The plight of Manila Zoo’s elephant‚ Mali Mali‚ the 38-year-old female elephant‚ has been living in an enclosure in a small enclosure of Manila Zoo for thirty-four years. In 1979 Mali was given by the government of Sri Lanka to the Republic of the Philippines as a form of a gift between two nations. After three decades of captivity in a concrete enclosure‚ a new opportunity has opened for the lonely elephant to spend her remaining days in the wild. PETA Asia‚ along with other animal activists
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O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find and Ernest Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants‚ certain characters from each story have an immense effect on the relationships by expressing their egotistical values to their families or significant others. In both short stories‚ the problem is that the characters have a lack of mutual understanding with one another. This is because there is constant bickering
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There are several ideas that have been prevalent in the texts we have analyzed this year. The three texts 1984‚ Beloved‚ and Shooting an Elephant were the most connected. What brought these stories together were the endemic themes of lust for power and unempathetic control. The reigning parties in these texts all demonstrate an overindulgent need for ultimate power. Being able to place restrictions on every aspect of the oppressed peoples’ lives is what motivates the people in positions of power
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"The Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about an American man and a girl named Jig. In the story the two are sitting in a rail station waiting for the train to Madrid. While they are waiting‚ they have an intense‚ ongoing discussion over whether or not Jig will get an abortion. At the end of the story‚ the train is about to arrive and the man carries the baggage to the tracks as they prepare to depart. The ending of the story leaves unclear the outcome of her decision
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“Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell’s “Shooting An Elephant” the narrator was faced with a tough decision‚ whether or not to kill the Elephant. Throughout the story The narrator explained his resentful feelings towards the british police. He also did not like the Burmans also known as the “natives”. Throughout the story Orwell uses a harsh‚ demeaning‚ and unforgiving diction to convey a nervous and scared tone. Throughout the story the narrator or “ murderer” as Orwell would like to say‚ clearly
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most seemingly complicated and abstract concepts. In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell argues two things. One of these things is small; the other is large. However‚ both are explained by one seemingly insignificant event. The small thing is shooting an elephant‚ and the large thing is how a person’s pride often forces them to give into the pressure from others. At the surface‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is about‚ well‚ shooting an elephant. Orwell narrates the whole
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both Plotnik and Morell were writing to informing the reader of elephant behavioural traits‚ Morell wrote to inform general readers of the intelligence and compassion of elephants. This was proven in her writing‚ ““They learned to do this faster than the chimpanzees‚” says Plotnik‚” in the article Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚ the purpose of which was to inform readers of elephant intelligence. This showed the reader that elephants are clearly intelligent because they learned faster than what
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In the story “Hills Like White Elephants” the setting plays a role in the couple’s relationship. All of the different elements like the train station‚ train tracks‚ and the surrounding landscapes all how to tell The American and Jig’s story about their unspoken issue. Starting with the train station and its tracks‚ which symbolizes a junction - present to the further - a decision the couple needs to make. Each direction will take them to a different place. This substantial decision about the abortion
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____________________________ Chapter 17: Life on Earth Activity designed by Kathleen Rudolph Taxa to explore – Elephants!! 1. Review terms (write definitions for these terms) Extant Extinct Genotype Phenotype Synapomorphy Background: There are three extant species of elephant: Elaphas maximus (Asian elephants)‚ Loxodonta africana (African elephants)‚ and Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephants). Their taxonomic hierarchy is as follows: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order:
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In 1936‚ author George Orwell wrote an essay titled “Shooting an Elephant”. In the essay Orwell describes a scene of a British police officer who is stuck between having to shoot an elephant. The story takes place in Burma‚ India where then‚ they were under British imperialism. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. It humiliates the occupied people‚ reducing them to an inferior status in their own country. Analyzing Orwell’s work
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