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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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‚ a sloping abdomen and two finger-like extensions
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story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. In this story‚ an illustration draws out the brutal and villinious stoning of an unlucky woman. At first glance‚ I believe this strongly clashes with our contemporary values. A much deeper evaluation of the portrayal of swinging mindsets and how humans have the capacity to coincide with a mob mentality. As civilized and noble human beings‚ it’s important to dissect and criticize the traditional values in the society described in the story "The Lottery" and others
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In chapter 12‚ of How to Read Literature Like A Professor‚ Thomas Foster describes how a writer might symbolize almost everything in a novel: starting with a simple object to the most complex characters. According to Foster‚ not everyone will find a symbol; those that eventually do however will not interpret the meaning of the symbol the same way as others do. Some writers use direct symbols‚ but some let us use our imagination to find the true hidden meaning. In addition‚ Foster explains how if
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The Lottery The Lottery is a short southern gothic story written in the late 1940s by Shirley Jackson. It is about a small town of around 300 normal everyday people‚ who because of tradition have to draw every year out of a black box for somebody to be stoned to death. In this short southern gothic story Jackson uses imagery of an everyday normal town to show the potential in ordinary people to do evil things‚ and also foreshadows the fatal ending. They story starts out “The morning of June
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The story‚ "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is about tradition. A word usually tied to happy events like anniversaries‚ family vacations‚ and holidays‚ Jackson presents the concept in a much more sinister light. While there are hints of what is to come‚ the events portrayed are similar to what one would expect to find in a small village’s long standing custom. The first‚ misleading bit of evidence lies in the very first paragraph. The day is described as "clear and sunny"‚ with "flowers
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The Lottery The story takes place in a small village‚ where the people are close and tradition is paramount. A yearly event‚ called the lottery‚ is one in which one person in the town is randomly chosen‚ by a drawing‚ to be violently stoned by friends and family. The drawing has been around over seventy-seven years and is practiced by every member of the town. Shirley is very natural to the characters and the event. We don’t get any information about what she thinks about the situation‚ and she
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Mandy Lievre 1/28/13 The Hills of Life In Ernest Hemingway’s classic story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” we are taken to a train station in between Madrid and Barcelona with a couple that has to make a life altering decision. Besides each side of the train station lies the land that can either mean life or death to the child that the woman is bearing. Between the dividing tracks‚ we see two different sides. On one side of the track‚ there is a cold feeling‚ no trees‚ or shade. It
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The book How to Read Literature Like a Professor written by Thomas C. Foster covers a variety of topics from the hidden symbolism in a novel to hidden allusions made to famous pieces of literature such as the Bible or works by Shakespeare. These tips and guidelines help the audience to better connect with literature‚ and to really feel involved with a novel. The main character of the novel Hazel desperately wants to go to Amsterdam‚ the location where her favorite author lives. Her love interest
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the story “The Lottery” today when one thinks about winning the lottery one does not think about the community or close relative‚ one thinks about how one is going to spend the money received‚ while in Jackson’s short story the lottery represented a human sacrifice by means of stoning with the entire village participating. The lottery in itself is symbolic and it is basically symbolizing ritual and tradition which drives the community. Jackson’s short story is filled with symbolism which makes the
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