Anna Karlsson EP12 Engelska Book report Book report I have read The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera. It is a short little book with a green cover. On the cover it is a shape of a whale-tail with the ocean in the background. Themes of the book is unrequited love‚ equality and culture of the Maoris. The Whale Rider is on my personally list of ”Do not read”‚ truly not a book I am going to read again and now I am going to tell you why. Firstly the names i the book is typical Maori-names and I thought it
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The article “A Conversation With Whales” by James Nestor‚ featured in The New York Times on April 15‚ 2016‚ argues the best way to observe and study whales is by free diving. As a scientist who closely studied sperm whales by free diving on a research team‚ Nestor wrote this article to express the urgency surrounding learning about whales as they approach endangerment. He successfully explains the importance of free-diving for this purpose through ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. Nestor uses personal credentials
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calderon dolphins are near extinction and they get near men to play and interact. In a way of making friendship. The colderan dolphin has traditionally been hunted by "driving"‚ which is when many hunters and boats gathering a semicircle behind a pod of whales close to shore‚ and slowly drive them towards a bay where they become stranded and are then slaughtered.When the slaughtering starts‚ and what was once blue water turns red. The poor mammals are beaten‚ stabbed ‚
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the fear adds to the apathy. And that is why a documentary like “Shores of Silence: Whale Sharks in India” is so important. Directed by accomplished filmmaker Mike Pandey‚ who specialises in movies about wildlife‚ environment‚ biodiversity and species conservation‚ the film was made with the intention to build awareness‚ gather support to protect and conserve the species as well as create policies to ban whale shark trade in India and find sustainable alternatives for the local fishing community
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Belonging : be rightly placed in a specified position Not belonging: not rightly being placed in a specified position Rainbow’s End 1. The prescribed text that we have been given is Rainbows End the play was written by Jane Harrison the play premiered on the 18th February 2005 at the Melbourne Museum. It was directed by Wesley Enoch. 2. Gladys is caught between two cultural context- her Aboriginality‚ which she is denying and he desire to belong in the white society. Because she doesn’t
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An important idea in the novel‚ "Whale Pot Bay‚" composed by Des Hunt‚ is the requirement for individuals from a mixed family to have the capacity to reconcile their disparities‚ and to bond as a family. At the point when individuals from a mixed family are not able to endure one another‚ conflict can come about‚ which can cause the division of the family. At the point when Jake truly disturbs Stephanie‚ she‚ alongside her mom Vicky‚ choose to leave Jake and Alan. On-going strains can bring about
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Exploring Alaska is as dangerous as swimming with sharks at their lunch-time. Alaska is a very unique state. It’s animals and other things are a sight to see. It also has a beautiful landscape‚ but the landscape is not so easy to get across. According to the documents‚ the climate is changing because of the ecosystem‚ the geography of Alaska makes it difficult to explore and settle‚ and there is no given shelter in Alaska‚ so that makes it difficult to keep exploring. To begin with‚ Alaska is very
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sometimes it makes me think we live in a strange world. The similarities between “Joyas Volardores” and “A Matter of Scale” are that they both go in depth with nature. In “Joyas Volardores‚” Doyle talks about the heart of a hummingbird and a blue whale. They both differ in size and weight but they both have the same amount of heartbeats in a lifetime. Either you can live fast(a few years or less) like a hummingbird or you can live long like a tortoise‚ approximately 200 years old. They both convey
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Summary of The Whale and the Reactor by Langdon Winner (pp. ix-39‚ 99-200). Winner states implicitly that he wishes to add his book to a surprisingly short list of works that can be characterized as "philosophy of technology" (which includes Marx and Heidegger). His book will deal primarily with the political and social aspects of this philosophy‚ pertinent since as he notes the world is changing because of tech.‚ no longer comprised of national entities--a global economy‚ etc. In this context
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is that if we are going to prevent a species from extinction we must do it everywhere not just in one specific place. The worlds whale population is not going to rise if only the United States bans whale hunting. And if we don’t enforce poaching laws and regulations. This also refers to if you tamper with one organism you affect a lot more. If we kill all the whales not only can we not use them but larger sea predators like sharks can’t either. So they will be forced to feed on smaller sea life
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