vanne Goodall to her young daughter Jane. There words would inspire Jane Goodall to become one of the most well known wildlife researcher in the world. Starting at a young age Jane showed an interest in animals. She spent her days reading books on animals or exploring nature outside. In May of 1956 Jane was invited to visit their family farm. Jane spent the next year working hard as a waitress to earn enough money to pay for the trip. After arriving there in April 1957 Jane meet the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey who hired her as his secretary and then he helped set her up in Tanzania to start studying chimpanzees. A lot of people doubted Leakey’s decision to choose Jane Goodall to do a study of chimpanzees for him but he supported Goodall who at that time did not even have a college degree.
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Jane went back home to England while Louis Leakey built up the funds needed for the project.
In July of 1960 at the age of 24 she went back to Africa along with her mom. She had never really worked with chimps before but was anxious to start. At first it was very difficult to observe the chimpanzees. Every time she would try to get close to the chimps they would always run away. Jane was determined to observe the chimps and here determination helped her develop the best method to study the chimpanzees. After working hard and staying determined she soon got the chimps to start trusting her. Jane stuck to her techniques and after two years earned the chimpanzees trust completely so much that they would come to her looking for food. She spent every day with the apes and this time helped her learn things that no one had ever learned about chimpanzees before. Goodall was devoted and hardworking when it came to earning the trust of the chimps. She would even eat food with them and spend time with them in the
trees. All of Jane Goodall’s fieldwork was quickly published and she became famous. She then started working on helping persevere the natural habitat of the chimpanzees. She reached out to the nations in Africa to employ different things to help earn money to support the chimps. She is still currently working with governments to spread the word about the importance of conservation. In 1977 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to help the Africans in poverty and to help support her wildlife conservation.
Before being introduced to any chimpanzees, Fouts was a psychology master’s student, and was originally planning to work with children. However, he was introduced to a couple, the Gardeners, who asked him to assist them on a research project at their home. The Gardeners were the first people to
Nicole Starosielski describes animation as having “the potential to depict imperceptible, indeterminate and interactive environments.” That is what made this animation so brilliant. Truthfully I have always been very fascinated by Jane Goodall and her work, but there isn’t a way, other than animation, to put the feel of what she was going through on the screen.
In 1960 American Journalist and Politician, Clare Boothe Luce delivered a speech to Journalists at the Women's National Press CLub, criticizing the American Press in favor of public demand for sensational stories. Luce prepares her audience for her message through the use of a critical tone.
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Commencement speeches, which are presented in American graduation ceremonies, aim to inspire and motivate. Successfully, Nora Ephron 's commencement speech addressed to the Wellesley Class of 1996; inspired her audience to "be the heroine of [their '] li[ves], not the victim". Through anecdotes, Ephron explored the differences between her education and the graduates at Wellesley College, to remind the women graduating that whilst society was different in many ways, in particular for women, "there was still a glass ceiling".
Studying chimpanzees is not an easy task. Subsequently, Jane Goodall made it look as simple as doing everyday activities. When she started the research, the chimpanzees fled from her in fear. It took many months for her to get close to them. With patience and persistence, she searched the forest everyday, deliberately trying not to get too close to them. Everyday she did this for many months. On some days Jane would observe the chimpanzees through binoculars from a peak overlooking the forest, just so she wouldn’t disturb their natural behavior. Gradually over a long period of time the chimpanzees became accustomed to her. At this time, she would be able to move up to them and just sit there and study them. She believed that this was her breakthrough in her research. Jane tells us “I must find a way to watch free, wild animals living their own, undisturbed lives. I wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient observation. I wanted to come as close to talking to animals as I could (www.nationalgeographic.com).” To be able to have such patience and persistence is remarkable.
Chimpanzees portray their emotions through a number of facial expressions and mannerisms. Just like humans, they undergo mood swings, jealous rages, and laughter. For instance, Goodall observed during her research that a male gorilla “would threaten [me] with an upward and backward movement jerk of his head…” Some of their emotions are easy to read, while at other times we have to look at multiple places on their faces to understand their feelings. A chimpanzee also uses its facial expressions and sounds to communicate with each other, such as hoots and yells.
Dian did not start out working with gorillas in the mountains of Rwanda. She first had an office job at the Kosair Crippled Childrens Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. I'm not really quite sure how Dian Fossey became interested in gorillas, but she did and thats all that really matters. The first time Dian ever saw a real mountain gorilla, was in a place called Kabara Meadow, with Joan and Alan Root. After that one special day, they were her friends from then on. Those two people i feel were important in her start with gorillas. Another person involved in her start with gorillas was a man by the name of Louis Leaky, the most eminent prehistorian of his genration. He was the man that gave Dian her start in Africa, after she convinced him of her determination. Louis Leakey believed that women were best suited emotionally and constitutionally for studying the great apes. It seems Dian was fit for the job, but not for some aspects of it. I think Dian became a little too attached to her gorillas. They became her family. The only ones she loved and cared for. She cared more about gorillas then she did Dian Fossey.
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In 1860, a French American zoologist was exploring the volcanic mountains in Africa, while walking through the forest he stumbled upon gorillas. This travelers name was Paul Du Chaillu’s, he was born in Paris, France July 31, 1835. To prove to people that he found these animals, he began to hunt them down and kill them turning him into a poacher. In 1903 Paul Du Chaillu’s died. A year before he died Mountain Gorillas were discovered in 1902 by Captain Robert von Beringe.
from the university of Alaska at age 22 (The Indianapolis Prize). He first started out as a wildlife management worker, but realized that was not the career he wanted to pursue. After that, George went into the field of biology and knew right away that was the career for him. He later got married to a woman named Kay, and they had two children together (Mitchell). After that, he went on one of his first journeys, studying the gorilla. He was only 26 at the time, but there was very little known about gorillas, and he wanted to find out the truth about gorillas. He did this by living by and studying gorillas until the publication of his book The Mountain Gorilla: Ecology and Behavior and The Year of the Gorilla which both proved that gorillas are actually
There are many inspiring people that associate with Earth Day. One person that is dedicated to Earth Day is Jane Goodall. Another person that plays a part in Earth Day is Rachel Carson. Finally, a third person that contributes to Earth Day is Ansel Adams. These people have done great deed in the event of Earth Day in a variety of ways.
All my life I have been interested with the things around me. I am always curious how things work. I love walking the woods looking for wildlife. I love to see wildlife in its natural habitat. Being up close with wildlife is something that I enjoy doing and it gives me a real reason to be on this earth. I love to volunteer with animals in the zoo and in animal shelters because it makes me feel as though I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. Steve Irwin is my inspiration and one day I hope to be like him doing the things he did and seeing what he saw. Steve Irwin was a warrior for animals and made it his mission to protect and preserve them. He and many other people like him are the reason why so many species of animals are making a comeback
Since I was little, animals have always fascinated me. With a countless number of species, my mind was always obsessed with learning someone new about each animal. I remember making the front page of newspapers that only had facts about whatever species I was researching at the time. [ADD TRANSITION]
The problem I have chosen is the problem of endangered species. An endangered species is a group of organisms that have a risk of becoming extinct. More than 90% of all species that have ever lived on earth has become extinct. Many reasons for this are habitat loss, predators, too few organisms for sustainable reproduction. Habitat loss is the most widespread cause of species endangerment and extinction. Usually, this is happening because of human activity including deforestation and pollution. Pollution and climate change affect the ecosystem, resulting in rise of sea levels, melting of glaciers/ice caps, and pollution can cause death to many seabirds and and marine creatures living on the coast and in the ocean. Rising sea levels can