How the Elephant got its trunk. Long‚ long ago‚ the mighty Elephant had no trunk. His nose was short‚ and only as big as a boot! But the Elephant’s child‚ just a baby Elephant‚ was very curious and always asked silly questions: “Aunt Ostrich‚ why do your tail feathers grow so tall? …Uncle Giraffe‚ what makes your skin so spotty? … Miss Hippo‚ how does your mouth open so wide?” One fine morning the curious baby Elephant asked‚ "What does the Crocodile have for dinner?" All together everybody
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types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant (although There are two types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant (although sometimes the African Elephant is split into two species‚ the African Forest Elephant and the African Bush Elephant). Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. Both female and male African elephants have tusks but only the male Asian elephants have tusks. They use their tusks for digging and finding food. Female elephants are called
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Elephant Poaching Elephants were once a common species to see around Africa and Asia‚ but due to ivory trading elephants have become critically endangered. Every day elephants become more and more endangered and soon they will be extinct. Elephants are killed everyday and used for ivory. Elephants are beautiful creatures and it would be shameful to let them go extinct. Elephant poaching is a serious problem and is not being stopped. According to the 96 Elephants Foundation‚ “96 elephants are killed
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The African Elephant is the largest land mammal today. He has huge ears. The African Elephant is from the one of Asia. The African Elephant has 3 nails on its hind legs while the element Asian elephant owns 4 .The elephant trunk of Africa has two appendages instead of one for the one from Asia. African elephants live south of the Sahara‚ in savannas and forests and sometimes in semi- desert regions. Asian elephants live in Southeast Asia and India and prefer forests dense. Asian elephants are intelligent
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In many ways‚ this story is told by a woman very much like Jig. In the end‚ both of these women have abortions‚ but it is clear that their hearts are heavy about the decision. Although Hills Like White Elephants tells about Jig prior to the abortion‚ one can pretty well speculate that Brooks’ The Mother aptly describes the sentiments that Jig is likely to feel in the future about her choice. The Mother is essentially a sad remembrance‚ and one can imagine the speaker of this story to be sitting
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Hemingway’s Heroine: A Critical Analysis on “The Hills like White Elephants” Ernest Hemingway‚ one of the most renowned writers of the twentieth century‚ is widely recognized as a “man’s man.” Like in his life‚ his writings presented a masculine world teeming with wars‚ hunting‚ and bull fights. In almost all of Hemingway’s writings‚ readers are introduced to macho‚ hard-hitting men whom star as the narrative’s hero; however‚ in “The Hills of White Elephants” readers meet one of Hemingway’s strongest
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I chose "The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami. This episode is that the elephant and its zookeeper disappeared from the zoo‚ except for the part that the speaker witnesses where the elephant becomes smaller. there is not a mysterious story. According to the newspaper‚ People in the town realized that there were no elephants in May 18h. Iron holds‚ which had been tied to the elephant’s legs‚ were left there with locks on them. The zookeeper also disappeared with the elephant. The article took
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symbolism. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway presents symbols like white elephants and a train station to carry theme. Through the objective third person point of view symbols are used to help the reader understand the intricacy of a young couple’s life changing choice. In stories that are told through the objective third person point of view‚ the characters are often viewed as blank canvases‚ waiting for the reader to define them. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway leaves it up to
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In Les Schobert’s article entitled "Let the Zoo’s Elephants Go" She discusses how national zoo is only embarrassing itself in the way that cares for its elephants. She covers how elephants are euthanized for foot problems that become debilitating. Which are caused from inadequate conditions in which they have been held. She informs us of the needs of elephants and how they may need to walk as much as 30 miles per day‚ in a landscape that covers as much as 1‚000 square miles‚ and how they are confined
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There are several ideas that have been prevalent in the texts we have analyzed this year. The three texts 1984‚ Beloved‚ and Shooting an Elephant were the most connected. What brought these stories together were the endemic themes of lust for power and unempathetic control. The reigning parties in these texts all demonstrate an overindulgent need for ultimate power. Being able to place restrictions on every aspect of the oppressed peoples’ lives is what motivates the people in positions of power
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