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    The Elephant notes: One. Reading Questions 1.  What kind of metaphorical meaning do we get from the story’s title? An elephant bears heavy burdens‚ it suffers‚ and it never forgets. This speaks perhaps to the narrator’s martyr complex. 2.  What is the narrator’s dependence or addiction? He’s dependent on people being dependent on him. He even lets his brother “play” him‚ like “play him for a fool.” 3.  What pattern of the narrator’s pathological behavior becomes evident on page 476? He’s giving

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    Arundhati Roy‚ the Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things‚ came up with her second novel‚ The Ministry of Utmost Happiness‚ in 2017 after a long interval of twenty years. “Fiction takes it’s time”- this was her response. Roy’s apprehension is inaccurate‚ yet plausible at the same time. It is inaccurate in the sense that a work of fiction is supposed to originate from the writer’s imagination‚ and it does not usually take years. On the other hand‚ Roy’s realization is tenable because

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    started out as a frail boy who didn’t have a family of his own‚ but through hard work and a spirit of a lion he kept striving to achieve great things. His name was George Washington Carver‚ a slave‚ a boy‚ and most notably an agricultural chemist. Life in 1864 didn’t start out all that well for little George. George’s momma‚ Mary was a slave owned by Moses Carver. In 1861 George became an orphan after his momma Mary and he were taken from their owners by a group of rogue bushwhackers. A sick frail George

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    Catheral by Raymond Carver

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    “Cathedral” is a very complex short story. Although the actual story only takes up about 5 pages‚ that’s all Raymond Carver needed to compel an invigorating enlightenment. The narrator of this story is unnamed yet we get to see him grow rapidly in this short story. After meeting Robert‚ who at one time was his wife’s boss‚ he begins to see the world differently‚ and is able to change his views and realize the world isn’t as black and white as he would like it to be. When we meet the narrator he is

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    Are Zoos a Good Thing? Zoos are a popular attraction for both children and adults alike. But are these attractions actually a good thing? The average zoo aficionado would argue that zoos have potential to inspire people to protect animals and their habitats. However‚ I argue that animals often suffer mentally and physically by being enclosed in zoos. I believe that zoos are not only cruel but are a way to humiliate animal’s feelings and overall rights. The following essay will provide information

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    Andrew Jackson did good and bad things.He also had a tough life to handle.He was just a person who people couldn’t really understand.Nobody knew or went through what he did so he was always different.A lot of people liked him but a lot of people didn’t. Andrew Jackson was just a tough person to be around. Andrew Jackson had to face watching his parents die then watching his life going into a whole. Andrew and his brother soon got small pox and had to walk and get help with almost no energy

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    Technology in a Utopian Society: Is it a Good Thing? What is living in a perfect world like? Is a perfect world even possible? How does technology and social interaction factor into a society aiming towards one that is utopian? Technology is ever-present in our society today. It has helped us become more efficient‚ more accessible‚ and provides us with a level of instant gratification we have not always had. These appear to be some upsides to technology. It moves and develops so quickly that one

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    The poem “Happiness” by Raymond Carver is written in short stanzas‚ a mixture of quatrains and tercets. Raymond Carver uses short lines without a particular poem pattern. He exposes a casual and peaceful tone. The tone enables the reader to understand the poem by creating imagery through the stanzas. It creates images of peacefulness and love. In addition to the tone and imagery‚ he also uses diction to show the source of his happiness. The first stanza explains the writer’s approach towards the

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    In this study‚ the aim will be to answer the following question: ‘To what context can sport be considered a good thing?’ The theory which will be looked at in this study is feminism and its key theories. There are many forms of feminist theory‚ however the ones that will be looked at will be liberal feminism‚ radical feminism and socialist feminism. Coakley & Pike (2009) describe feminist theory as the understanding of gender & gender relation‚ with regards to social life and gender equity and the

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    Shaelyn Atkins Practice Summary Draft 1 ACP Comp W131 Mrs. Heiter 18 November 2015 “Too Much of a Good Thing” Summary In the article “Too Much of a Good Thing‚” by Greg Critser‚ he made many things clear about the morbid obesity problem in America. More often than not‚ it starts as a child. A study was done at Pennsylvania State University that proved that as children get older‚ they do not know when they are full; the children would eat what is placed in front of them (161). Crister suggests

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