The humans just assumed Grendel was driven by animal instinct, and because of this, they shunned him. ... They all just acted based on hormones and instinct. ... The animals in the book, as usual, acted on instinct and this drove them throughout the day. ... The final thing that makes Grendel more human than animal is the fact that he kills out of anger and not instinct. ... Animals don"t hate, because they act on instinct and not thought. ...

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"The most absurd animal exhibit I have ever seen was at a small zoo in Lop Buri, Thailand. ... De Waal seemingly asks the question that "if there really was a natural instinct in the animals of only the strong survive, wouldn't the mother dog kill the tiger cubs immediately, knowing that they would be a threat later on?" ... If the animals in the zoo never face any real threat, why would they perceive anything as game of survival? ... Society sometimes thinks of animals as beasts that just simply fallow instinct they receive at birth and humans are born without any instincts for selfishn...

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"The most absurd animal exhibit I have ever seen was at a small zoo in Lop Buri, Thailand. ... De Waal seemingly asks the question that "if there really was a natural instinct in the animals of only the strong survive, wouldn't the mother dog kill the tiger cubs immediately, knowing that they would be a threat later on?" ... If the animals in the zoo never face any real threat, why would they perceive anything as game of survival? ... Society sometimes thinks of animals as beasts that just simply fallow instinct they receive at birth and humans are born without any instincts for selfishn...

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The man is trying to protect the animals on the ranch and his unsuspecting family from what he considers to be probable predator. ... The snake is a calm, yet fierce animal as he feels "no necessity of getting out of anybody's path." It is very distressing to imagine such a fierce animal slain, by an over cautious trespasser on the snake's territory. ... The man knows the snake has died, however and an internal instinct or a mere "reflex" causes the snakes jaws to "gape and snap once more - proving that a dead snake may still bite." ...

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It has a dark brown coat that's long and rough that sometimes bears instinct stripes, working as isolation from the cold nights in the desert. ... Such threat displays are intended to frightened attackers into thinking they are facing a larger animal. ... I still think this animal is going to be endangered because it seems to me that no one is doing anything to help save this animal. I have learned a great deal about this animal that I havent known before. ... I also didn't know this animal was nocturnal. ...

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Their obsession to kill has made them like animals. ... Not without being like any other animal. The worst animal"(100). The mob has gone to a point where they are like animals. Where their only instinct is to "hunt in packs like wolves""(100). ...

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After coming upon the snake, the man's "first instinct was to let him go his way" and he would continue his walk. ... The man has "never killed an animal" and has never been "obliged to kill." ... Though the man feels no pleasure in killing, he feels it is his duty to ensure the safety of the animals and people back at the ranch. ... The snake's first instinct is not to draw any more attention to itself and not to incite the man to violence. ...

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We do not realize that the instinct to react violently could easily transfer to harming other people, not just bugs or animals. ... The narrator in the short story written by Howard Fast titled "The Large Ant " kills a creature which resembles an ant, and kills the creature without clear intentions, out of pure instinct... Basic human instincts invoked the murder of the creature. ...

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Foreshadowing is presenting an indication or suggestion of before hand. William Golding uses foreshadowing to hint the impact of future events. The 3 examples of foreshadowing that impacted the novel most are Piggy's instant trust loyalty and trust in Ralph, the boys ignoring Piggy, and th...

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