THE FIRST CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE: ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA’S 1542 LA RELACION Ramón Sánchez University of Washington‚ Bothell In this paper‚ I will discuss the development of one type of Western captivity narrative‚ a Spanish one that in the context of expanding Western conquest brought (1) the need for the European conqueror to defend himself from the accusation of cultural betrayal and (2) the need to redeem a failed conqueror. For this I focus on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca’s 1542 La Relacion
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the life of an animal in need? It is not only more ethical to adopt animals‚ but more sensible for a number of reasons. Adopting costs a fraction of buying a pure bred‚ reduces the number of abusive puppy mills‚ and limits overpopulation. From my personal experience having a family that has rescued a dog and a cat‚ I can’t imagine anything more enjoyable and rewarding than the love you will receive from them. If you are thinking about getting a pet‚ adopt. When you adopt an animal you don’t just
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Yes we need to test our drugs and surgical stuff on something so that humans do not have to suffer but the way that they are killed is inhumane and wrong. Pigs have done nothing to deserve to die and suffer for our own selfish needs. I believe it is inhumane to kill them and use them the way that we do and we should find another way to test on them. Even though we need to test on something to help us. I think there should be another way to make this happen rather than kill them and watch them
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are supporting the evil‚ inhumane process that goes on in puppy mills. If one truly cared about their barking furry friends‚ adopting is the way to go. Adopting your pet always has a positive outcome; little do most people know‚ dogs who reside in animal shelters for long periods of time usually have a death timer ticking away. Adopting that Pitbull shaking in the corner would tremendously impact his life‚ since it was scheduled to peacefully end within the next twelve hours. When you buy from pet
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tend to overlook what goes on behind the scenes. Covergirl‚ Dove‚ Pantene test their products on animals. Also‚ heart transplants and vaccines all go through animal testing first. The animals used in these tests get locked up in dark cages‚ and suffer through countless‚ painful procedures when there are better options. I believe that animal testing is unethical and should be banned for three reasons. Animal testing is inaccurate‚ cruel‚ and it is lengthy and delays the discovery
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<b>Specific Purpose</b> To persuade my audience that animal testing is wrong and how other safer alternatives should be taken. <br> <br><b>Central Idea</b> By going the extra mile in using safer alternatives when experimenting with animals will not only prevent conflicts from pro-life activists‚ it will minimize lawsuits and morals will be preserved. <br> <br><b>Introduction</b> <br>I. Okay I got a riddle I made up for the class. <br>A. What was once cute and furry but becomes a bloody rotted
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Our case is that if we don’t test on animals then progress in scientific fields would be halted. As first speaker for the negative I will speak about the benefits of animal testing in general and then I’ll talk in detail about animal testing in medicine. My second speaker will talk about the opinions on testing and the food chain and my third speaker will summarise our points and rebut. Safety tests are conducted on a wide range of chemicals and products‚ including drugs‚ vaccines‚ cosmetics‚
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"Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry." This quote by Steven Spielberg refers to the millions of animals that are killed every year due to unecessary testing. How many of you here have animals at home? I myself have several dogs at home that I love dearly. Occasionaly‚ one of them will get sick and the vet will give me a liquid medicine to give them. Now‚ my dogs will not drink this voluntarily so the vet gives me a little syringe to put in the corner of my dogs mouth to make them
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stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.” Throughout my presentation I ask that you keep these questions in mind: Is slavery no longer slavery when its not happening to humans? Is abuse not abuse if it isn’t happening to your species? And‚ is murder not considered murder when its not happening to someone like you? If I ask all of you if you love animals‚ most of you would say yes. Yet its because of people like you that animals like pigs‚ cows‚ and chickens suffer and take knives
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then come to Disney World where the magic begins.What should do there? Go have fun‚ do fun things to make memories‚ bond with family members so you can cherish the moment and think about it forever. Make sure you go to Animal Kingdom because they have the most popular animals there is like elephants‚ zebras and flamingos‚ plus you get to feed some.Magic Kingdom the loud music‚ the moments‚ the time‚ all of it is so heart warming it’s like drinking hot cocoa. Be sure to buy one of those jacket
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