This paper presents a picture of how cruel and three derivative words—cruelty, crueler, cruelly—are used within the narrative of the popular American novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This investigation is from a perspective that is devoid of journalistic or creative writing jargon. In order to determine who is cruel to whom, phrases within the novel’s narratives where a cruel term is found are cited and gathered. The explicit possessor of cruelty, or the novel’s character responsible for it (i.e., the culprit), as well as the object to whom or to which cruelty is directed to (i.e., the victim), are identified. The findings indicate that humans are crueler than the African jungle and its inhabitants. Moreover, the Whites are crueler than the Blacks. This is contrary to the idea inherent in the novel, as voiced out or acted out by its characters, that the African jungle and its inhabitants, both animals and humans, are cruel....

This study was conducted to determine the impact of the outreach activities of the different colleges of Central Philippine University to the Greg Secker Foundation Village in Brgy. Capiñahan, Lemery, Iloilo. Ten participants, ...

The study explored the extent of use of online social networks and the level of interpersonal relationships of both students and faculty and their implications to teaching and learning. The study made use of the descriptive ...

The study described the status of collaboration between the enterprises that are members of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Iloilo (CCII) and the academic institutions in the local setting as experienced by the business ...

There are three major groups of traditional chicken in Western Visayas, Philippines namely: Bisaya I, Bisaya II, and Jolo chickens. This study was conducted to determine the interactions of these groups with environmental ...

The study, “Faces, facets, and Facebook: a discourse analysis on ethos,” is a content analysis, specifically focusing on the discourse present in the use of language among Facebook users. Furthermore, applications and the ...

This study was conducted to produce briquettes as an alternative source of energy from abundant biomass and urban wastes using a locally fabricated household briquette molder which is composed of molders, handle, and frame. ...

This study was conducted to evaluate the technical and economic performance of the designed briquetting machine that utilizes a hydraulic-type bottle-jack for better compression in producing briquettes. The machine can ...

The purpose of the study was to described the extent of political involvement of the youth during the 2007 Sangguniang Kabataan (S.K.) election and determine the factors that deter or promote political involvement and ...

This tracer study was conducted to gather relevant information as to the employment of CPU College of Arts and Sciences graduates from 2000 to 2004. Specifically, this tracer study aimed to (1) describe the graduates in ...