Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The title is significant to this novel because it refers to an incident that influenced the main character‚ Jacob‚ to share his story. In the story‚ the circus is in town and an elderly Jacob is parked in his wheelchair at a dining table with Joseph McGuinty and a few women. The women are reminiscing about the circus and sharing stories when suddenly McGuinty claims that he used to carry water for the elephants. Jacob‚ being a retired circus veterinarian‚ knows
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The poem that I have chosen to talk about is called the hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway. The setting takes place in the early 1920s where an American man and a girl are waiting at railway station so that they can take an express train and travel to Madrid. The author expresses in the poem how it is summer hot day in Madrid that correlates with “were white in the sun.” The author does not give the readers enough information about the “operation” nor the relationship between the American
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In Ernest Hemingway story‚ Hills Like White Elephants the American act according to the rigid of what is the definition of masculinity. At the beginning‚ he illustrates a man full of knowledge and enough experiences to always have everything under control. Also he acts as a careless unmanly man when he addresses her to have an “simple operation” as if it were nothing to her or even to the baby his/herself. (Hemingway 71). While him being so convincing that the girl is going to have the “operation”
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Elephants Just in the past 10 years‚ ten thousands of elephants have been slaughtered. Sometimes the killers don’t wait till the elephants are dead to take the ivory. This causes the elephant to suffer greatly. Elephants are endangered. Many baby elephants are killed for their tiny stubs of ivory‚ how to save them‚ and the origins of elephant abuse. Some devastating facts about elephants are that they have been dropping 62% over the last decade. (Pg1) About 100 African elephants are killed a day
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the article “Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk”‚ and the passage “Elephants Know When They Need A Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” they both talk about how the elephants try to achieve a collective goal. The elephants worked with a helping trunk to test and achieve this goal and the mahouts‚ or elephant trainers would test how the elephants use their cooperative skills. Their task was to use their and rope-pulling skills and work together as a team. Overall‚ in the article “Elephants Can Lend A
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Pleads for an Operation‚ not an Obligation Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” sprays bullets of emotion through the reader’s head and heart. It is hard to ignore the insincerity of the American’s persistent pleads for the mother of his child‚ Jig‚ to schedule an abortion. It is quite a challenge to not root against the man‚ as he can be seen by many as the clear antagonist. For such dark schematics‚ the bearer of the child provides a positive energy for the audience with her apparent
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Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway‚ a simple narrative‚ written in third person omniscient follows a conversation between an American and his girlfriend named Jig. The setting is presented early on in the short story‚ and it’s done so vividly. Imagery plays an integral role in the short story as it is the device that reveals a lot about the theme and the symbolism. Little is known about the characters of the story‚ except for the fact that the man is an American who speaks Spanish and
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Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” depicts many literary movements throughout the story‚ but one seems to stand out the most. The story shows acts of realism in its sense that his fictional story is able to relate in the real world and that Ernest Hemingway’s point isn’t obviously. To truly understand “Hills Like White Elephants” the reader must dig deep to find the underlying meaning. Realism began very well known in the 19th and 20th century. Realism plays very close attention
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October 7‚ 2011 Water for Elephants Approach Paper I. Summary Paragraph: Sarah Gruen’s Water for Elephants is an account of ninety-something year old Jacob Jankowski’s life‚ both in the present day‚ where he resides in a nursing home‚ unhappy with his living conditions and the old age that has robbed him of his freedom‚ and through flashbacks of when he was young‚ traveling with the circus. Just a few days away from getting his veterinary degree from Cornell University‚ Jacob’s mother and
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ever been to the circus and seen the amazing tricks the elephants and other animals do? They may look cool but these elephants aren’t born knowing how to do these tricks‚ they are tortured to learn them with whips‚ bullhooks‚ chains‚ bush knives‚ ear halters‚ and ropes to control them to do whatever the mahout (trainers) wants them to do. These wild animals are not meant to be tamed but to live a happy life in the wild. 1Bears‚ elephants‚ tigers‚ and other animals do not voluntarily ride bicycles
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