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    ZOO (menagerie)

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    zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden‚ and also called a menagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures‚ displayed to the public‚ and in which they may also be bred. The term zoological garden refers to zoology‚ the study of animals‚ a term deriving from the Greek zōon (ζῷον‚ "animal") and lógos (λóγος‚ "study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens‚ which opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1847.The

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    Are Zoos Beneficial?

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    people are against zoos. I am one of the people who think zoos are not beneficial so I will tell you why I think so.I will try to persuade you to be one of those people who are against zoos.I will tell you how much zoos really care‚ what happens when you mix money and zoos‚ and their horrible habitats How much do you think zoos really care for animals. think scarcely for theses supporting reasons.One reason is zoos tranquilize animals and puts them in a crate and take them to zoos. The second reason

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    History of Zoos

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    History of Zoos Worldwide Speech A zoo (short for zoological park or zoological garden‚ and is also similar to a menagerie) is an establishment that maintains a collection of wild animals‚ typically in a park or gardens‚ for study‚ conservation‚ or display to the public. The predecessor of the zoological garden is the menagerie‚ which has a long history from the ancient world to modern times. In ancient times having a collection of animals meant you were wealthy and very powerful because it

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    The Audobon Zoo

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    THE AUDUBON ZOO‚ 1993 The Audubon Zoo is located in New Orleans‚ Louisiana and is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization. In 1914 the Audubon Commission was created to maintain and develop Audubon Park. In 1919 the Audubon Institute was established as the parent agency. Over the next several decades many changes would occur including the addition of a monkey cage‚ mammal cage and a deer paddock. Louisiana school children purchased the first elephant in 1924 and shortly thereafter an aquarium and

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    Zoo or Prison

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    Zoo or Prison People always say that animals are our friends; that is why we’d like to go to zoos to see those animals. But are the animals happy about being locked in cages and being seen by people everyday? Or do they want to live in the environments that they are supposed to live? Of course we are never able to know what an animal thinks‚ but I know one thing for sure‚ I don’t want to live in a cage and to be showed to people everyday. Keeping animals in the zoos stops them from being who

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    Cheetahs in Zoos

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    Cheetahs in Zoos Cheetahs in captivity should be left there‚ not released into the wild‚ and on the same note cheetahs in the wild should be left there‚ not brought into captivity. A cheetah in a zoo that is released into the wild may not know what to do‚ having been cared for by people in an enclosed environment for a number of years and then suddenly thrust out into the wild and on its own may have adverse effects on the cat ’s psyche‚ making it manic or exhibit unpredictable behaviors and

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    THE MANIFESTATION OF ALBEE’S WORLD VIEW IN THE ZOO STORY: A GENETIC STRUCTURALISM THESIS BY YUSNIA SAKTI NUR LAILI NIM 0710330040 STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDIES UNIVERSITAS BRAWIJAYA 2012 THE MANIFESTATION OF ALBEE’S WORLD VIEW IN THE ZOO STORY: A GENETIC STRUCTURALISM           THESIS Presented to Universitas Brawijaya in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra BY YUSNIA SAKTI NUR LAILI

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    Memory. We find Estragon in the main story and Pozzo in the episode‚ combating the conventional notions of Time and Memory. For Pozzo‚ particularly‚ one day is just like another‚ the day we are born indistinguishable from the day we shall die. It is very clear from the very word “Absurd” that it means nonsensical‚ opposed to reason‚ something silly‚ foolish‚ senseless‚ ridiculous and topsy-turvy. So‚ a drama having a cock and bull story would be called an absurd play. Moreover‚ a play having loosely

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    Lewis Carroll’s novel‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚ has been interpreted as an absurd and nonsense book for children. It is a nonsense book‚ but it is also so much more. Carroll has intertwined nonsense and logic therefore creating sense with nonsense. By looking past the absurdities of this book you find new meaning. You find that the novel is full of references and parallel aspects of the Victorian era in topics of etiquette‚ education and prejudice. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is also

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    Zoo Suit

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    Jaime Aparicio Dr. G. Nunez CHIC 305-01 September 22‚ 2011 The book Zoot Suit has symbolic significance for Mexican Americans and tells about the riots during the World War II. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder was one-step in the fight for the rights and respect of Mexicans American’s. In the play El Pachuco wearing an elegant long zoot suit‚ and is the centerpiece of the play where he is able to pause time and take Henry to the past. El Pachuco symbolizes Mexican American youths who fought for nationalism

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