Uprooting the Past
This Greek root word meaning "animal" or "life" is seen frequently in a modern abbreviation for a place where animals may be observed for entertainment.
What is "zoon, zoe"?
This Latin phrase, which translates to "Seize the Day", is often utilized as an encouraging statement for people to take action and control of their fates and given circumstances.
What is "Carpe Diem"?
This author wrote "Shooting an Elephant", but is arguably more well known for his dystopian fiction works like "1984" and "Animal Farm".
Who is George Orwell?
This "good boy" is the central protagonist in "The Call of the Wild", despite not featuring any expressed dialogue from the character.
Who is Buck?
This city is the capital of the Netherlands, which is where Anne Frank resided during her time in hiding.
What is Amsterdam?
This Latin root word meaning "good" is juxtaposed against the opposite-- "malus".
What is "bene"?
"Rest in Peace", which is often inscribed onto graves and tombstones as a sign of respect for the deceased, originally comes from this Latin phrase.
What is "Requiescat in Pace"?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a speech to enact war action against this nation after the tragic events of Pearl Harbor.
Who is Japan?
This author set out to write a "dog story", and eventually completed the works "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang".
Who is Jack London?
This "purrfect" nickname for her diary enabled Anne Frank to write as if she were speaking directly to and confiding in a friend.
What is Kitty?
This Latin root word meaning "foot" can be found in the modern term for someone traveling by walking, or in the service of having toenails cut and painted.
What is "pedis"?
This Latin phrase, which translates to "under the rose", is used to describe something done in reference to the symbolism of a rose meaning silence or secretly.
What is "sub rosa"?
This author composed a personal story in his memoir that gained popular recognition-- possibly due to the chaotic and surreal circumstances which surrounded the (supposedly) true events in his household.
Who is James Thurber?
The frigid and treacherous terrain of this northern area was the "golden ticket" for many miners looking to make their fortune in the gold rush.
What is the Yukon territory?
These were the years that Anne Frank was active in the composition of her now famous diary.
What are 1942, 1943, and 1944?
This Latin root word meaning "around" is notably utilized in both a mathematics term regarding circles, as well as a word meaning the subjective conditions that pertain to an action or event.
What is "circum"?
This Latin phrase, which translates directly to "to the thing", is often used when directly relating to a topic or improvising a solution.
What is "ad hoc"?
The essay "Shooting an Elephant" deals with the topic of British Imperialism's direct effect on this country.
What is Burma?
With a major theme of the works talking about the transition from "wild to domestic" and "domestic to wild", this scientific concept of a being's stimuli contributes heavily to the understanding of what is learned and what is innate.
What is "nature vs nurture"?
This was the only surviving member of the Frank family-- the father who wound up publishing Anne's diary and introducing the world to her story.
Who is Otto Frank?
This Greek root word meaning "new" can often be found in contemporary revivals of older works, as well as a bright, gassy element in the periodic table.
What is "neos"?
This Latin phrase, which means "buyer beware", is often used as a warning for people about to make a financial endeavor to ensure the quality of the product is up to par with the barter.
What is "caveat emptor"?
In Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous speech, he refers to December 7th, 1941 as "a day that will live in" this word for ill-gained reputation.
What is infamy?
During a hunt, this animal's gruesome death sparks an eventual fight with and the death of Spitz-- the major antagonist of "The Call of the Wild".
What is a rabbit?
This key phrase, written by Anne Frank early in her diary, seems to portray how an inanimate object possesses more potential to hear her story than the real people around her.
What is "paper is more patient than man"?