Essays Tagged: "Herd"

The Silence of The Lambs

s of the lambs in her nightmares tocease. When she was younger, she witnessed the slaughtering of a herd of lambs and tothis day she awakens horrified some nights to escape the nightmares that she so ...

(3 pages) 210 1 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Raptor Red" by Robert T. Bakker

ifersthat bound the edge of mud flats and river beds. The eyes follow every movement among the greatherd of plant eating dinosaurs that mills around in the open meadows, feeding high in the treesand s ...

(2 pages) 44 1 4.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Discussion paper on the use of traditional knowledge by the Inuit(eskimo to americans)with regards to wildlife managment.

nmenal Knowledge of the Banks Island Inuit as Relating to the Management of the Banks Island Muskox HerdIntroductionTraditional Knowledge tries to understand systems as whole and not isolate the inter ... verify the need for the incorporation of TEK concerning the management of the Banks Island Musk ox herd. The project will use a semi-structured research method in order to allow interview subjects an ...

(16 pages) 140 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Process and Analysis Essay, TOPIC: MASAI MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN TANZANIA (any comments will be appreciated)

Masai boy, responsibility begins in childhood. As soon as he learns how to walk, he is sent out to herd the livestock. This is not an easy duty, for already he has to know much about the dangers of t ...

(3 pages) 65 1 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Whether or not Geoffrey Chaucer intended to retract "The Pardoner's Tale" in THE CANTERBURY TALES.

I stonde lik a clerk in my pulpet, / And whan thelewed peple is down yset, / I preche so as ye han herd bifore/ AndTelle an hundred false japes more. (ll 101-5)...This tale is about a company of men ...

(3 pages) 64 0 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

The following are a few main points dealing with a chapter of Mein Kampf. Sort of like a summery of that chapter.

and the general culture. Perhaps the 'boy of today' motivated the Jews.B) The Jew is compared to a herd, to a pack of wolves, to horses, and to a juggler if not an ape.C) The Jew never possessed a cu ...

(4 pages) 37 1 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Beer, It Does a Body Good.

assy feeding ground of the zebra into their slaughterhouse floor. The lions hang back observing the herd. They eye out the old, lame, or very young to maximize their assurance of success. They stay lo ... t to be spotted.... Although some zebra will die today, the lions are indirectly assuring that the "herd" of zebras will continue.Darwin believed that by the killing of the weak of a species that the ...

(8 pages) 73 2 3.3 Nov/2003

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

A brief constructed response about the agricultural revolution and its effect on the human species

e place. Prior to the revolution, the human species were forced to hunt and gather their food. If a herd of animals decided to relocate, the humans were forced to follow. With the new discovery of foo ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

What is the importance of setting and geography in William Shakespeare's Othello?

s of the characters are brought to life. By including real locations, which Elizabethans would have herd of, the play appears to be more realistic. 'Othello' is reasonably geographically accurate and ...

(7 pages) 48 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Equine Learning

what is not, the smell and texture of good food, where to find water and shelter, who's who in the herd, sureness of foot, how to mate, or fight, or scratch those itchy spots. However, we also expect ... pecially between mare and foal, and in courtship. Mutual grooming can cement friendships within the herd. The horse has a well-developed sense of touch. Therefore, touch is the horse's main sense for ...

(13 pages) 124 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

An essay on Shakespeare's 12th Sonnet.

d o'er with white;5. When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,6. Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,7. And summer's green all girded up in sheaves,8. Borne on the bier with white and bristly bear ... middle to make a bunch or bundle. This 'falls into place' because of the cattle and sheep that also herd together, in a bunch or bundle, to stay in the shade, away from the shade. Before the days of c ...

(6 pages) 58 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Causes and Effects of Drug Selling

ren whaling, people scattering away to get away from the flashing lights, like a dog chasing away a herd of cattle. This is the stereotypical life of a drug dealer. This is what drug dealers so call " ...

(3 pages) 61 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Central Athenian Historical Overview

s enemies, members of the rich and aristocratic elite who did not like being outvoted by the common herd, their social and economic inferiors. If this theory is right, democracy must originally have m ... the special ire of the system's critics was the practice of ostracism - from the Greek word for potsherd. In this reverse election to decide which leading politician should be exiled for ten years, vo ...

(4 pages) 44 0 2.3 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Fairy Tale: The Princess That Never Laughs. Analysis included

there was an honest workman. In the mornings, he cleaned the courtyard, in the evenings, he fed the herd, with not even one minute to rest. His master, a rich and truthful man, paid him. As soon as th ... sleep less and eat less.Someone else's cornfield was fading, but his master's was fresh; someone's herd was dying, but his master's was healthy, someone's horses were lingering, but his master's were ...

(4 pages) 33 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Buffalo.

u way of survival. Buffalos were hunted by men, and they used many strategies to get control of the herds and kill them.There were many strategies to hunt buffalos, but there were two, that were the m ... ut there were two, that were the most popular among all tribes. The two strategies were: making the herds of buffalo run off a cliff and/or surrounding them and shooting them one by one. There was a p ...

(1 pages) 1115 0 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Feminism in Our Community

n before or wanted to go, but that it was a bad weekend for them. This was a surprise to me. When I herd that we would be able to write a paper on our experiences and get credit for the class, I autom ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"A Passage to India" by E.M.Forster

ht before, and " its sharp divisions, its crushing institutionalism and officialdom, its racial and herd thought and emotion provide an excellent background for Forster's philosophy of personal relati ...

(2 pages) 28 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Last lesson of the afternoon

h out into the corridor racing towards the stairs. Everyone is heading in the same direction like a herd of charging buffalo. Down the stairway finally and out of the school. Hurray!The sources:It was ...

(1 pages) 4 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Role of the Spartan Education System, the Agoge

en, at which point they entered the agoge.Within the barracks they immediately joined an agelai, or herd of boys. Here they learnt military and basic reading and writing skills. They were taught obedi ... cation was not limited to boys, and although girls did not have to endure the agoge, they did join 'herds' and receive rigorous physical training. The 'bibasis' exercise, which saw girls jumping up an ...

(7 pages) 28 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies