Essays Tagged: "Wilderness"
Call of the Wild vs. Darwin
cies 'must' have an edge. In London's book the Call ofthe Wild, the harsh depiction of the Klondike wilderness proves that to survive life mustadapt. London uses Buck as his first character to ... ing that eventually he will find food. Thortonhas adapted, and now he has the power to fend off the wilderness. Buck also reaches hisown acme which creates the super being. After Thorton's death a pac ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Charles Darwin
My Zambezi Valley
y to experience this natural wonder than by organizing an expedition and venturing into the unknown wilderness of the 'Dark Continent' for memories that will last you a lifetime. Unfortunately these d ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Earth First!An organization with a social movement. What issues concern them? What are their goals/objectives? What means to achieve their goals?
ease in species extinction. One of the United States' biggest problems right now is the loss of the wilderness. This problem is due to an expanding human population, increased demand for material reso ... in defense of mother Earth" and these environmentalists use a wide range of tactics to protect the wilderness ranging from grassroots organizing and involvement in the legal process to civil disobedi ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science
A book review on the Stephen King novel, Misery. "Misery: A Spine Tingling Thriller You'll Never Put Down"
felt due to the fact that, for most of the story, there were only two characters. Out there in the wilderness, anyone could get away with murder, and no one would ever know. Although Paul feared for ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
A thesis on how the call of the wild is actually a testimony of Charles Darwin
cies 'must' have an edge. In London's book the Call ofthe Wild, the harsh depiction of the Klondike wilderness proves that to survive life mustadapt.London uses Buck as his first character to justify ... ing that eventually he will find food. Thortonhas adapted, and now he has the power to fend off the wilderness. Buck also reaches hisown acme which creates the super being. After Thorton's death a pac ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
"The Stone Angel" by Margaret Laurence's
romise which shaped the outcome of her life as well as the lives of those around her. 'Pride was my wilderness and the demon that led me there was fear... [I was] never free, for I carried my chains w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Symbolism in "Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne
ng forth hidden thoughts and emotions. The forest track leads away from the settlement out into the wilderness where all signs of civilization vanish. This is precisely the escape route, from strict m ... avior, so it is here where people do as they wish. To independent spirits like Hester Prynne's, the wilderness beckons her: 'Throw off the shackles of law and religion. What good have they done you an ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Story of the Little Pigs Three, a Biblical form of the Three Little Pigs
did huff and he did blow, and he did blow yon pighutdown. The hog woman did send her young into the wilderness to escape the beast, and they did so. Thus the wolf dideat the poor hog woman.3. Thus the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Should Quebec become a "distinct society" in Canada?
history Britain may have disrespected the French Canadians by sending the protesters to Louisiana's wilderness and ignore their basic needs and concerns in the mid 1700's. But the British government s ... ries, it is the first step into separation.In the past, the British government did send them to the wilderness of Louisiana and disrespected without listening to their concerns and needs. But the Brit ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Nature as Reflected in American Literature. Speaks of work by Plato, Twain, Melville, Bryant, andThoreau
le opportunity to explore this realm of the Platonic ideal. Because the American continent and its wilderness was primarily unsullied by the ravages of civilization, the natural world found there by ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Finger Lakes (Character of a Place)
ho visit the Finger Lakes will quickly realize that New York includes, along with concrete jungles, wilderness on the other end of the spectrum, wilderness created by the forces of our planet.Glaciers ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Neandertals
years agoEurope was filled with caves, marshes, and grasslands. It was a very harsh and coldwilderness. The Neandertals were in existence right in the middle of the Ice Age, andalthough oc ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Never Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowart
NEVER CRY WOLFNever Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowart, describes a scientist's adaptation to the wilderness as he is in search of wolves. Tyler, who is the main character, learns to respect the ri ... ch of wolves. Tyler, who is the main character, learns to respect the rights of the animals in the wilderness throughout the movie. Before his adventure begins Tyler runs into a drunk at the bar who ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Thrown Into the Wilderness Identity, and Stigmas in Society Uses "Moses' Wilderness Tabernacle" by Miriam Peskowitz
be large or small. Miriam Peskowitz illustrates that identities can be bounded in her essay Moses? Wilderness Tabernacle.Ownership of the self defines itself in one word: perception. Not others obser ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
Describe the Lewis and Clark Expedition. What were the problems encountered? How did Lewis and Clark prepare for it? What were the results of the Expedition?
explored. Thus he planned the first exploration by the United States government of the Northwestern Wilderness. To lead this expedition into the wilderness, Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis, who w ... aterways. He even wanted Lewis and Clark to find out information about the Indian tribes out in the wilderness. For the scientific part, Jefferson told them to write reports on the plant and animal li ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
"Wayward branches"--a creative writing poem that describes the life of a tree with personification and intense detail.
p from branch to branch,But not in this old tree.What a lonely tree he is.All alone he cries in the wilderness.In the daylight his shape would mold that of an old man's.In the evening his flailing bra ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
The Failure of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"
l, and a deity. To Marlow, he was the only thing that made sense in the company, on a journey, in a wilderness wrought with confusion. The company hailed him as their biggest asset and success. He del ... liked that very much. Kurtz represented many things to many people. He was a representation of the wilderness, the voice, a superior God-like being, an imperialist who was a symbol of colonization, a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
A creative writing piece about the Arizona desert and how it contrasts from day to night.
t stretching for miles and miles. The intense sun blazes down on this harsh yet amazingly beautiful wilderness of red rocks, the incredible feeling of being the only person with a heart beating within ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays
Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron"
ating short story which uses regionalism to illustrate the beauty and simplicity of the New England wilderness. Jewett romanticizes the common, country way of life by revealing it through Sylvia's, th ... e at the house, Mrs. Tilley, Sylvia's grandmother, informs the hunter of Sylvia's adoration for the wilderness. Her grandmother proceeds to say that "[there] ain't a foot o'ground she don't know her w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Love and Death in Stephen King's "Pet Sematary"
s dreams. It is the realm of the Indian Woods, where the Micmac Burial Ground is. King sets up this wilderness carefully. It is said to be haunted, to evade ownership, to be a place where one can easi ... unified, and even children learn to accept death as final (87). When Louis sees the Wendigo in the wilderness and again later in a nightmare, it is a grotesque, laughing god, a face with up-tilted, y ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American