Zoology Essays

In the short story, “Shooting An Elephant” by George Orwell, the main character is a European police officer in Burma. This police officer is sympathetic to the Burmese people and their trouble, but because of his position must act in the best interests of the imperial power. All of the …

In the first chapter of the Animal Farm, the animals gather at a meeting in the barnyard of Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm. The meeting is led by the well respected white boar, Old Major, who shows the animals that no animal in England is free. He rationalizes that what they …

Every innocent child has an Idol, a person who has a life they dream about having when they grow up. Children often ask questions about their future, that is why they often search for their identity in a role model. To picture their future life in such a young age …

INTRODUCTION Statement of the Problem and Purpose of the Study       By the year 2030, the nursing home population was estimated to reach 5.3 million, while the entire elderly community would probably be at 13.8 million (Cox, 1993).  The growing elderly population translated to the growing need for efficient assistance …

Frank R. Stockton is an American novelist born in Philadelphia in 1834. Frank lived a mischievous boyhood but once he grow up he began to study engraving on wood well on the side he started writing as it was his true passion. When the story “The Lady Or The Tiger?” …

The central irony of Ambrose Bierce’s well-known story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”  is the tension between objective reality and dream reality, posited in the context of the story as thematic representations of specific ontological philosophies, which can be rendered in  literary terms as realism and romanticism.  The story …

      The largest mammal in the world and the largest animal ever known to have live on earth is believed to be the Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). [1] An average individual weighs 100 tons (90 metric tons) and is 70 feet  (21m) long. At the American Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), …

History and literature have developed in a parallel manner, as organisms often co-evolve with each other. With the publication of Darwin’s groundbreaking work, the Origin of Species, a new group of people, the Social Darwinists, applied the theory of natural selection to social hierarchy. A most notable Social Darwinist, Herbert …

Introduction             John or Joseph Merrick was more popularly known by the moniker The Elephant Man. Different versions of his story were dug up and the difficulty of determining the authentic account surfaces. However, one major undeniable fact and characteristic about the man is that he did exist and the …

Michael Pollan’s article, “An Animal’s Place,” offers an in-depth analysis of the animal rights question. The essay outlines the arguments of animal rights activists and furnishes examples of the cruelty they argue as being perpetrated upon animals. Yet this essay also views the issue from another perspective. It focuses on …