Cockfight

#2 Clifford Geertz, “Deep Play: Notes on a Balinese Cockfight” *Answers to Reading Report question are intended to guide your explorations for your essay. Each answer should be a paragraph length (about 5-6 sentences). 1. How is this essay constructed? Describe the parts of the piece (and how many, etc.) Provide brief descriptions of the work that each part is doing and how it goes about doing it. “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight” is divided into eight or nine sections, each with their

abilities that few can use successfully. An anthropologist must be able to observe the in-depth content of human nature within a society, analyze it from all aspects, and perform cross-cultural comparisons. The essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" is written by a well respected anthropologist by the name of Clifford Geertz, who details his observations of the Balinese culture. Geertz was a professor at Princeton and received his Ph.D. from Harvard, as well as publishing several successful

According to Craig J. Forsyth and Rhonda D. Evans, the term dogmen can be used to define an individual who “fights their pit-bulls in matches against other pit-bulls” (Forsyth and Evans 1998). Forsyth and Evans conducted research on those who were considered to be dogmen and those who actively opposed dog fighting. This research was conducted through formal and informal interviews along with additional data from other sources. The location of the observation of this research took place in what is

It may not seem like it, but there are quite a few similarities between the Baliness cock-fight and hockey in Canada. The cockfight is a major sporting event in the Baliness community and hockey is a major sport for Canadians. In both, the objective is to win. In the Baliness society a person can’t bet against a cock from the family, or village, but can bet against an enemy. One should not be betting against you own hometown team in hockey. 2 roosters have sharp metal spurs on their legs, are to

of the cockfight, if not to reproduce Balinese social structure?” The first thing that must be done is to first to understand what Geertz’s believed cockfight means in the Balinese culture. The next is how this does this go with “structural-functionalism”. Then lastly contrasting Geertz’s argument using the information that Evans-Pritchard gives us with his work “Nuer”. These will help with deconstructing and then answering the question. It was already illegal in Indonesia to have cockfights in the

Cockfighting is a local sport popular in the Philippines and is also said to have originated in the Philippines.According to Animal fighting: …, “Cock fighting is like dog fighting; Two roosters fight to the death in a pit, from which they can’t escape”. Thou others mainly cock fighters, supporters, gamblers and practitioners may only view this as a sport a hobby or a way to gain more money it is without a doubt a form of animal cruelty because of it is unjustified act of letting game cocks slaughter

There are various animal products used for animals. Products used for animals are silk, cashmere, and other animal products. Silk is the fiber that silkworms interlace to make cocoons. A silkworm is a trained insect, in nature, that goes through metamorphosis. Silk is derived from the cocoons of larvae. Approximately 3,000 silkworms die to make every pound of silk. The second animal product is cashmere which comes from goats underbellies. The goat that has cashmere fur is commonly kept on farms where

suggested, cockfighting is considered as a part of “The Balinese Way of Life”. A cockfight, in a straightforward explanation, means a fight between two roosters in a caged ring until one of them dies for the amusement of spectators (PETA, n.d.). However, to Balinese men, it means so much more than this – it is an obsession that has been passed down through generations. Every year in Bali, there will be legal large scale cockfights in almost every village of Bali. This precedes the renowned public holiday

their own estate. This pastime was a common practice and even influenced furniture makers to offer cockfighting chairs (GI). Unlike bare-knuckle bouts between people, cocks were precisely paired by weight in all the more heavily staked cockfights. Human training was elementary when compared to the training of gamecock. The cocks often had bone or metal spurs strapped over the birds' beak to insure a fight to the death. Cockfighting began to diminish in England only after

Rosalinda Barreras English IV- 2nd Period Mrs. Reveles 2/3/17 Cock Fighting Section 1: Introduction Hook: Two birds going head to head after hard, excruciating training and money being put down to see who would win a battle between two of the strongest roosters. Seems like it's pointless to train a rooster to fight but when there’s tons of money involved, why not try it out? Section II: Point I Topic Sentence: A bill was passed in 1947 as “The Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, it's