Essays Tagged: "Sheep"

Implications of Cloning. The paper discusses the pros and cons of cloning and related scientific, religious and ethical concerns.

ing really is. When cloning is mentioned, half of the world thinks of Dolly, the "magical splitting sheep". But come on, doesn't it make you wonder? If a sheep can be cloned, why couldn't people? Ok, ...

(2 pages) 433 0 3.1 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

controversy over genetic engineering, an essay about genetics and such.

Controversy Over Genetic EngineeringDolly was a sheep that was the first living clone in its time, not a countrymusic star from Tennessee. This was ...

(4 pages) 204 0 2.8 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

This essay is written about classifications of women in my school.

is what I like to call the "tyrant". She will seem innocent at first, but she is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. Your initial relationship will seem normal, but soon she will start demanding that ...

(3 pages) 121 1 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Male Dominance and Female Subjugation?

eremony, and afterwards I would be given a lot of food to eat. As an innocent child, I was led like sheep to be slaughtered.Once I entered the secret bush, I was taken to a very dark room and undresse ...

(9 pages) 157 1 2.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

homeschooling

he shining day to their farm, which is 3 minutes from home. There, David learns about cows, horses, sheep, and many other farm animals. His mother teaches him the benefits of those farm animals, what ...

(8 pages) 288 6 4.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Title:"Jesus Christ Is More Than A Word" Holistic Essay, with much criticism from instructors

isturbed and called me a "boob" for writing it.Title:"Jesus Christ Is More Than A Word"He sodomized sheep, Jesus Christ, the devil, Jesus Christ, the son of man. Jesus Christ was traumatized as a chil ...

(3 pages) 139 3 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

"To Play or Not to Play... God?" This is a satirical essay that argues against using genetics to create human beings (through cloning, etc).

een able to accomplish amazing feats thought only to be in the capability of God. We have created a sheep that looks exactly like another sheep through a confusing process known simply as 'cloning'; w ...

(3 pages) 126 2 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Guillotine

paid 960 francs for doing so. Schmidt is the true inventor of the guillotine. After many trials on sheep and human corpses, the guillotine was put into use, with the first official beheading occurrin ...

(2 pages) 62 2 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus).

in the 1800s began shooting, poisoning, gassing, and trapping the animal, blaming it for attacking sheep.A slender, fox-faced animal, the Tasmanian wolf was 100 to 130 cm long, including its 50- to 6 ...

(3 pages) 37 1 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Stem -Cell research (human cloning).

he Roslin Institution announced that, after a reported 277 attempts, they had successfully cloned a sheep, named Dolly, on July 5, 1996.Within days of the report, published in The Observer, Bill Clint ...

(5 pages) 161 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Genetic engeneering.

In February of 1997, the news and media covered one of the largest leaps in genetic science. When a sheep was cloned, the media exploded with coverage on this topic. We were all amazed by this new adv ...

(5 pages) 237 3 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Practical report on the disection of a sheep heart.

Heart Dissection Practical Report.IntroductionOn the of July 2002, a sheep's heart was examined by dissection. The heart is a muscle in all mammalian bodies that is used ... is a muscle in all mammalian bodies that is used to pump blood and nutrients throughout the body.A sheep's heart was used in this prac because like the human heart it has four chambers and is similar ... n in-depth investigation into how the heart works.MaterialsMaterials used in this dissection were:1.Sheep's heart2.Scalpel3.Rubber gloves4.Dissection tray5.PaperProcedureThe first step in the dissecti ...

(2 pages) 70 2 3.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Cloning

revelations. Dolly is a clone. She was created out of a genetic material from the cell of a sheep that was six years old, contrary to the normal conception by a sperm and an egg. This cell was ... ntrary to the normal conception by a sperm and an egg. This cell was fused with an egg from another sheep. All of the genetic material was removed from the egg, and the genes of the cell instead adapt ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

In the Name of Science - An Examination of H.G. Well's Disapproval of Modern Science's Directions.

asks; and it is most certainly what supplies the intrinsic value of an exact genetic duplicate of a sheep. Control is what man seeks in order to control his surroundings, to feel secure in his meaning ...

(4 pages) 60 0 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

"Achilles' Shield Essay" is an analysis of the shield described in Book 18 in The Iliad, by Homer.

the agricultural aspects of Greek life, plowing and harvest. On the next circle, there was hunting, sheep, cattle, and huts. Dance and recreation were represented in the last circle. There was also an ... ircle of agriculture comes the association with animals. In this ring, the attention is on hunting, sheep, cattle, and huts. Both hunting and the domestication of animals were a major source for food ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Persuasive essay against gun control. Explores past attempts and dangers of a disarmed people.

d guns from all citizens. Do you think that the stories of 2/3 of euro-jews being led to death like sheep would have been the same if they were armed? I do not. Mass gun control was also used by Josep ...

(3 pages) 225 2 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Conflict Management and Resolution for Teams.

of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheep like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving." -- John Dewey.When a group of individua ...

(11 pages) 1378 1 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

"Animal Farm" and is about the relationship between him and Yassir Arafat, the Tyrant of palestine.

t and joining or forming organizations. To begin, Napoleon wins the respect of animals, such as the sheep, by helping them with their slogan: he was better at gaining respect around the farm rather th ...

(4 pages) 34 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

What group of people is the author of The Lamb trying to reach with his message?

ne could say the speaker of "The Lamb" is a shepherd, as, shepherds traditionally tend to flocks of sheep. As seen in the poem, lines three through eight, the shepherd knows that they eat "by the stre ... e speaker does. Coincidentally, they both tend to flocks, although Jesus' flock does not consist of sheep, as the speakers' does. The poem also sounds like the speaker is speaking to a child. This is ...

(1 pages) 18 0 0.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A comparism of " Animal Farm" and the events of "Tiananmen" in relation to the issue of 'education and learning' and the power this brings to societies.

he stronger but goes one step further by outlining that knowledge is in fact power.In the book, the sheep, representative of the general population of Russia during the Russian Revolution, because of ... re is still a division between the animals:"It was also found that the stupider animals such as the sheep, hens and ducks were unable to learn the seven commandments by heart." (Page 21)If they had be ...

(6 pages) 37 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education