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The City as a Jungle

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Skyscrapers as tall as trees. Workers as hungry for money as lions for food. Walking through the downtown streets feeling like prey. Fight to survive; the weak don't last. Is one walking down the Amazon Rainforest, or walking down Wall Street? It is all a matter of perspective. Cities are flooded with people of all types. The brave, the timid, the sly, the clueless, the ferocious. All these traits can be found within the wild animals that occupy the trees, lakes and caves. There are never ending twists and turns, and similarities between every block and acre. The survival of the fittest; the strong become powerful and the weak get stepped on. People that walk down these populated streets are just like the predator and the prey, lions and gazelles. Similarities arise when speaking of the King of the Jungle or the Head of a Huge Law Firm. It is a hierarchy in both situations. The ones in charge are respected, feared, and definitely not toyed around with. They are at the top, they are looked up to - they are at the top of the food chain. The food chain exists in both situations. The lion feeds on what it wants, and in most cases every mammal is too scared to attempt to overpower the lion. The head of a company is at the top of the world, he/she is rich and has the bottom of the corporate food chain to control. Everyone looks out for themselves. We are all mammals so we all share the same instincts. We think of how to benefit ourselves before we plan on benefitting others. These two settings are similar in the roles of which the mammals live. In every family there are roles played by each member. The head of the household or habitat are the ones giving the instructions, the one giving roles to the other members of the family. In the jungle setting it is the lion. He is respected by his cubs and his cubs listen to his every order. The man of the house is similar to the lion in the jungle. He is respected and he is the one giving the orde

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