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    The short story “Hills Like White Elephants” present the readers with a variety of themes. With an array of themes to interrupt the most common theme of the short story written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is choices and consequences. Choices and consequences is the main theme that most readers seem to miss due to the lack of the understanding of the writing style of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway writing style is unusual from many writers because unlike most writes the meaning of the story is not given away

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    the Fitzgerald family interpret it and death. The bond between the different Fitzgerald children and how their secrets and misfortunes have brought them closer is explored on multiple occasions during the novel. Picoult uses a number of different techniques and features in order to explore these themes including symbolism‚ metaphors and foreshadowing. The plot of the novel focuses on Anna Fitzgerald’s desire to no longer donate various parts of her body to her sister – who suffers from leukaemia and

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    The Dead by James Joyce is one of the fifteen stories in the series Dubliners. Through Joyce’s’ use of literally techniques‚ symbolism‚ themes‚ and an epiphany‚ the story has a much deeper meaning. By using these techniques and looking at the story closer you can find how Joyce was trying to provoke a deeper meaning in relation to the dead and living and the main character‚ Gabriel‚ searching for meaning or reason to his life. Paradoxically the story shows that the dead can still be living‚ through

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    Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway‚ a simple narrative‚ written in third person omniscient follows a conversation between an American and his girlfriend named Jig. The setting is presented early on in the short story‚ and it’s done so vividly. Imagery plays an integral role in the short story as it is the device that reveals a lot about the theme and the symbolism. Little is known about the characters of the story‚ except for the fact that the man is an American who speaks Spanish and

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    Essay - “Elephant” When most students go to school they feel motivated by the thought of learning new things and to be able to hang out with their friends in the breaks. A student may also be aware that all the tasks and assignments at the end will come to their own benefit. If the final exams turn out well the examination certificate will be worth showing future employees. But sometimes the motivation that drives people disappears and leaves them with an empty feeling of being stuck in some way

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    Comparative essay on Orwell’s Suppressed Preface and Shooting an ElephantShooting an elephant” is autobiography of Orwell’s life and the duty he experienced as a police officer in a British colony in Burma. In this story‚ the writer tells us about how the British were viewed as intruders and how it felt to execute orders without wanting to do so. In the preface of “Animal farm”‚ we can see more obvious and relevant fact about how hard it was to publish the book and the amount and the gravity

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    Cruelty To Circus Elephants Cruelty to elephants as well as other circus animals has been a global issue for over a hundred years‚ and we are just now recognizing the severity of it all. Millions of charges have been pressed against different circuses in the United States for the abuse and death of the circus elephants. With the rise in charges and complaints of animal cruelty‚ eyebrows have begun to rise and activists have taken notice and taken a stand. Circus elephants have been said to

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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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    In this excerpt‚ from A White Heron‚ by Sarah Orne Jewett‚ a number of literary techniques were used. All of them contributing to the excerpt’s excellent flow. This essay will focus on three literary techniques Jewett used "" imagery‚ tone‚ and symbolism. Imagery is an important literary device which‚ when used well‚ can enable an author to convey powerful and persuasive themes. Imagery can also be used to convey the mood of a book in ways that straightforward‚ factual descriptions never could.

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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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