re-establish women at the centre of Arthuriana. One of the most successful and influential of these retellings is Marion Zimmer Bradley’s fantasy novel The Mists of Avalon (1982)‚ which according to Fries gives “voice to those females who have so long remained mute in Arthurian legend”. Written during the height of Second Wave Feminism‚ The Mists of Avalon intends to ‘reshape’ and ‘restore’ Morgan back to her rightful place in the Arthurian legend. At the same time it endeavours to create an iconic
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Amy Champagne English 2 March 26‚ 2014 Illusion of Memory The Invisible Gorilla In the book‚ The Invisible Gorilla‚ Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons introduce several different illusions and discuss how our intuitions are easily capable of deceiving us. Upon reading this book‚ I find the second chapter‚ Illusion of Memory‚ one of the most interesting ones. In this chapter‚ it reveals that an individual’s memory is very limited and unreliable. The certainty of one’s recollection does not
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First observation of tool use in wild Gorillas This article is about an observation of tool use in wild Gorillas (gorilla gorilla). The study took place in northern Congo where they found two adult female gorillas use branch and trunk to cross a swamp created by elephants during food processing. First observation was an adult female gorilla named Leah‚ used branch as walking stick to test out the water deepness to move forward in the swamp to get to her crying baby. At her first encounter with the
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Western Lowland Gorillas October 23‚ 2009 Introduction: When I was around 14‚ I saw one of the best movies. The movie was Gorillas in The Mist‚ starting Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey. It was one of the most impressive movies of my life. My step-mother at the time notice how must I liked the movie and game me her very well torn copy of Gorillas in the Mist to read. I still have that book and since the first time I read it‚ I have been fascinated with these great apes. This is way I believe
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Koko the gorilla was born on July fourth in 1971 at the San Francisco zoo. The film is interesting because you are able to see how Koko the gorilla is able to communicate with us humans. I was honestly quite surprised to see how intelligent a gorilla can be. It is fascinating that Koko not only knows sign language‚ but can understand English as well. Koko was taught sign language when she was young at around the age of one and she understands it perfectly. It was shocking to me that Koko
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The mountain gorilla was first discovered roaming the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). German Captain Robert von Beringe and his African soldiers stumbled upon two mountain gorillas around the volcanic region on October 17‚ 1902 (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). Von Beringe captured and killed one of them and sent the body to the Zoological Museum in Berlin‚ Germany. Professor Paul Matschie‚ who worked with the museum‚ identified the gorilla as a new class and named it after its founder:
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Gorilla‚ My Love In the short story‚ “Gorilla‚ My Love”‚ author Toni Cade Bambara narrates a story about the way children overanalyze little white lies. Bambara tells the story as if a child was talking in first-person view. Throughout the story Hazel talks about different instances of her share of what she thought was being lied to. The read was very enjoyable because it was something that I could relate to. For instance‚ when Hazel and her friend are at the movie theater and she says‚ “ …we yell
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of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). 1. The study could also provide clues about the role and development of kinship in early human society‚ say researchers behind the work. Despite being the most numerous kind of gorilla‚ the western lowland gorilla species is the shyest and least understood. Up to a hundred thousand western lowland gorillas are thought to inhabit the forests of central Africa. 2. Aggressive Interactions Most knowledge of gorilla behavior comes from studies
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The differences between the average American’s view of water and the average African’s view of water are outstanding. Americans take advantage of the water that freely flows through our faucets everyday. African women struggle to find‚ gather‚ and carry their water to their homes. “The Illusion of Water Abundance‚” “The Burden of Thirst”‚ and “Unquenchable” give unique insight into the way different peoples view the source that gives humans life. This synthesis paper will focus on the ethics of
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The gorilla is the world’s largest primate. Gorillas are mammals. Young and younger gorillas are called blackbacks. Older males have white hair on their backs and are called silverbacks. Silverbacks gorillas are the most aggressive person in the group. The duty of the silverback gorilla is to protect others from dangerous threats. They can get angry very fast. The males are twice as big as the females (Morgan 2). The name gorrilla means “hairy person” and was first used by an explorer from North
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