Presentation Summary Greg Konen In Peter Saul’s (2011) “Let’s Talking about Dying” talk‚ he opened up with a very poignant statement that when 2000 brain cells die daily he argues that our dying process really truly has started. As a physician‚ he reports that he has seen many changes in the last thirty years. One significant change is the role of technology in healthcare. Technology‚ he argues‚ is credited with life prolonging‚ rather than life saving. He also states that chronic diseases are
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From a feminist point of view‚ Ernest Hemingway’s "Hills Like White Elephants" uses a plethora of symbols to convey the idea that a young girl named Jig is a typical woman dealing with a woman’s choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story‚ the reader is lead to that conclusion through the use of symbolism. The story begins with Jig and her American boyfriend waiting for a train in the valley of Ebro‚ a symbolic use of the word "Embryo". In addition‚ the valley of Ebro has a river
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Let’s Talk About Pollution . . . Water Landfills and Dumps and more Water Pollution (all these facts come from the website Grinning Planet at http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-26/water-pollution-factsarticle.htm) What are the water sources that we are concerned about in Gary? We get our drinking water from Lake Michigan Well water comes from groundwater All Gary residents drink city water which comes from Lake Michigan. Our health is affected by water quality in many
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The short story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ by Ernest Hemingway is not the easiest text to interpret. The short story involves a man and woman who are casually waiting for a train. They both decide to drink some beer as they are waiting and exchange a normal conversation until the man suggests the woman should get a simple operation. The type of operation is not clearly stated‚ but from the woman’s reaction it is clear she does not plan on having the operation. The man then keeps bringing up the
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Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway wrote the work “Hills Like White Elephants”. His story is about abortion although within the text‚ the word abortion is nowhere to be found. The reason why Ernest Hemingway portrayed abortion the way he did was because in 1927‚ abortion was something that nobody really talked about. It was a something that would be looked down upon. So he writes “Hills Like White Elephants” with multiple metaphors to mask the idea of abortion. Not one time does the
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In the story‚ “Hills like White Elephants” written by Ernest Hemingway. A couple is waiting at the train station‚ located near the dusty hills of Northern Spain. In the story the couple really didn’t see eye to eye‚ causing the setting to force them to face one another. The story‚ revealed how the couple sat in the train station while waiting on the train and drink beers. The couple started to partake in a conversation to discussing the issues at hand. The author’s way of showing the type of relationship
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Do you recycle? Yeah‚ I do. How about you? I only recycle glass. I recycle everything! I recycle glass‚ paper‚ and plastic. That’s cool. I guess you care about the environment a lot. I do. I think people pollute way too much. I don’t know a lot about pollution. Well‚ there are many different kinds of pollution. oh‚ really? Like what? Yes. Air pollution and light pollution are two of them. How do people prevent pollution? Well‚ driving less and using clean forms of energy prevent pollution
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“Hills Like White Elephants” Analysis Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Iceberg Theory”‚ states‚ “If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader‚ if the writer is writing truly enough‚ will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing
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story‚ Hills Like White Elephants‚ Hemingway uses a narrative voice as an eavesdropper and uses indirect characterization like dialogue to portray a serious conversation on abortion. Instead of providing a backstory‚ including motives and emotion of the characters‚ Hemingway puts the reader in the role of eavesdropper to the couple’s conversation. The setting is in the 1920’s at a train station. The man‚ the American‚ and the young girl‚ Jig‚ have a discussion about a sore topic. Both talk‚ but neither
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The Elephant in the Room Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway is a very interesting story that can difficult for a reader to understand at first glance. The title plays a major role in this style of writing by Hemmingway. When a reader comes across this title‚ one most likely can notice that it is a simile as hills are being compared to white elephants. The young woman in the story‚ called Jig‚ is having drinks with an American man while waiting for a train at a station. The two discuss
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