issue. But how authentic is what we are viewing? How do we know that anything in the film is truly what it is made out to be? For those who haven't seen or heard of the documentary, The Cove focuses on a small seaside whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, called Taiji. The cast includes professional dolphin trainer Richard O’Barry, along with other activists working to expose the town’s annual ‘tradition’ of dolphin capturing. While some dolphins are sold to marine parks and dolphinariums, the
To be a good citizen you must obey the laws, understand issues and rules, be purposeful by setting goals that you want to achieve, and you must be active to make a difference in your community. To be a good person some of those rules might have to be broken. To some people the thought of going to jail is terrifying, but to many passionate activists going to jail is apart of the job. In Mr.Bennett's grade 10 Civics class we watched a documentary titled 'The Cove'. This documentary was about the
Sylvia Plath wants to travel back in time and walk through a journey of what life was like before today’s generation by describing how men and women lived and how each of them were treated. Plath is extremely descriptive with the specific words she picks and her descriptive appearances. Women were looked at as people who offered “red silk flares of pedaled blood”, and men offered “sun’s blade”. When you look at what is thought to be two different women, but in a different universe, can most likely
The Ancient Art of Feng Shui The History of Feng Shui Feng Shui has been practiced in China for thousands of years and is believed to have started in 2953 B.C. when Hu of Hsia found a tortoise that had a perfect "magic square" on its back. From this discovery evolved the I Ching, the oldest book in Chinese history, and possibly the world (Webster 1). This book contains the first written instructions on the theory of Feng Shui. Feng Shui was seen as a sacred power, so much so that in ancient
The Yin Yang School There is a tree that I know. It is a tall tree, and has been in existence for many years. The tree was there before the building that stands next to it. When the building was built, the tree was left standing and has adapted itself around the intrusion of the building. When I look at it though, I see more than most people do. I have spent many years with this tree and know every knot on it, and every branch that it has. When I sit back and look at it from a distance,
Whaling is seen in the international community as a cruel act to animals. The reasons behind whaling varies; from its meat consumption to its use for medicine. Unfortunately, the international ban on commercial whaling, it has not abated the act by some countries such as Japan and Norway. In addition to Iceland, Japan and Norway killed 2,000 whales each year (WDC, No Date). As the whaling continues, its effect becomes obvious in the population of the whales. It was generally believed that further