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    creates conflicts between human and wildlife. To reduce that trend and the increase of human-wildlife conflicts‚ national policies and international treaties have been signed to emphasize protection of the last remaining natural environment to allow coexistence between human and wildlife on the healthy landscape. That is a case of the Rio Declaration

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    Elephants Attention Getter: What’s big‚ grey and stands in the rain but doesn’t get wet? Elephants!! Background info: It is estimated that there were once more than 350 species of elephants in the world. Today we only have two of them left (well tree) the Asian‚ the Africa and the mix of them. Both of them are at risk of extinction. Between illegal hunting of them for ivory as well as the destruction of their natural habitat things are simply closing in on them at an alarming rate. Specific Purpose

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    Elephant Inspiration is the most important factor when you write. You have to have the motivation to write and tell a story. You can get writer’s blockage when you write and become in desperate need of an interesting subject to get the work done. In the short story “Elephant” by Polly Clark we hear about William who is a writer. He writes short biographies of pop stars‚ that you can buy for only £1.99. William is not interested in pop stars‚ and really wants to write biographies of male film stars

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    Shooting an Elephant Essay Courage is being able to drown out the voices of others and stay true to one’s own morals. In the memoir Shooting An Elephant‚ George Orwell describes his time as a British Colonial police officer in Burma. While he is there he develops hatred for the British Empire and his actions‚ throughout the memoir are contrary to his beliefs. There are several events that take place in Shooting an Elephant that reveal Orwell’s character flaws. He lacks the ability to make decisions

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    Journal Two: Identifying Conflict in Two Texts. Brenda Oliver ENG125: Introduction to Literature Professor Victoria Schmidt November 30‚ 2014 In The Hills Like White Elephants (Hemingway‚ 1927)‚ the specific conflicts are Individual versus Individual and Individual versus self. The American is trying to convince the girl to get an abortion and the girl is battling with herself on whether she wants the abortion and if she thinks it is right .I think these conflicts are significant to the

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    have ever imagined that this simple night out would end it warm blood and wet tears. The recent shooting in Aurora‚ Colorado is only another example of the repeating violence in the United States. Many blame these psychotic killings on the violence our children grow up with in the media and toys. “Shootings” by Adam Gopnik‚ expresses the views of others such as me‚ who believe that the blame on these shooting is not on the media‚ rather on the lack of control and actions the government takes to prevent

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    Essay - “Elephant” When most students go to school they feel motivated by the thought of learning new things and to be able to hang out with their friends in the breaks. A student may also be aware that all the tasks and assignments at the end will come to their own benefit. If the final exams turn out well the examination certificate will be worth showing future employees. But sometimes the motivation that drives people disappears and leaves them with an empty feeling of being stuck in some way

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    are a lot smaller than them. Well‚ I am talking about elephants. Today I will be informing you about the different types of elephants‚ their anatomy and their behavior. Elephants are the largest living land animals. There are two types of elephants‚ Asian elephants and Indian elephants. The African elephant is significantly larger‚ they weigh from 8‚800- 15‚000 lbs. whereas the Asian elephant can weigh from 6‚600- 11‚000 lbs. African elephants have larger ears‚ a concave back‚ more wrinkled skin

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    Elephant by Dolly Clark -An analysis and interpretation The main character of the short story‚ “Elephant” by Dolly Clark‚ is called William. William is an author just like his namesake William Shakespeare. But only the name and their profession bind these two persons together. Because although William is an author he is not quite as magnificent an author as the famous Shakespeare was it. In fact he is just a biographer who is “writing £1.99 stories for the record shops”. William does not seem

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    Even though Tan and Orwell have two different approaches to showing a struggle to fit into society‚ they are actually in agreement that people who come from different places struggle to fit. This common ground becomes apparent through the emotion behind each authors’ writing. In both Tan and Orwell’s writing they show a variety of feelings. These feelings consist of sadness‚ anger and bitterness. The first illustration of both authors’ accord is the way each of them express sadness from the way

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