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    the short story “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is a very remarkable story to recall. This story teaches the readers a life lesson that most couples have to deal with. Unfortunately‚ some couples do not know how to deal with their differences so they just ignore their issues which only makes things worse. I would most likely remember “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway five years from now because Hemingway uses symbolism and conflict to address the message of his story

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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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    2012 Shooting an Elephant In society‚ we are sometimes obligated to make a decision on the spot‚ without looking back or looking at any options around us. It may mean you have to make a decision for a big group or have to make a decision for yourself; in this case‚ both of those options weren’t good ones for the man who killed the elephant. In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell narrates a story about his experience as a police officer in Burma that had killed an extreme elephant. Being

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    short stories Dead Men’s Path and Shooting an Elephant. In Dead Man’s Path‚ Chinua Achebe highlights the dangers in our own actions through the character Michael Obi. Obi is recently appointed headmaster of a school but his fatal decision to interfere with the village‚ strips his title away. Comparably‚ In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell portrays the protagonist‚ the British officer‚ as being mentally weak. The character’s devastating action of killing the Elephant is fueled by his fear of appearing

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    Ernest Hemingway’s story "Hills Like White Elephants" revolves around a conversation with a man and a girl at a train station while they are waiting for their next train. The man and girl fall in love and they travel unchaperoned. The girl compares the nearby hills to white elephants. The pair indirectly discusses an operation that is inferred to be an abortion. It’s illegal‚ so girl will find someone from the street to do‚ thereby endangering her life and future fertility. The story describes a

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    Comparative essay on Orwell’s Suppressed Preface and Shooting an ElephantShooting an elephant” is autobiography of Orwell’s life and the duty he experienced as a police officer in a British colony in Burma. In this story‚ the writer tells us about how the British were viewed as intruders and how it felt to execute orders without wanting to do so. In the preface of “Animal farm”‚ we can see more obvious and relevant fact about how hard it was to publish the book and the amount and the gravity

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    In this short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ focuses on a couples struggle to communicate and finding common ground which leads to a crisis point in their relationship. This story sets place in Spain where a woman named Jig and the American man are seated outside of a bar near a railroad junction. The couple starts out by having a few beers and discussing a problem they are facing in their relationship‚ as the conversation continues between the two‚ you can see that the couple

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    The elephant Make a point-form list of the people‚ actions‚ or events that are “absurd”. 4- zoo director: is not possible to do a rubber elephant and nobody knows that is fake The worker- According the book the workers were old people‚ so is absurd that they tried to inflate the elephant with his their mouth. The children- in the story said‚ after saw the elephant was fake the children never believe in elephants and they turned into hooligans‚ this part is of course absurd‚ how the children turned

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    Cruelty To Circus Elephants Cruelty to elephants as well as other circus animals has been a global issue for over a hundred years‚ and we are just now recognizing the severity of it all. Millions of charges have been pressed against different circuses in the United States for the abuse and death of the circus elephants. With the rise in charges and complaints of animal cruelty‚ eyebrows have begun to rise and activists have taken notice and taken a stand. Circus elephants have been said to

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    Name: Navitha Asohan Intake: April 2013 Qeustion: In the story titled Elephant‚ how does Raymond Carver focus on the elephant literally and figuratively? “The writing style of Raymond Carver’s short story entitled “Elephant” represent a simplistic‚ yet strong style of writing that is reminiscent of the great work of Earnest Hemmingway. There are several ways in which the writing style within Elephant harkens back to the stylistics of Hemmingway. Carver always goes straight to the point; like

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