Journal Two: Identifying Conflict in Two Texts. Brenda Oliver ENG125: Introduction to Literature Professor Victoria Schmidt November 30‚ 2014 In The Hills Like White Elephants (Hemingway‚ 1927)‚ the specific conflicts are Individual versus Individual and Individual versus self. The American is trying to convince the girl to get an abortion and the girl is battling with herself on whether she wants the abortion and if she thinks it is right .I think these conflicts are significant to
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Ugly‚ Pretty‚ or Reality? Imagine a society of extreme beauty that anyone normal is considered ugly. Although the two classifications of‚ ugly and pretty are viewed as immensely different‚ they have one thing in common. Being in either one these categories causes not only domination of physical appearance‚ but also steals the identity of an individual. The only way out is sacrifice. Westerfield’s dystopian fiction novel‚ Uglies tells the story of an adolescent girl‚ Tally Youngblood‚ who is trapped
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The poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” was written by E.E Cummings‚ one of the most popular poets who was known for his innovative style and structure in writing. People are very fond of Cummings poem because unlike traditional poets‚ Cummings is rebellious‚ has his unique choice of words and refuses to follow proper syntax. The theme of this poem is centered around the awareness of time and death that takes place in an average town. The poem consists of an unusual form due to the author’s
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more powerful " . Naturally Boys feel the need to assert their power to others at an early age. Rick Moody’s short story "Boys"‚ shows us the relationships between brother and sister and then between the boys and their father. Boys in early ages can be very ruthless and reckless. In Rick Moody’s "Boys"‚ the power of masculinity takes over the boys lives and through tragedy the boys are able to come together and let down their guard. In the early stages of the boys lives they feel the need to show
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Pretty Woman Report – Myhanh Tran Vivienne and Edward shared a very similar trait in what their needs and wants were in this film. In order to survive Vivienne worked as a hooker on the streets to earn money. She did so by sleeping with men’s‚ this was her top priority in needs. Vivienne mentioned that she wanted to live a fairytale‚ which was what she wanted. As for Edward‚ he was leaning towards money and his business. He wanted a successful company to be able to become a bigger billionaire.
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Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants Point of view is an important literary device that an author may use to help enrich the plot of the story. Different point of views (such as first person‚ third person‚ omniscient‚ ect) offer a different style of storytelling and can be used to great effect. Ernest Hemmingway and Richard Ford’s stories feature different point of views. “Great Falls” is told in first person with the main character‚ Jackie‚ serving as the narrator. In “Hills Like White Elephants”
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I have always been drawn to strong‚ independent women and all that they stand for. People like Gloria Steinem‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Margaret Sanger are the reason women can live as freely as we do today. Despite this‚ however‚ women are still expected to look and act a certain way. Nowadays‚ people in the music industry use their prominence to recognize social and political injustices going on in our everyday lives‚ and in turn educates people on important issues that they otherwise may not have known
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They say that hard times can change someone and their perspective on life. The girl‚ Jig‚ in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants‚” starts off in the beginning of the story seemingly dependent on The man and gradually starts to become more in control of the situation and her own life. Growing tired of all the traveling her and The man’s life entails‚ learning of the man’s conditioned love and his persistence of him wanting her to get the operation has Jig starting to see life through different
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Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” and “Hills Like White Elephants” describe a theme of difference between husband’s desires and wife’s desires. Both stories have the same conflict about an inconsiderate husband who always ignores his wife’s desire. The husband is not a family man. He indirectly shows that he doesn’t enjoy being with his wife and children. The male characters of Ernest Hemingway emerge as having similarities in their characters and their attitudes with their wives. For the first
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home mother‚ the housewife and the submissive gender to the more "assertive" males. This of which is demonstrated by Alice Munro’s “boys and girls”. Many controversial issues surround women’s rights of freedoms including the widely debated right to choose what one does to one’s self‚ which is a topic that mainly refers to abortion. Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ expressed a feminist movement focusing around this issue that was not very common at this time. Through the character’s
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