Regan’s essay‚ "Are Zoos Morally Defensible" Tom explains two arguments against anthropocentrism‚ utilitarianism and the rights view‚ to answer the question of the defensibility of zoos. Regan begins his argument with the utilitarian perspective. Utilitarianism is utilized by considering the interests of everyone affected by our actions and giving each interest equal weight. Regan applies this theory to the moral defense of zoos wherein the economy and people’s interests involved in zoos as well as the
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want their illusions destroyed” – Friedrich Nietzsche. Edward D. Hoch focuses on the concept of illusions creating realities in his short story Zoo. In Zoo‚ Professor Hugo flies unique alien-like creatures to different planets in his interplanetary spaceship zoo. When Hugo arrives on Earth with the zoo‚ the “peoples of Earth” file around the spaceship zoo each charged a dollar for admission to see “wild” creatures trapped in cages within the spaceship. When Professor Hugo returns the creatures to
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Leslie White‚ author of The Evolution of Culture: The Development of Civilization to the Fall of Rome (1959)‚ attempted to create a theory explaining the entire history of humanity. The most important factor in his theory is technology: Social systems are determined by technological systems‚ wrote White in his book‚ echoing the earlier theory of Lewis Henry Morgan. As measure of society advancement‚ he proposed the measure of a society’s energy consumption. He differentiates between five stages of
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Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) ISSN 2249-6912 Vol. 3‚ Issue 2‚ Jun 2013‚ 139-144 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd. A STUDY OF THE ZOO STORY AS AN ABSURD AND SOCIALLY REALISTIC DRAMA SHIPRA MALIK Associate Professor‚ I.I.M.T Engg. College‚ Meerut‚ Uttarpradesh‚ India ABSTRACT The article is an attempt to bring into light the elements of absurdism and social criticism in the play‚ The Zoo Story written by Edward Albee. Throughout the play the dramatist has adopted certain absurdist techniques to expose the
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The next example is one of a protagonist that in some way resembles Wilhelmina‚ he as well‚ tries and wants to pull away his cultures and traditions in order to fit in at school. Tayo‚ in the book Ceremony by Leslie M. Silko is a young man who finds himself in between the coalition of two cultures‚ his two cultures. Tayo is initiated into the Native American culture and traditions. The distinction here is between the White and the Native American ethnic-race groups. To sum up‚ one of the takeaways
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in captivity at zoos Many of us have been to a zoo at least once in our lives before. Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals‚ where they are studied and displayed for the public to see. Have you ever stopped to think of the trauma that the animal went through while being taken from its family and its home‚ to be locked behind a cage for the rest of his life? Do you remember leaving the zoo that day knowing a whole lot more about animals than you did before? Although zoos can be fun to visit
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No two people read a piece of text the exact same way. This difference in perspective and opinion is what gives way to the variety of modern literature. This idea of perspective is woven through the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Reading through the eyes of different characters in Ceremony can change how the text is interpreted. Thomas C. Foster also argues this point in his book‚ How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ that one must read a piece of literature not only with their eyes‚ but
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Online response – Secret CHIN 360 Introduction to Chinese Cinema Leslie Wangxiaoqi Sun 2014/11/30 Knowing the ending and watching Secret for the second time‚ I can see that many small details in the first half of the movie imply and coordinate with the second half after Lu Xiaoyu reveals her secret. I’m amazed by the way plots are arranged. In this response‚ I’ll analyze how director Chou laid groundwork and foreshadowed in this movie. The piano building is one of the important props in the movie
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Family Influence Perhaps the most important factor in a person’s development is his or her family. Family members can shape some one’s thoughts and can make it difficult for a person to fit in one’s environment. In the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ Tayo’s auntie is an antagonistic woman who is concerned about other people’s judgment toward her and her family. Her unfriendly behavior sprang from her low self-esteem and the anger she reproached because her sister’s unruly actions. The
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In the spontaneous movie We Bought A Zoo‚ directed by* Cameron Crowe‚ Benjamin Mee goes through his life trying to feel complete again‚ trying to fix things‚ and trying to get his family on the right track on life again. In the beginning of this story‚ Dylan was in the principal’s office. Benjamin notices a squeaky window. Even though he has to be focusing on Dylan‚ Benjamin walks over and tries to fix it. Dylan tells angrily tells his dad to stop but‚ as always Benjamin said he could “fix it” (Crowe
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