Gorillas in the Mist is the incredible story of Dian Fossey‚ an American Primatologist who spent the prime of her life studying and tracking gorillas. Throughout the story‚ she tells of the hardships that she had to face in order to study these magnificent creatures. At one point‚ when she was just beginning to get deep into her research and make incredible studies‚ all of her work was destroyed by a local militia and she was forced to leave the area. However‚ despite all of this‚ she refused to
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Themes raised in the text: Depression‚ friendship‚ love‚ bullying‚ acceptance. Behaviours that constitute bullying: Physically hurting somebody‚ name calling‚ anti-social behaviour‚ spreading rumours‚. Different forms of bullying include: Cyber bullying‚ verbal bullying‚ physical bullying‚ indirect bullying‚ emotional bullying‚ blackmail. Comprehension: What is a blog page? A blog page is a page on the internet where people write their thoughts and opinions on a certain topic. What
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1) Avalon receives messages from a sender named “friend” this is ironic because the sender is abusing and insulting her online. So gives a very unusual meaning to the name. 2) A blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily‚ blogs often reflect the personality of the author. 3) Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from “A Friend” this means that Avalon is very emotional 4) The A-Bomb is relevant to this chapter as
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numbers for future use. 1. How is the use of the pseudonym ‘Afriend’ ironic? 2. What is a blog page? 3. Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from A Friend‚ what does this suggest about her character? 4. How is the chapter title ‘The A-Bomb’ significant to events that take place? 5. What attitudes and values do Avalon’s parents have regarding education and family life? 6. Avalon is anxious about starting at Westerly High School do you think she has cause for concern? How are new
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Destroying Avalon Extended Response Destroying Avalon is a hard-boiled perspective at how a teenager can suffer such immense bullying and having it go to someone else. The story unravels when Avalon‚ a 14 year old girl moves from a country town to a large and vast city. On her first day of high school‚ which is every new person’s nightmare‚ she finds herself already formed enemies. Before transferring from her country town to this urban city‚ she quotes “Being fourteen is hard‚ but it’s even harder
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Chapter 1: Dian Fossey plans a trip for seven weeks to Africa where she will study gorillas and meet scientists Louis and Mary Leakey. Fossey goes with the Leakey’s to look at a giraffe fossil at an excavation site. She ends up falling into the ditch where the fossil was‚ breaking her ankle and throwing up all over the fossil. After two weeks of recovering‚ Fossey goes to study gorillas with Alan Root‚ a photographer‚ and his wife‚ Joan. After watching the gorillas‚ Fossey returns to her hometown
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Gorillas in the Mist Essay I think the message of this movie was that if you stand up for what you really believe in and put all your effort towards it‚ you can achieve whatever you set your mind to‚ like how Dian Fossey was the inspiration to save many species. After the film‚ my main thoughts were‚ “What can I do to help this situation?” This movie also changed my viewpoint on primates. Before I watched this movie I very strongly disliked gorillas and monkeys in general. I look at them
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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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Destroying Avalon and Mean Girls Comparative Essay What is worse‚ cyber bullying or face-to-face bullying? Argue in relation to both Destroying Avalon and Mean Girls‚ referring to specific events throughout both texts. Cyber bullying and face-to-face bullying are to major concerns in today’s society‚ the movie Mean Girls and the novel Destroying Avalon have themes about bullying in them. The texts show us how more people can be affected by certain types of bullying as well as how it can
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Anna Avalon‚ the adventurous and admirable main character of “The Leap’ written by Louise Erdich has many traits that prove her to be a very admirable woman. Her daughter is very grateful to have her as a mother. Throughout this short story‚ it is quite easy to see that Anna Avalon is talented‚ careful and brave. Considered to be “The surviving half of a blindfold trapeze act” (Pg.190) Anna Avalon is very talented. She had previously been a performer. “Anna of the Flying Avalon’s” She had been
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