other species and human beings. In his article‚ “An Elephant Crackup‚” Charles Siebert depicts the violence that humans have done toward the elephant culture and how humans should put a stop to these acts and save elephants from extinction. With his strong defense on elephants‚ Siebert gives the reader a better understanding of the violence that is going on not only toward elephants and wildlife‚ but also toward modern-day civic life. Elephants are wild creatures just like humans and‚ therefore‚
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An Elephantine Analysis In Charles Siebert’s article The Elephant Crackup‚ the author employs a nuanced and compelling rhetorical strategy that seamlessly integrates firsthand narratives‚ expert opinions‚ and emotional appeals to shed light on the profound consequences of human exploitation on elephants. Through the deliberate use of linguistic choices‚ comparisons to human tragedies‚ and a careful balance of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ Siebert effectively engages the reader‚ emphasising the urgent
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HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 1 The Theme and Narrative Elements of “Hills like White Elephants”. Ashley Terreforte Introduction to Literature Instructor: Danielle Slaughter April 1st‚ 2013 HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS 2 For this paper I have chosen to discuss the theme and narrative elements of the short story “Hills like White Elephants”. In the short story “The Hills like White Elephants”‚ just at first
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In George Orwell’s first places hort story‚”Shooting An Elephant”‚ written in 1936‚ George explains his experience of working with the Indian Imperial Police. The story takes place in Moulmein‚ in Lower burma. George is working there as a sub-divisional officer where he is seen as a target due to the fact that he is English and works for the British. He was constantly picked on and had felt guilty about the job since he hated imperialism‚ but he just wanted to get his job over with as soon as possible
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understand how elephants truly behave. Morell taught her readers that elephants are smarter and more compassionate than they may seem. In the article Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚ Morell makes her ideas clear by saying the elephants tried to pull a rope alone and couldn’t get the treat until they worked together. In school‚ students can be confused easy and often rely on their peers to help them understand the topic. By stating this‚ Morell tells her readers that elephants can pick up on
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Instructions: Treetop Forest Products Ltd is a sawmill operation in Oregon‚ USA‚ that is owned by major forest products company but operates independently of headquarters. It was built thirty years ago and was completely updated with new machinery five years ago. Treetop has one general manager‚ sixteen supervisors and support staff‚ and 180 unionised employees. The mill is divided into six operating departments: boom‚ sawmill‚ planer‚ packaging‚ shipping and maintenance. And packaging department
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Hills Like White Elephants “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story filled with what seems to be meaningless dialogue‚ but beneath the surface of the text there are ample illustrations of Hemingway’s creative symbols. Ernest Hemingway is an important American fiction writer who started his career around 1920 and won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Before serving in World War I he wrote articles for a newspaper in Kansas City. Hemingway published his first book after briefly returning
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the short stories The Elephant‚ by Slawomir Mrozek‚ and Mirror Image‚ by Lena Coakley‚ provide the basis of an interesting comparison. The authors’ of both stories have created characters that portray the idea that looks can be deceiving. By studying and discussing these characters‚ it can be argued that what looks to be true in both stories turns out to be false. In The Elephant groups of children who are visiting the zoo on a class trip‚ become suspicious when the new elephant isn’t eating or moving
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“Shooting an Elephant‚” demonstrates the total dangers of the unlimited authority a state has and the astounding presentment of “future dystopia”. In the story‚ Orwell finds himself to be in an intricate situation that involves an elephant. Not only does the fate of the elephant’s life lie in Orwell’s hands‚ he has an audience of people behind him cheering him on‚ making his decision much more difficult to make. Due to the vast crowd surrounding his thoughts‚ Orwell kills the elephant in the end‚
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transitivity system is employed to analyze George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” in attempt to uncover the underlining imperialistic theme that occurs throughout the text‚ with relation towards the positionality of the narrator. In taking a linguistic approach‚ the paper intends to use stylistic analysis to substantiate literary interpretation. Building upon that plane‚ there will be illumination upon the actuality of an elephant with the symbolistic representation of imperialism as the driving superstructure
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