Narrative: The Elephant- Slawomir Mrozek Telling a lie in order to save money is good‚ right? In this short story‚ the elephant in the zoo is getting too old a weak and it needs to be replaced. The director of the zoo doesn’t care for the animals or the zoo itself‚ he just cares about the how the zoo and animals benefit him. The zoo keepers and staff are excited about the new arrival of the new great elephant. The excitement ended when the director sent a letter notifying them that the order
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can be a creator but looking through the Van Gogh letters I see an ingenious person throughout the letters and the life he lived. An innovative person is “Willing to take a chance- to go out on a limb (S. I. Hayakawa‚ Page 1)” in many aspects of their lives. When taking a look at the Van Gogh letter he writes “I asked M. Peytron point-blank‚ since you are going to Paris‚ what would you say if I suggested that you be kind enough to take me with you (Van Gogh Letter 605‚ page2)” In this statement
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spent the next twenty years as a writer; the essay “Shooting an Elephant‚” set in the Burma of the 1920s and written in 1936‚ is one of his most famous works. In the early twentieth century‚ Burma was still a colony of Britain but anti-imperialism protests and social movements developed very fast‚ causing “great tension between Burmese‚ Indians and English‚ between civilians and police” (Meyers 56). Orwell’s essay “Shooting an Elephant” is based on this historical tension. In this essay‚ Orwell depicts
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Rip Van winkle The story of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is about a man‚ a country who is longing to be free. Rip Van Winkle also depicts the life of a town before and after "liberty." Rip Van Winkle’s character portrays the society of America as it was seen by England at the time‚ as lazy and unproductive‚ "rather starve on a penny than work for a pound." (128) England is represented by Rip’s wife‚ Dame Van Winkle‚ orderly and productive‚ "Everything she said or did was sure to produce
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The Annunciation is a particularly good showpiece for van Eyck’s obsession with the texture of fabrics: both the Virgin Mary and Gabriel are swathed in lavish robes that fold and hang with surreal‚ wholly gratuitous complexity. Van Eyck painted clothes‚ a critic once observed‚ the way other artists paint mountain ranges. The problem is‚ once you get past the first wash of amazement the painting becomes reticent and impersonal. The Annunciation is one of the most frequently painted subjects in Christian
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Imperialism in ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell Shooting an elephant is a short story about the speaker’s experience in working as a colonial officer in Burma‚ a previous conquered province by Britain‚ and facing a pressure to shoot an innocent elephant to please a large Burmese crowd. Throughout the story Orwell makes clear to readers how Imperialism causes misery and pain. To a clear definition for Imperialism‚ I sum up the important points according to my understanding as
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Circus Elephant Animal Abuse Problem The day had come when little Timmy would finally get to go to the circus. He was so eager that he was the first one out of bed that morning. Too excited to even function‚ Timmy ran to his parents’ room and jumped on this parents shouting for them to get up. His parents moved sluggishly to the bathroom and got ready to go to the circus as Timmy chattered on about what animals they were going to see that day. Timmy was mostly excited to see his favorite animal
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Indian Elephant Crisis The Indian elephant‚ scientific name being Elaphas Maximus‚ is one of the three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephants and is a native animal to the mainland of Asia. Since 1986‚ thee Elaphas Maximus has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened
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Rip Van Winkle The “Rip Van Winkle” was written by Washington Irving. This story is set in the past in a very exciting time‚ and also in this story there are many strange and remarkable characters‚ “Rip Van Winkle” features incredible‚ magical‚ and mysterious events‚ and convey a positive message about a nation and its people. “Rip Van Winkle” is set in a time a little bit before and after the revolutionary war in a pleasant village at the foot of New York’s Catskill Mountains. The story
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Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle‚ which is an author of America’s short story. Who is Washington Irving. And Rip Van Winkle is protagonist of this story. He slept during 20 years‚ when he woke up‚ everything was different. Washington Irving(1783-1859) is typical author of romanticism literature of America. And He is speaker in Rip Van Winkle story. And he liked to write romanticism literature. Romanticism is opposed to classicism literature. This origin is so old with history of human race
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