Edward Hoagland: The Courage of Turtles

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This activity contains 3 questions.

Explore the many ways that Hoagland anthropomorphizes turtles in this essay, giving them decidedly human characteristics. What, for you, is the effect of such anthropomorphizing?

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Hoagland describes turtles both in the wild and as he confines them as pets (and as shopkeepers confine them to sell). How do you respond to these differing descriptions and to Hoagland’s concluding narrative about the diamondback terrapin? As you consider this, reflect on the idea of wild animals as pets.

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Think of a species of animal you have wide experience with. As Hoagland does, describe these animals as distinct individuals and as common representatives of their species.

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