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- 2301: Dolphins 2
- ... newborn. These females babysit and nurse the young when the mother is out searching for food. A baby dolphin usually stays with the mother for three to six years. The relationship between the mother and child is long-lasting as is the relationship between males in a pod. Dolphins are very playful and curious creatures. Dolphins love company and have been observed in idle communication with other dolphins. This tight knit ... one of the things that leads researchers to believe these creatures are smarter than once thought. Steve Leatherwood was doing research on wild dolphins in the Bahamas when he noticed a mother dolphin and its child swimming in the area. Leatherwood and his assistant immediately jumped into the water to get a closer look. The two dolphins swam over to Leatherwood and his assistant and stopped close by. The mother dolphin ... s use of a dolphin to interact with an autistic boy is one example of man and dolphin working together for the good of one another. Leatherwood’s encounter with a mother dolphin and her child is also an example of man and dolphin becoming “friends” and working together. Each of these examples demonstrates that it is possible for dolphins and humans to partake in significant and meaningful communication. Dolphins ...
- 2302: Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults in the Creation
- ... parenthood. He was unprepared to the fact that his creature will need to be cared for and that he will be responsible for its actions. When the creature is first born, it resembles a newborn child in the way that it knows nothing; therefore, it is Frankenstein's responsibility to educate his creation about morals. If the creature does not know the difference between right and wrong then how can it ... When Frankenstein first views his creation, he immediately claims it to be a mistake. 'I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created' (pg48) Unlike a parent who would care for a deformed child, Frankenstein abandons his 'child' and all his parental responsibilities. He commits the ultimate act of hatred towards his creation by his outright rejection and severation of all parental ties. It is due to this abandonment that the Monster ...
- 2303: The Return of the Native: A Relationship Destined for Destruction
- ... very fact of you choosing her you prove that you do not know what is best for you “(161). Clym, who possesses the same strong will as Mrs. Yeobright, refuses to grant her control. Charles Child Walcutt believes Clym and Mrs. Yeobright are prone for destruction: “What the facts show is a deep vein of self-destructiveness that runs right through the Yeobright family”(Hardy 492). He goes on to say ... as for her, never in her angriest moments was there anything malicious in her look. She was angered quickly, but she forgave just as readily, and underneath her pride there was the meekness of a child. What came of it? --what cared you? You hated her just as she was learning to love you.” (Hardy 256) This change in Clym ultimately drives Eustacia to depart from him and finally to depart ... Stave, Shirley. The Decline If The Goddess: Nature, Culture, and Women in Thomas Hardy’s Fiction. Westport: Greenwich Press, 1995. Sumner, Rosemary. Thomas Hardy: Psychological Novelist. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1981. Walcutt, Charles Child. Man’s Changing Mask: Modes and Method’s of Characterization in Fiction. (1966): 159-60, 162-74. Rpt. in The Return Of The Native: An Wing, George. Hardy. (1963): 42-56. Rpt. in . The ...
- 2304: A Doll's House & The House of Spirits: The Role of Women Has Changed Dramatically Within The Last Century
- ... that Clara is forced to find herself despite finding a favorable outlook by society. This self-determination is evident in her character from the very beginning. Clara is in the church as a very young child and says "Father Restrepo! If that story about hell is a lie, we're all f***ed, aren't we?" (Allende 7). Her belief in spirits, shown in her work with the Moras sisters as ... first encounter with Pancha Garcia, "He [Esteban] attacked her savagely, thrusting himself without preamble, with unnecessary brutality" (Allende 57). His control led Pancha to resent the patron later when he refused to accept his illegitimate child. "[Esteban] began to see her as an enormous container that held a formless, gelatinous mass that he was to view as his own child" (Allende 62). Pancha's actions are later revealed through the character of her grandson, Esteban Garcia. Years later Esteban shows his need for control in the beating of Pedro Tercero, Clara and Blanca for ...
- 2305: The Scarlet Letter: Guilt, Strength and Revenge
- ... Letter: Guilt, Strength and Revenge Guilt, strength, and revenge are three very important components of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book tells of a woman's struggle to gain respect and mother the child which is the fruit of her sin after she commits adultery with the town's minister. The Scarlet Letter is a well written book that focuses on what symbolizes the main characters lives and what ... and Dimmesdale which is very clearly a symbol that she links the two together. "(Hester) silently ascended the steps, and stood on the platform, holding little Pearl by the hand. The minister felt for the child's other hand, and took it. ...The three formed an electric chain." (Hawthorne 149) A final portrayal of Pearl connecting the two occurs in the final scene when Pearl wants to be with Dimmesdale but ... also symbolizes the adultery to Dimmesdale when she asks him to join her and her mother at the scaffold during the day. He refuses her, but promises her that he will someday. "Not so my child. I shall, indeed, stand with thy mother and thee one other day, but not tomorrow." (Hawthorne 15 0) When he says this it can be interpreted in one of two ways. This could be ...
