The Story of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff is a wonderful children’s book that revolves around an elephant named Babar who enters into, and becomes part of, French society. Babar runs away from the forest to what most likely is, Paris after a hunter brutally murders his mother. Once he enters Paris, a benevolent old lady takes care of him and she begins to ‘civilize’ him. She buys Babar clothes, educates him and teaches him the ways of the French. The story concludes with Babar returning to the forest
Babar the Elephant is a fictional character created by Jean de Brunhoff in his 1931 French children’s book Histoire de Babar. The story is based on a tale invented by Cecile, Brunhoff’s wife, for their children. It is a story of a young elephant (Babar) who is chased by a hunter upon the death of his mother by the same hunter. However, Babar manages to get away and in the process, he leaves the jungle and heads to the city. Later, Babar returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his colleagues
After reading the story, “What Should You Worry About?”, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, really inspired me to think more about the worries and the non-worries. Specifically, worries about; global warming, animal attacks, hackers, murders, rapist, theft, and “unsolvable problems”. Levitt and Dubner clarify the story from giving good points, Which made me think, should I be worried about dangerous animals, when I go out to remote areas? Shall I be concerned about global warming getting
and compared in relevance to the question, on which causes were important towards the contribution of independence and partition. Perhaps the longest term cause relating to partition was the Mughal Empire. It was in 1526 that the Mughal leader Babar, a Muslim, invaded the Hindu majority India. This was a minority of invaders ruling over a majority, and continued through Akbar's reign from 1556 to 1605 and finished with Aurangzeb, who died in 1707. By this time about a third of people in India
legacy of Mughal art and architecture. He found the solution for ever-lasting Hindu-Muslim conflicts that made not only him a widely acceptable leader, but even his descendants who continued his legacy until the end of the Dynasty. Akbar’ grandfather Babar was the founder of Mughal Empire, who after his failure to conquer Samarkand set his eyes to conquer India. Originally from the city of Andijan in contemporary Uzbekistan, he marched on to India after he conquered Kabul. Babur expressed his desire