most seemingly complicated and abstract concepts. In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell argues two things. One of these things is small; the other is large. However‚ both are explained by one seemingly insignificant event. The small thing is shooting an elephant‚ and the large thing is how a person’s pride often forces them to give into the pressure from others. At the surface‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is about‚ well‚ shooting an elephant. Orwell narrates the whole
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both Plotnik and Morell were writing to informing the reader of elephant behavioural traits‚ Morell wrote to inform general readers of the intelligence and compassion of elephants. This was proven in her writing‚ ““They learned to do this faster than the chimpanzees‚” says Plotnik‚” in the article Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚ the purpose of which was to inform readers of elephant intelligence. This showed the reader that elephants are clearly intelligent because they learned faster than what
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____________________________ Chapter 17: Life on Earth Activity designed by Kathleen Rudolph Taxa to explore – Elephants!! 1. Review terms (write definitions for these terms) Extant Extinct Genotype Phenotype Synapomorphy Background: There are three extant species of elephant: Elaphas maximus (Asian elephants)‚ Loxodonta africana (African elephants)‚ and Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephants). Their taxonomic hierarchy is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order:
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Breaking through the Blindness: A Fight for Freedom The three short stories we read‚ The Elephant in the Village of Blind‚ 20/20‚ and The Cathedral‚ all have many common themes with the movie The Elephant man. What intrigues me the most is the hidden underlining meaning each and every story carries. There are three prominent themes I would like to discuss‚ the figurative and the literal blindness of the characters in the works‚ enlightenment‚ and the freedom the characters experience throughout
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Elephant- Slavamir Mirzok ******************************* By P.Baburaj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of English‚ Sherubtse college‚ Bhutan Author of: Language and writing‚ DSB Publication Thimphu Communicative English‚ P. K. Books‚ Calicut A perception on Literary Criticism‚ P.K. Books‚ Calicut ******************************* Simple story but with underlying meaning. Story attacks the communist government that existed in Poland in 1958. Satirizes the communist government. Bring out the follies of the
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Hills Like White Elephants The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” was written by Ernest Hemingway. The author seems to be a minimalist where he does not provide explanation about the very issue why the couple is unhappy and annoyed with each other. To have a more deeper understanding on the literature‚ I have looked up a translated version of it and according to a Japanese translation of the very story‚ it said that the problem was about her pregnancy and that the man wants her to have an
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I found reading “Hills Like White Elephants” to be very challenging. I thought it was confusing and hard to understand. I personally did not like the reading. After reading the short story the first time I was lost and I did not understand what was happening in it. The second time I read it I understood it a little bit better. The white elephants are something of little to no value. I think that the train is a one-way operation and there is no stopping. I that the man wants to go‚ but the girl does
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the situation is understandable‚ due to already having previous knowledge of the problem. In the story elephant crackup? The author‚ Charles Siebert‚ explains the similarity between an elephant and a human. He expresses that an elephant is practically a bigger version of a human. Their brain and emotional state is quite similar to that of a human. On page 355 it was stated that “When an elephant dies‚ its family members engage in intense mourning and burial rituals‚ conducting week long vigils over
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In the short story hills like white elephants by ernest hemingway there is a strong use of symbolism. Some of the symbols are more obvious and some are more hidden beneath subtext. Alike to most novels the understanding is based entirely upon one’s personality and enjoyment. Most of the symbolism has to do with the female in the story hinting towards a pregnancy that she cannot decide whether she would like to keep or abort. She hints towards choosing two people out of her‚ the baby and her husband
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Symbolism in "Hills Like White Elephants" What is symbolism and what is the use of it? Is it simply created to confuse the reader or is it dedicated to make the reader think about the meaning of the story? What is the symbol? Is it a person‚ object‚ or event? Those are the questions we should ask ourselves before we start reading a short story "Hills Like White Elephants‚" written by Ernest Hemingway. "Hills Like White Elephants" is a perfect example of a wide use of literary symbols demanding
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