Essays on The Jungle

The paper provides reading response of two studies entitled as “Taming the Jungle, Saving the Maya Forest: Sedimented Counterinsurgency Practices in Contemporary Guatemalan” written by Megan Yabrra and “Bio-ironies of the Fractured Forest: India's Tiger Reserves” by Paul Greenough. Megan Yabrra conducted a study to identify the importance of historically sedimented military practice for protection in the contemporary Guatemala. The author argues that the military has tamped dangerous jungles for managing its counterinsurgency campaigns. The military has used forest and jungle discourses for achieving success in their territorial projects. The author argues that the use of jungle has violated ...

These images were sponsored by Peta, the organization for the protection of the rights of animals. It is suggested that animals should not be used neither for food nor for clothes because of the ethical issues. The interpretation of these images is related to the fact that animals have their rights as living creatures who suffer. They cannot defend themselves and people need to provide them ethical treatment. The viewers are directly engaged in these photos because of the fact that human body or its parts are present in each of them. The woman promotes better treatment of wild ...

Throughout time, people have asked themselves what it means to be human. This has the obvious correlate of how one should lead one’s life. If it does not have intrinsic meaning, as many people started to believe in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, then one is left to one’s own devices to make something out of it. Artists have depicted this in many ways; Henry James’ The Beast in the Jungle and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot are two masterpieces that discuss the importance of making the most of one’s time on Earth. They ...

The novella, Heart of Darkness is, in the literature world, considered one of the greatest cultural literary works of the 19th century. Conrad takes us through the experiences of the European colonialists in the heart of Africa. The clash of the European and non-European customs form the basis of Conrad's writings. The book has garnered a lot of criticism from African scholars who argue that the book negatively targets the African nation and the African people. The book, according to Chinua Achebe is a mockery of the African people. It ridicules the customs of the native Africans, terming Africa ...

Murray, the current mayor of Seattle, has set up plans for moving the squatters out. This is to be done by providing them with roads and services that are easily accessible to the police and service crews, unlike the plan of the past bulldozers-led sweeps that was not compassionate by displacing the people who were homeless. With the help of Union Mission teams which has made treatment and shelter available, many people have managed to move away from the Jungle. The city staff also say that the shelters have rooms provided by the state and can accommodate everyone. One ...

Despite all other tourist destination in North America, Cancun in Mexico is easily recognizable and popular for a reason. The Mexican destination is a unique place to visit during a vacations, it’s a remarkable place where it extends beyond beach fun. I guess for every individual visiting Mexico, Cancun would not miss on the list. It has unique experiences, jungle tour, swimming with dolphins, bird’s eyes and turtle farm, among other things. This essay paper is about the experience of the trip to Cancun, Mexico. The essay focuses on the two contradictory assumptions, where they originate, where ...

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Many people think that there may not be any rhetoric in a movie. The movie is an object of entertainment. That is why many researchers do not take it for serious. The thing is, the main objective of the movie is to transmit a certain information. And we can only measure the success of the movie by measuring the success of transmitting. We do not always comprehend it, but in most cases we are touched and influenced by the rhetoric means and technique used in the movie. Our task is to research the key characteristics of rhetorical principles applied ...

Introduction

‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ is a 1984 Japanese based fantasy and adventure film that is animated and also post-apocalyptic. It was written, as well as, directed by Miyazaki in relation to his 1882 manga that had a similar name. He used the film purposefully for showing the limitlessness associated with animation i.e. how the medium could be used in reaching beyond the narrative in spite of the impossibility that the setting harbors. Besides, the scenario presented by Miyazaki in the film contains a landscape that is based on science fiction that no live movie would daringly ...

“A man's life was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer to his ancestors” (Achebe 122). – One of the impacts of colonization is the disappearance of cultural or traditional practices. This quote shows how a life of an individual is related to his or her culture or origin. “Behind them was the big and ancient silk-cotton tree which was sacred. Spirits of good children lived in that tree waiting to be born. On ordinary days young women who desired children came to sit under the shade” (Achebe 46). – This quote illustrates the richness of the culture of ...

The book "The Things They Carried" written by Tim O'Brien is about a historical story during the Vietnam War. This book published in the year 1990 is also called as meta-fiction and there is a confusion that whether it is fiction or reality. But if we deeply read the book it is about the real facts that occurred when author was a soldier in the Vietnam war. The author tells about the life of the soldiers in the war field including him and the incidents that happened during that time. Through his vision the author highlights the mental status ...

The Ted Talk given by Jose Sokoloff, the internationally awarded and respected advertising creative and peace proponent from Colombia, was an awe inspiring listening experience that illustrated the power of marketing communications done in an effective manner, the power of love with regards to inspiring the unthinkable and most importantly the power of intent that was showcased by Sokoloff and his team to create an impact with the marketing campaign on an emotive level on a social level (Sokoloff). The war in Colombia is connected on a deep emotional level with Jose Sokoloff, as according to him, he has ...

The 1943 painting The Jungle by Wifredo Lam is an Afro-Cuban piece that incorporates substantial elements of Santeria and Vodou religions. At the same time, there are many political and stylistic elements that make it just as important a piece as its religious ties. What it says about modern Afro-Cuban tourism and culture allows the viewer to harken back to the simple spirituality of Santeria, glorifying it as an alternative to a hurried, secular lifestyle.

The painting is very tropical at first glance, with many colors that are typical of that environment (harsh greens and blues, as well as son oranges ...