Gevo K. (new threads) Threads in the forum category "Gevo K." Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:10:57 +0000 Lesson Learned Lesson Learned - What have you learned after reading this book? Has it broadened your perspective about a difficult issue—personal or societal? Has it introduced you to a culture in another country…or an ethnic or regional culture in your own country? Sun, 06 Jan 2013 06:43:30 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 The main thing that I learned is to value and animals life more than I should. I used to believe that an animal was not as important to me, but after reading this book I have realized that I am wrong. Animals are no different from us humans, they too have a life and have valuables. To them, survival is valuable and I realized that we as humans harm them way too much, and can and have caused extinction. What Steve and Terri have done is dedicated their own lives to their communities and make sure every harmed animal is rescued and recovered. Not only recovering the animals, but to keep them safe, relocating them was always an option they picked. It has broadened my perspective about my personal issue of animals. Not realizing their importance and now I would love to help the nature community and do my part, by not killing or harming any living animal, or reptile. No, it did not introduce me to a culture, but it introduced to me the Australian lifestyle, their lives are definitely a lot more interesting than an average Americans. Steve mentions, " That's what we're all about at Australian Zoo-securing information so that in the event a species like the canopy goanna becomes endangered, we have the published information to ensure we can easily and effectively breed the animals so that we can release them back into the wild." What they did was capture to very rare canopy goannas, one male and one female and bred them successfully. This is what shows us that we can be positive that extinction is highly unlikely, at least in Australia it is.

]]> Philosophy Philosophy – What philosophical issues does the work raise (questions about goodness, truth, beauty, justice, humanity, love, meaning, life, death and God)? Why? Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:20:29 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 At this point of the book, I have read about Steve's earliest adventures and how he became what he is known as today, the crocodile hunter. We have past through the part where he meets the Terri and finds true love, and takes her on a week of adventure. Keeping Terri away from her family for a week from Oregon, in Australia she enhances her skills with nature, and becomes a sharper human. Before Terri and Steve become a married couple, they were at a site where there are multiple groups of wild hogs and they took a long a very good friend of theirs, Sui, Steve's dog. Sui got caught up with one of the hogs and fought it, and by the time Steve caught up with Sui, she was injured. That night the philosophy of life and death, worried Steve and Terri very much. It is not any ordinary dog to Steve, it is one of his closest friends, and he truly understood then what it was like to lose a close mate like Sui. The philosophy of love came up as well, as to how much Steve really loved his dog Sui, he and Terri, did not go to sleep until they saw her move her head which allowed them to believe that Sui may just need some time to recover. Terri believed that Sui broke her back, but she kept that a secret. Luckily by the next morning Sui was able to stand and make some movement, and that eased the pain for Steve and Terri, and by a month Sui was back to her old self.

]]> Affect Affect - Do the issues affect your life? How so—directly,on a daily basis, or more generally? Now or sometime in the future? Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:37:47 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 The issues that Steve and Terri Irwin suffer can and do affect my life. It does not affect me directly or on a daily basis. This is affects me generally, their effort on keeping things natural and safe may affect many of our lives and not only mine. I say it affects me because I have half of my fathers family living in Australia, and they are a huge welcoming family. I do plan to visit Australia and it is my intention to go to the community that Steve Irwin worked at, to see some of the crocodiles and animals he has saved. He has enriched the wildlife habitat by simply catching the wild animals and relocating them for their own safety. This helps to keep them alive and populated against hunters and mad men, looking for either their meat or their skin. The way this really does affect me generally, is that if he did not make this effort to save them, and was not as adventurous and fun as he was, I would not have really had as great of a role model, and would not look forward to nature. Just reading about his adventures excites me and all the pictures show me the real animals, it inspires me to be a better person, it helps me realize that animals or reptiles are not really disgusting, but very interesting and fun. That is the way it changes me generally, it makes me a better human being over all.

]]> Setting and Mood Setting and Mood – Describe a scene in which the setting and mood are particularly effective. What language made them effective? Be specific. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:37:08 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 At this point in the book, It is Terri's point of view and she has met Steve at the zoology facility in Australia, and this is Terri's trip to Australia from Oregon. Steve was describes as a really talented man, showing people how to feed a crocodile with a live demonstration, making it look really easy, Terri described it as, "…here was an Aussie bloke with one of the most dangerous wild animals on Earth looking more like he was mailing a letter than depositing food into bone-crushing jaws". She eventually got to meet him and talked to him, she was really into him and her heart was pounding, thinking others can notice. Eventually, Terri was invited to spend the weekend with Steve at the park and she met his parents. Terri mentioned how that was an amazing weekend and will never forget it. Then comes a long another visit to Australia where Steve takes her to site Crocodiles, and that takes place at night, since crocodiles are nocturnal. This is where Terri says," I don't think I'd ever felt so alive", the setting is at a pure pitch black night, with thousands of bugs around in the jungle-like habitat. The energy on the boat had went out, there was no moonlight, no spotlight, only complete darkness. There were billions of winking stars and the river was alive with movement, she was aware of every action around her and that is when she felt alive. The adrenaline pumping moment when she spots a crocodiles eyes with the flash light, it is truly an amazing moment for her.

