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    Communication in Hills Like White Elephants In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ the dialogue provides the driving force in the plot and gives the reader an overview of the characters’ persona. The American’s masculine character and ways of communicating differ greatly from that of the passive girl. They engage in a discussion in a train station surrounded by hills about whether to get an abortion for the pregnant girl. The American is pushing for an abortion while

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    Water for Elephants‚ after reading the rave reviews of the book posted on several social media sites by friends and acquaintances. The truth is‚ it is summer and I am desperate for a distraction away from my recent obsession with Grey’s Anatomy reruns fueled by Netflix’s instant queue. So I purchased the book and slowly began retreating from my computer screen that stole 42 minutes of my day as I sat captivated by Dr. Owen Hunt’s passionate kissing. Moreover‚ my favorite animals are elephants‚ so from

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    The elephant in the Art room The mother the other Addressing the elephant in the Art room Linda Nochlin posed the question in her 1971 article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Arguing it was necessary to question “the unstated domination of white male subjectivity” that shaped the art historical canon; the article explored the reasons for the severe asymmetry of female to male artists throughout the course of art history. When examining western art as viewed through the canon one must

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    After reading the story “Hills Like White Elephants” there are many possibilities as to what will come of the American man and his girlfriend. Throughout the story the two characters seem to dance around each other. This stems from the issue that they have an underlying problem that festers because of a lack of communication. Although‚ we are never able to hear the couple speak about their issue in a very meaningful way‚ we are still able to assume where the problem may lie. Throughout the story

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    Hills Like White Elephants Hills Like White Elephants‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a short story written in 1927. This story is set at a train station’s bar in Barcelona‚ Spain. The main topic of this short story is abortion. At the beginning of the story we meet the two main characters: Jig and the American. Throughout the story Jig and the American are discussing back and forth about whether Jig should get an abortion. Taking note that the American character seems to be a hardcore partier that

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    Fiction Essay “Hills like White Elephants” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. The author starts the story by describing the setting to allow the reader to have a clear picture in their mind of what things look like. There are two main characters in this story and Hemingway only describes them as the girl and the American man‚ and they go through life living in the moment. It takes place in Spain at a train station. He describes the train station as‚ “there was no shade and no trees and the station

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    The protagonist of George Owen’s “Shooting an elephant” demonstrated that people under the pressures could prioritize self-protection over morality‚ there is no wonder that if his imaginary situations that the obsessive idea has given to him could have pushed him to being armed and plan on the first

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    Essay on “The Hills Have White Elephants” The hills of white elephants have brought along many problems for Jib. The thought of having a child is a hard topic to think about‚ especially‚ but even more so when isn’t planned. There will be arguments and issues with any ordinary couple‚ but these two try to figure out a way besides fighting. Love is always a difficult subject to explore but talking about it is only half the problem. Things can get so messed up‚ lost in the translation when you’re trying

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    person’s basic beliefs‚ practices‚ and association are seen through the eyes of a worldview. In general‚ it involves a feeling of link with an option that is greater than us‚ and it typically includes a search for meaning in life. In ‘Naming the Elephant’‚ James Sire tightens his

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    differences is merely impossible. Thus‚ the existence of dichotomy will always be. People tend to choose their accepted social counterparts based on what they have in common with one another. For example‚ the Burmese villagers in‚ “Shooting an Elephant” viewed the foreigner as an outsider because

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