Essays Tagged: "Frog"

The passing of the torch in the novel "Deliverance", by James Dickey

-calling with him, and down into a small, miserably cold cave where there was one dead, crystalline frog. Lewis was the only man I knew who could do with his life exactly what he wanted to.' This thou ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Individual's Achievement's of self Knowledge. Refers to As Rev., character in Arthut Miller's "Crucible"

tuba and Abigail about all the events that occurred inthe forest such as the girls' dancing and the frog in the kettle. He firmly believes thatwitchery was involved in causing the unresponsive conditi ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Frogs

essay on frogs, all around -FrogsFrog is the common name for a species ofamphibian that also includes toads. ... pecies ofamphibian that also includes toads. A very commonquestion is "whats the difference between frogs andtoads?", the answer: none, except for the fact that toadslack the powerful legs that frogs ... the answer: none, except for the fact that toadslack the powerful legs that frogs have. "Where can frogsand toads be found?", one might ask. They live in allparts of the world, except for Antarctica, ...

(4 pages) 46 1 4.9 Feb/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

How to make an Origami frog.

apanese art of paper folding that has been practiced for hundreds of years. One basic animal is the frog.To make a frog you will need a square piece of paper. You can also use higher quality origami p ... e top of the boat upward to form the front set of legs. Now you have the basic body of your forming frog. Next, fold bottom portion of the frogs body to the top portion. Finally, fold the bottom porti ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and personal reflections.

ere in contact with each other. He later proved this phenomenon by stimulating the muscles within a frog's leg. This incredible discovery incited the attention of the talented Italian scientist, Alesa ...

(9 pages) 161 0 3.6 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Gateway Drugs-analogy paper that shows how small drugs can lead to use of heavier drugs

often lead to the use of stronger, more addictive drugs. Gateway drugs can be compared to putting a frog directly into boiling water. The frog will jump out because of the extreme heat, but if you put ... e of the extreme heat, but if you put it in cool water and gradually heat the water to boiling, the frog will stay in there until its death. Gateway drugs are similar to the water that is being slowly ...

(2 pages) 48 0 3.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

An appreciation of Death of a Naturalist

nother section emphasizes this by repeating ?and? three times:?And how he croaked and how the mammy frogLaid hundreds of little eggs and ? LINE 17The significance of this is that it shows how he is ex ... LINE 17The significance of this is that it shows how he is excited and fascinated by the subject of frogspawn. This is the natural speaking voice of a young childImages of decay, ?festered?, ?rotten?, ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Biological abstract

.5. Clark, co-authored a paper in the mid 30's about phosphagen chances in the iodoacetate poisoned frog's ventricle.________________________________________________________________________1.Jovelin, ... 100 illustrative cases.348.5.Clark, A. J., Kingisepp, G. 1935. The effect of low oxygen pressure on frogs' cardiac tissue. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology.25(3): 279-289.

(1 pages) 39 2 1.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fun in the sun

rived at the airport. While walking into the font doors, a little man jumped in front of me, like a frog out of water. He was small and springy, with little tufts of red hair sprouting from a ring of ...

(6 pages) 30 0 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Jest and Earnest Essay by David Woolf

finally to a vision of both. From the get go, Dillard describes to us a scene in "jest" with frogs of all sorts laying in different positions. Some are above, some are below, and still others a ... rs are right along the waters edge. Her essay progresses towards a more "earnest" situation where a frog is violently eaten by a giant water bug. She vividly describes the gruesome meal. The giant wat ...

(2 pages) 15 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Chinese fire bellied toad

n, when males have black horny marital pads on their fingers and forearms. One way of telling which frogs are male and which are female is to observe the behavior of the frogs. Whenever a frog tries t ... emale is to observe the behavior of the frogs. Whenever a frog tries to jump on the back of another frog and use the arms to grasp it, it's definitely a male. If the male isn't rejected immediately, t ...

(1 pages) 27 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Creation or Evolution: Evidence of the Fossil Record

nother, becoming more and more complex with each species. The theory of evolution goes from fish to frog to lizard, and then to birds and hairy animals, and finally to human beings. It tells of how a ... ed different forms of life that were complex right from the beginning. God created fish to be fish, frogs to be frogs, and lizards to be lizards. After the creation of the world was completed, God cre ...

(6 pages) 53 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: Science Essays

World centered, Reader centered and a Discourse analysis on the book 'Raw'

other characters, such as Sam, keep him on a short leash.Most teenagers can relate to the character Frog. Everyone at some stage in their lives has felt like they are helpless and needing someone to i ... r lives has felt like they are helpless and needing someone to intervene and assist them, just like frog when he was being pressured to buy drugs from the drug dealer at the rodeo. Feeling like the he ...

(3 pages) 15 1 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Preliminary Physics Research Task - Electrical Energy in the Home

y for discharge like the Leyden jar. He came to this conclusion due to experiments carried out on a frog where it was observed that, after the frog was well and truly dead, the frog's leg can still pr ... rom the website by Pavia Project Physics puts the dilemma between the two succinctly. "For Galvani, frogs produce their own electricity; for Volta they merely reveal the electricity produced by contac ...

(8 pages) 29 0 4.3 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Developments In Frogs And Birds

The first main difference between a birds's egg and a frog's egg is that a frog's fertilization does not occur inside the mother, but the mother actually ... are fertilized. For birds, the eggs are already fertilized when they are released from the mother. Frogs lay their eggs in the water, while the birds lay their eggs in their nest or other secure habi ... ection and are kept secure and warm because the mother usually will lie on the eggs until attached. Frogs, on the other hand, are abandoned once they are eggs. Because of this, they have their own for ...

(2 pages) 2168 0 3.0 May/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

To Kill A Mockingbrid

our minds to do. In the end, Jem forgot about the whole thing because we were distracted by a huge frog that we had been trying to capture for hours. We finally gave up just before sunset at which ti ...

(2 pages) 1024 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Etosha

p. Etosha displays this through many of its organisms- turtle and dove, cheetah and zebra, lion and frog, and snake and frog respectively. The parasite and host relationship constitutes as a biotic fa ... of. Therefore, each organism benefits from their relationship. Competition exists between male bullfrogs over the female bullfrogs for mating. They may go to the extent of eating one another. The mal ...

(2 pages) 3042 0 3.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Unequal Value Thesis

, recreation and others. For this reason an animal could never have the quality of life as human. A frog doesn't have the ability to change its mind and live its life as fox; nor can it change its job ...

(1 pages) 15 0 1.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Frog Term Paper

Frogs appear in many legends; in most of them they are pictured as good and friendly creatures. The ... e pictured as good and friendly creatures. The toads in legends are normally the opposite of what a frog is, it is normally pictured as gross figures that are evil or bad. In more ways than one, the s ... s normally pictured as gross figures that are evil or bad. In more ways than one, the stories about frogs are true, they provide cures, they keep the insect level down, and much more. It is sai ...

(8 pages) 10 0 3.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Frog disection

FROG'S DIGESTION SYSTEM Frogs have a mouth, which serves as an insect trap. The mouth, consist of a ... , which serves as an insect trap. The mouth, consist of a tongue and two sets of special teeth. The frog has a large elastic gullet that allows it to swallow large prey. Food passes from the gullet th ... te is eliminated through the cloaca and the anus. (Cooper, H, Hays, S, Walker.D, Linden R 1982) The frog has three lobed livers. The functions of the liver, is to release digestive enzymes to help the ...

(3 pages) 4349 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology