century we have more than tripled our population and lost more than 50 lakh hectares of our natural forests. With the country needing to find food‚ water‚ shelter‚ energy‚ timber and medicine for a new mouth every alternate second‚ our forests and wild landscapes face fresh and bigger threats. With this burgeoning growth in human population certain species of our wildlife face risk of extinction than ever before. The Indian Cheetah has been driven to extinction‚ the brow-antlered deer is facing
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The story “Horses of the Night” centers the theme of depression. The story is told from Vanessa’s point of view‚ a 6 year old girl‚ who idolizes her cousin Chris‚ a teenager who comes to live with them to complete his high school. Vanessa grows closer to Chris during his stay. He would talk to her about his life goals or occasionally also talk about his “beautiful” hometown. She describes Chris as a handsome boy who is very creative‚ entertaining and a dreamer. She admired the little things about
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the history of man and wolf was forever changed.” (A History of Wild Wolves in the United States.) For centuries native people of America have depicted wolves in their art telling great stories‚ some of which man and wolf are joined as one powerful creature. Many Natives believe and some still do‚ in the brotherhood with the wild wolves. “Not so long ago‚ wolves roamed nearly all of the United States. Between 250‚000 and 500‚000 wild wolves living in harmony with Native Americans and the rest of
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TAGALOG) by: Paz Marquez Benitez The Spouse (BICOL) by: Luis G. Dato It Rained Saturday Afternoon (WESTERN VISAYAS) by: Antonio S. Gabila The Black Monkey (CENTRAL VISAYAS) by: Edith L. Tiempo Gabu (EASTERN VISAYAS) by: Carlos A. Angeles The White Horse of Alih (WESTERN MINDANAO) by: Alvarez Enriquez Manila and Byzantium (NORTHERN MINDANAO) by: Miguel A. Bernard Reporters Oga‚ Client Edcel Codilla‚ Arnold Mustapha‚ Hafidah Aloyudan‚ Jalilah Carinal‚ Therese Mae Sultan‚ Aminah Anislag‚ Maretsil Etulle
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Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” focuses on the beauty of life as well as surviving its everyday challenges and difficulties. It is a perfect mix of both the underlying and the obvious meanings. The poem is in free-verse so punctuations are used sparingly throughout the poem but enough commas are distributed on areas where there should be a slight “pause”; significantly chosen words are placed individually per line. The 1st line “You do not have to be good” (Oliver 1) marks the obvious soulful
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“Society” written by Jerry Hanan but performed by Vedder and Hanan in 2007 for the soundtrack of the movie “Into the wild” directed by Sean Penn. The context of the song formed it’s theme as‚ in a different time or place or language or for a different audience‚ the outcome would most likely have differed. “Society” echoes the values of Jon Krakauer‚ protagonist of “Into the wild‚ whose diary entries are the basis of the film. These are transcendalist views on a society that is incapable of working
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The Rocking-Horse Winner Growing up in my small town of Kaufman‚ Texas I never paid attention to the name brand material items everyone had to have. I could have cared less about the newest “fad.” If I had food to eat and a roof over my head I considered it wealthy. I hadn’t the slightest clue about name brands or the fanciest televisions. Those were the golden days‚ where you weren’t judged by the amount of money you had or the brand of the jeans you wore. Individuals knew you by your characteristics
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The Wild directed by Sean Penn and written by Jon Krakauer‚ takes the reader on a journey through Christopher McCandless journey through the wild. The book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is about a young man named Siddhartha leaving his life behind and starting a journey that gives his life enlightenment and meaning. The two main characters both went out to find their true destiny and get away from the world that they grew up in‚ but one wanted enlightenment and the other just wanted to be free. Siddhartha
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by sled‚ into the summer hills and their late freezing shadows-a high blaze‚ a runner track in the snow would show where I had gone. Let the rest of mankind fine me if it could”(John Haines‚ The stars‚ The snow The Fire In Into The Wild 127). In the novel‚ Into The Wild‚by Jon Krakauer‚ challenges the slander the protagonist faces. In the book‚ the protagonist is Chris Mccandless‚ otherwise known as Alex Supertramp. He was a hero an a noble traveler escaping the fate his parents set out for him; making
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“Horses” Edwin Muir in First Poems‚ 1925 Notes Compiled and Edited by RI First Reading • The sight of horses now‚ in the present‚ leads the speaker to consider his feelings towards horses when he was a child: ‘Perhaps some childish hour has come again’. • Main focus: – The various descriptions of horses and the speaker’s feelings towards the horses – An other-worldliness about them‚ something magical – Admiration and fear are mixed – A clear Romantic feel about the poem: e.g.
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