“Athough the elephant, the whale and homo sapiens appear to be very different fr

“Athough the elephant, the whale and homo sapiens appear to be very different from one another, these three wide ranging species share fundamental characteristics They are all long-lived. Their longevity of 60-70 years accounts for their having not only are tar demographic structures, but also an extended period of childhood, in which the individuals have time to form lasting, closely knit families. Elephant social organization has recently been shown to be remarkably similar to that of man; in fact, the entire ecology of the elephant is now seen to be more similar to that of man than to any other animal. Itis therefore not remarkable that man and the elephant are having to face
similar and simultaneous crises like survival.
In Africa today, animal populations are being increasingly confined within limited and unnatural boundaries unnatural in the sense that they are more political than ecological. Within these boundaries, which are no more than sanctified ghettoes, animal populations tend to increase up to- and then beyond – the limits of the food supply. In a world with finite resources, the elephant is second only to man in its capacity to inflict long-term, irreversible damage on its environment reducing the diversity and complexity of the habitat (as well as its own food base) by converting forest and woodland into grassland and desert. Not surprisingly, the elephant is ravaged by many of the same symptoms as man: stress, violence, vandalism, heart disease. Of 2,000 elephants sampled in Murchison Falls National Park in 1966, almost all the mature individuals (age 13-14) were discovered to be suffering from stress-induced diseases of the cardiovascular system. Together, elephant and man are being driven toward the edge of the world.”
– Peter Beard, The End of the Game
2-4pp. double spaced
* Choose a brief passage from your chosen primary text to analyze.
* Move systematically through the passage in your analysis.
* Choose a short passage so that you can attend closely to word choice, punctuation, sentence structure and length, pacing, tone, imagery, etc.!
* Use this assignment as an opportunity to begin developing an argument.
* Cite page numbers (prose) or line numbers (poetry) and include a proper citation for your primary source.
* You do not need to bring in any secondary sources, but please cite correctly if you choose to. Remember that you can find a full guide for citation formats in the MLA Handbook
Links to an external site.
, Appendix 2, available online through the CU Library here: https://mlahandbookplus-org.colorado.idm.oclc.org/books/book/5/chapter/58456/Citation-Examples-Appendix-2
* Write in formal academic prose (avoid colloquialisms).