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    Maggie Bailey Mrs. Warren English 201 19 February 2013 The use of symbolism in “Hills like White Elephants” In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” Hemingway chooses to use symbolism the most out of any other literary element. Hemingway did not make the use of symbolism obvious‚ without understanding the symbolism one would assume the couple is actually discussing the scenery. In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” the element of symbolism is used to mask the serious discussion

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    Book Review – 1984 1984 was a book written by George Orwell in which he envisages a world taken over by a right-wing party. He presents a bleak view of this world in which the party controls everything. Nobody can have privacy because telescreens watch everyone for 24 hours of the day. Big Brother is the leader of the Party‚ whom watches over everything and everyone. One must listen and believe in the Party or risked being found out by the ‘thought police’ and imprisoned.

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    ETHAN FROME KEYHOLE ESSAY The novel Ethan From by Edith Wharton tells the story of Ethan From and the tragedy he faces in his life. The story mainly focuses on the relationships between and among Ethan‚ his wife‚ and his wife’s cousin‚ with whom he is in love. Wharton uses different literary devices to develop the plot‚ including irony as one of the most effective. The use of irony in the novel‚ especially in the climatic sledding scene‚ greatly adds to the development of the tragedy

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    In James Joyces Dubliners the use of irony and sensory disconnect are what structure the recurring themes of the stories. The themes include entrapment‚ with escaping routine life for its horrors‚ misery‚ and agony. The stories Eveline‚ Araby‚ A Painful Case‚ and The Dead all end in epiphany. Dubliners experience a climactic moment in their lives to bring them change‚ freedom and happiness‚ although these moments bring none of those. All characters fall into paralysis from not being able to leave

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    Animal Farm Essay By Adityaa Gupta The novella “Animal Farm” allegorically represents the Russian Revolution. The theme of the novella is how did Napoleon and the pigs used persuasion and propaganda to control all the animals. Joseph Stalin went crazy with all the power he had and he was the reason for the revolution. The novella is about how animals revolt with their master and go against him and throw him out of his own farm. The pigs take advantage of this situation and take control over the

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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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    Irony‚ usually the most important kind for the fiction writer‚ the discrepancy is between appearance and reality‚ or between expectation and fulfillment‚or between what is and what seems appropriate. Irony is the main element used in the three stories “The Lottery” “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Rocking Horse Winner”. In each of these stories irony symbolizes a dark side‚ that’s reveled throughout the story The Lottery is a great example of irony The morning of June 27th was clear and

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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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    Orwell wrote many books and stories‚ where he discussed how ideas could be changed‚ manipulated‚ and reformulated in order to change people’s beliefs.  The animals take advantages over other animals just like people do in a society. The story started with a revolution on the farm when the animals took over under the leadership of the pig Napoleon. Another pig‚ named Squealer‚ became the propaganda pig. He is very important as Napoleon without him cannot cope. Squealer is “a brilliant talker‚ and

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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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