Essays on Adaptation

An adaptation is a mutation, or genetic change, that helps an organism, such as a plant or an animal, survive in its environment (National Geographic, n.d.). This practice focus on the adaptations of three types of plants known as xerophytes, hydrophytes and epiphytes. Xerophytes are plants that have adapted to live in dry or desert conditions (Reza, 2017). They have a variety of features to prevent water loss and store available water, aiding their survival. Hydrophytes, however, are aquatic ...

During each summer night, I would recite my prayers to God that I learned as a child while watching the night sky. The night sky was often beautiful on my side of the city of Karachi. Although, it was the complete opposite on the other side with nothing but gunpowder and fire lighting up the night. I knew transitioning to America would be hard, but knowing that there would be a language barrier made it much scarier. Nonetheless, life in the United States is much more different. I feel as if I ...

Mankind has evolved into the greatest being because of their ability to adapt to new environments. Even in early civilizations, nomads had to constantly move and adjust to unknown lands in the hunt for food. The ability to adapt to any situation can better your chance at survival, even when it seems impossible to live. During some of the world’s tragedies, such as the Great Depression, the ones who succeeded tended to be people that were not afraid of change. While the chances of living may ...

Although there is no official statistic, according to usually recognized estimates, in Italy reside roughly 150.000 Roma, Sinti and Camminanti (Sigona, 2005, p. 744). They are certainly a minority group in my country, as they represent just 0,25% of the population, but it may not be easy to measure the adaptation of this particular minority group, because their situation is slightly unusual. As stated during the lectures, "adaptation" is a multi-dimensional issue and it depends on three key ...

Rhesus macaque is distributed in some Asian countries like Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh, and china with in the west (Roonwal and Mohnot, 1977). It is most frequently unbroken in zoos even in smallest Zoological gardens. Macaquemonkeys' square measure considered cuss species by their nuisance behavior. M. mulatta is probably going the foremost adaptable to a good type of habitats and elevations, from high heat to snow fields to cities. It's partially migratory, generally ...

Homicide can be defined as the killing of a human being carried out by another with or without intent to kill them. Homicide is varying in natures with different types of it occurring under different circumstances, the most common form is murder, followed by manslaughter. Other forms of homicide are inclusive of; infanticide and dangerous driving, some involving duress at times. In accordance to this, there are a series of different theories that serve to help the individual understand these ...

An immigrant, in a new context is facing with the challenges of being in an unfamiliar environment with different culture, language, rules. In recent years, immigration becoming a social fact that confronting host countries and immigrants with different challenges. Despite the fact that percentage of immigration is different among countries and between the number of immigration and emigration. Some countries have higher percentage of emigrants; in opposite some have more immigrants. Therefore, ...

What does it mean to become a real Canadian? For an immigrant, being able to feel like they belong in the new country they live in, it is not an easy thing to do. Having to learn a new language, a new way to express themselves and behave, could be a hard thing to achieve. To have a successful immigration process is necessary to consider different aspects to be able to successfully integrate into the new cultural environment. Acculturation and adaptation of the immigrant to the new culture is ...

The following essay explores the notion of adaptation theory in a theatrical context by engaging with Emily Jade Whitehouse’s On Reflection of Titus (2018) as a primary case study. In particular, I shall engage directly with Whitehouse’s process of adapting Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and the manner in which the adaptation features significant changes but maintains its connection to the original. In doing so, I shall demonstrate that the adaptation is dually a translation and transposition ...

Genetically we could say that for humans, evolution has stopped (Hendry, 2012). However, cultural adaptations involved in evolution cannot be ignored, as the complex relationship between biological and cultural adaptations has existed since the first stone tools of East Africa 2.6 million years ago (mya). I will argue that, following the reliance of H. ergaster on cultural adaptation 2 mya, evolution has involved more cultural adaptations than biological, as cultural adaptations such as fire ...

Adaptation is something we all learn about, whether it’s in a nature documentary or your high school biology class. To adapt is to change, and the United States is changing. Since the Great Depression, there has been an rapidly increasing need for labor. Since hyper-individualism has taken over our lives, we feel as though we need to buy more and more to make us happy. Therefore it is obvious that we would need workers to sell us these goods, but we aren’t adapting to the labor needs of this ...

Companies try to engage in principal strategies to overcome the challenges of cross-culture management such as resolving the conflicts of different cultures. Cross-culture management can be described as managing the workforce in such a way that considers the dissimilarities of culture, practices, and preferences of consumers in a worldwide or global business context. “Culture is a programming of the human mind that distinguishes the member of one human group……” (Hofstede, 1991). This essay ...

Adaptation is a huge part of the film industry, and makes up a high number of its profits. Film adaptations range from novels to comic books to plays to short stories, and all make up an important part of the film industry and a great venue for audiences to enjoy various films. Some of the most infamous titles in the film industry are adaptations: The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Twilight, Jurassic Park, etc. These are some of the biggest names in the film industry, and all ...