]]> Imagery and Symbolism Imagery and Symbolism – Describe an image from the piece of literature in detail. Why does this image strike you? Why is it important or significant? How does it add to the text? What does this image symbolize? Why? Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:39:23 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 This particular image strikes me because there is a massive crocodile, which was named "Agro", being fed by Steve Irwin. It is striking from its mass and its beauty, I have honestly never seen a animal, a cold blooded animal and called it beautiful, because usually they look disgusting and extremely hideous. Agro is different, Agro was one that could not give up, other than the Old Black Legend. This image is important in many ways, it shows the reader clearly how talented Steve is or how professionally he can handle a giant monster crocodile like Agro. It is also important because it tells me that he really loves his crocodiles the way he would love his kids, crocodiles are his life and have taught him many lessons, along with why or how you should respect these animals because they do not differ from humans as much as we think they do. Covering their heads is a major aspect in relocating or crocodile hunting because that helps the crocodile with his/her stress, the dark covers allow them to relax and that shows us that he cares and so do others that catch crocodiles for their relocation and their own safety. This image adds to the text because it symbolizes his passion and love for the animals in general. The reason why it symbolizes the passion and love for crocodiles and in this situation, Agro, is because he feeds him and he uses Agro as a perfect example to teach others how dangerous they are. During the catch of Agro, Steve struggled so much and was in a lot of pain, when he caught him Steve would always say that it seemed as though Agro never forgave Steve for bringing him to the park. Here is a quote from the book, " Agro by name and by nature. To this day, this particular crocodile commands a lot of respect. He's never forgiven me for catching him and every day at home in the park he tries relentlessly to even the score. I have the utmost respect for him as he's nearly got me on numerous occasions. He's killed two lawnmowers, a brush hook, a shovel, my shoe, and my hat in his quest to remove me from his territory. I understand his territorialism and try hard not to upset him, but if he sees, hears, or smells me he'll submerge and poise for an ambush." That also symbolizes the main aspect of Steve's respect towards the animals he catches and preserves, but also takes very good care of them.

731one_600.jpg ]]> Pick a quote Pick a quote – Write the quote that interests you and write it in your journal. Why is it important? What does it add to the piece of literature? Why did it stand out to you? What does it foreshadow? Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:04:48 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 The quote that specifically caught my attention was perfect for me to share. It was from Steve Irwins father, known as his famous words, " If a croc's biting you, you'll know you've got him!". I believe that it is really touching for me that things like this pass through Steve's mind, and when he thinks of this, he uses it as advise in the situation he is in. He is trying to catch a small fresh water crocodile and as he does this, he put his hand right into its mouth and remembered his fathers quote. It is important because it resembles the love between father and son, it is also fabulous advice, many have probably thought of it and were positive about it. It really stood out to me mainly because I love my father a lot and it showed how much Steve follows up on his father and is like a carbon copy of him, thinking like his father, and living like his father. It foreshadows what might possibly happen in Steve's situation, I think that the quote means that Steve will successfully catch the crocodile and put it in a safer place, for its own good. That also means that throughout Steve's life, he will be successful in what he loves and protect the natural habitat of the crocodiles; that is how much he loves them and protects them.

]]> Connections Connections – How did the piece of literature make you speculate about life or find a connection to another text or academic discipline? This can be personal and relate to your own life as well. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:28:51 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 There are many emotional aspects in Steve's life and his connections with the animals, but I can relate. I am jealous of Terri, the way he lived, the way his days passed. He did not grow around computers and never worried about anything about school, because he knew his faith and how he was going to get there. I feel connected to him from the way he is, his nature, I always had that one side of me that loved to go and explore, I always watch the Discovery channel and Animal Planet because nature is way to interesting to be ignored. I feel that wild side of me that wants to explore, just the way Steve did and I would have loved to capture and relocate alligators for their own safety. It may not seem as though I have a heart to many people, but I feel dearest to the ones that do not have a language, a language humans can not understand, the poor animals, I love animals and that is how I can connect with Steve, our passion for animals. Nothing gets you adrenaline pumping like a tiger or alligator, or one of the most poisonous snakes in our planet. This is what I love about Steve and that is what we have in common.

]]> Feelings Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:28:55 +0000 KKeurjikian 1476602 I am two chapters into my chosen book and am already touched. The first half of the book is only about Steve Irwin and have not reached Terri Irwin. Steve has a very adventure loving, adrenaline pumping, type of life and that makes me jealous. I love how he captures all these dangerous animals like, red-bellied snakes (extremely poisonous) and many crocodiles. When Steve was about the age of twelve when he caught about a dozen of the red-bellied snakes, he almost got bit a couple times, but dodged it luckily. When Steve returned home with the dozen snakes, he got a good beating for doing something so stupid, because he convinced the bus driver that they are not poisonous and risked everyone's life. That is just the beginning for Steve, for he works at the Beerwah Reptile Park. One of his main jobs were to capture fresh water crocodiles that are in danger and relocate them. The only reason why these crocodiles would be dangerous was because people would complain and threaten to shoot them, they were in danger, but not the old Black Legend. The old Black Legend has torn apart boats and nets and has instilled fear into many crocodile hunters and people who walk by or hike by his territory. Professionals had been hired to capture him, but he was too smart for them, he stayed low key and nobody managed to catch him. So Steve comes up with his dog, Chilli, and would watch for the old Black Legend in the fresh water habitat and set up traps and stalk him, it took them both about more than eighteen months to track him down, squatting for hours trying to stalk him. Once they caught the Black Legend, I was touched when he mentions, "People shook my hand, patted my back. I wasn't a hero; I just loved my crocs and would do anything to protect them." The reason why he caught Black Legend was to relocate him since he was going to be killed. I felt really sorry when he said that he was slowly winched into the crate to take him and this was happening with a huge crowd around, "The exhausted old croc, blindfolded and confused, was slowly winched in to the crate. He managed enough strength to deliver a final death roll, defiant to the end. Tears trickled down my cheeks". Steve then whispers, "Please don't die" and that opened my feelings, which is completely rare. If there is anything that can make me feel sorry for anything, it is animals and the bond between them one can make. I love how Steve did the right thing and would not let anything happen to the old Black Legend and made it on time before he was killed.