- 2306: Song Of Solomon
- ... life more than his father, Macon Dead. Upon Milkman's conception, his father Macon, suspecting his sister Pilate becharmed him into having sexual relations with his wife Ruth, fervently calls for Ruth to abort the child. Macon forces Ruth to make several attempts on the unborn child's life, including enemas and the insertion of knitting needles into the vagina; Macon even resorts to punching Ruth in the stomach in a feeble attempt toward miscarriage as well as a show of his ... of importance in Ruth's life; the strong bonds that composed the relationship between Ruth and her father before his death dwarfed Macon and Ruth's relationship as a married couple. The birth of another child, especially a boy, would divert Ruth's attention and make Macon the second man in Ruth's life once again. After Milkman's birth, Macon resents the fact that Ruth finds her greatest pleasure ...
- 2307: Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
- ... reality. Yet this is not the case. How can place so rich, be so poor? How can such a multicultural place be so segregated? Why is it that you can hand the world to one child, yet cheat another? Where did we go wrong? Does the future of our children lay solely on the amount of funds available? Is it that a child is only as successful as they want to be based on their motivation? Or does motivation matter at all, does the child ultimately become a product of their environment? In Jonathan Kozol's book Savage Inequalities, he speaks of children who are deprived of the right to a descent education. But how can this be the ...
- 2308: Inside the Character’s of The Scarlet Letter
- ... A” in the first place was Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Reverend Dimmesdale was not as willing to come forth along with Hester, so they kept his secret between the two of them. Together the conceived a child, Pearl. Everyone specified to her as a demon baby. Roger Chillingworth, a knowledgeable man, was Hester’s prearranged husband. Chillingworth had been unseen by Hester for two years and returned to find his wife in ... of these characters has a different aspect upon one another. A brave lion, Hester Prynne stood publicly on the scaffold of sham to face her criticism and punishment alone. Forced to tell who fathers her child, Hester denies the town of the knowledge and replies, “Never, it is too deeply branded. Ye cannot take it off. And would that I might endure this agony, as well as mine. I will not ... beating himself with a whip while watching his reflection and seeing vivid pictures that haunted his soul. He believed that God would do with them what he felt was appropriate. The outgoing and poorly tempered child, Pearl brought Hester guilt and love. Pear knew her mother by the dazzling “A” that always caught her eye. Without that letter, she had not recognized who claimed was her mother. Chillingworth was old ...
- 2309: Marriage
- ... Most people would agree that marriage expectations and traditions have changed over the years. And it is easy to that our images and expectations of marriage and families are constantly changing within society. As a child my outlook on marriage was very simple. My example came from the corny television shows I would watch with my baby-sitter after school, until my mother remarried. Then we became a very close knit ... give mom a break. Sometimes he would work two jobs just to provide for the family and our well being. Society has always played a major role in aspects of marriage and family. As a child I remember wanting to marry a handsome, rich man and adopting loads of children of every race and color to provide them with a happy home. But, of course, I would still have time to ... an act between two people. It involves coping with society, his family, your family, and supporting each other emotionally. I now see that maintaining a family is much more than what I believed as a child, that my childhood fantasy has little chance of coming true. But there is still some part of me that wants some of that fantasy to come true. But maybe not to the full extent ...
- 2310: Men Fear Death
- ... person could have had or what they could have done. This is the case in the literary work titled Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther. This is a story written by Gunther about his child John Jr. It seems that in society we view death in a young person with an especially sad expression. In the story, the parents of Johnny do whatever they can to support their son in ... his high school and go on to Harvard to excel in science and make a difference to the world. During his illness he corresponded with the likes of Albert Einstein. Surely Johnny was a bright child and probably could have made an impact on the world around him. But as stated in the book “Like a thief, Death took him.”(Gunther, 137) And Johnny died at the age of 17. Another ... may say, it’s the end of the road. Do what you can before you die. But even without theological backing, death can be a good. For a terminally ill AIDS patient or for the child who needs the heart that another dying person has waiting for them ready to give them the gift of life. Then again, death brings about large amounts of suffering to family members and loved ...
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