“The Mice That Set Elephants Free” (#4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ & 9) pg. 386 4. Spot’s purpose of telling them this story is to show them that they do not need to be big to be friends with him. Even someone very tiny‚ like those mice‚ can help out in a huge way or matter if they all get together and try. Spot parallels this story because he is using the mice to get out of captivity in his own way as he wants to stay with him so he does not have to go back to the people who happen to own him. 5. Spot‚ Swift‚ and
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Having a baby can be the most important decision a couple can have. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ a couple indirectly talks about whether or not they should have an abortion. Both of the partners are very vague in talking about their opinion on the situation. In Hills like White Elephants‚ Hemingway uses symbolism of the hills‚ it and white elephants to help explain the couple’s opinion on the baby and the situation. Instead of calling the unborn child a baby or saying the
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Who Wants to Shoot an Elephant‚ published in 2014 in the Best American Nonrequired Reading‚ Wells Tower argues why anyone would want to shoot an elephant. Tower begins building his credibility with personal facts sources. He also cites convincing facts and statistics successfully appealing emotional appeals. Although trophy hunting is bad‚ many people still do it. I believe trophy hunting is bad and I think it should it stop. If there is less of trophy hunting‚ we will be able to save more animals
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Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway’s story‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” has plenty of symbolism throughout the story. Symbolisms are physical things that are important and stands for something else. In this story‚ the symbols are the hills‚ white elephants‚ railroad tracks‚ and the felt pads. Hemingway uses these symbols to produce the theme of the story. The theme is about how change will bring happiness for Jig by having the baby while the man doesn’t see what the future holds
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In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell explores the ideology of imperialism. Throughout the essay it is established that Orwell is not in favor of imperialism. By using an officer from the British empire as the narrator‚ Orwell uses the officer to show the evils of imperialism on not only the Burmese but also on the enforcers. Orwell develops his argument against British imperialism through his use of rhetorical strategies such as symbolism‚ similes/metaphors‚ and imagery. One rhetorical strategy
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relationship will not be stable and it will not exist in the future. It is one of the main keys and one of the very first steps for a steady relationship. This concept is well is illustrated in the story “Hills like white elephant”. The characters in “Hills like white elephant”‚ Jig and the American man‚ had problems in their relationship. People have a hard time with relationships‚ even when they
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The short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ tells his story of an encounter with a loose elephant. He struggled through a dilemma in which he were to kill the elephant‚ or let it be. Politically‚ George Orwell was against an imperialistic run government‚ and used his writings to portray the many negatives he saw through imperialism. In the story‚ the elephant is a metaphor of imperialism‚ and its effects on the people. The actions of the elephant and the reactions of the civilians
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because of the curse of his extremely disfigured body he carries around with him. Lots of people are born with some deformity or another‚ but none such as the case of John Merrick‚ in other words‚ The Elephant Man’ who was given this name because he was so deformed he resembled an extremely ugly elephant. The movie shows how John Merrick is marginalized not only by the general public‚ but also the poorest of people to such an extent that his life was a misery. This movie shows how cynical people can
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purpose(s) in shooting the elephant? Both the one he uses to justify his decision and his real
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Ernest Hemingway – Hills Like White Elephants According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ a white elephant has a more figurative meaning: "A burdensome or costly possession. Also‚ an object‚ scheme‚ etc.‚ considered to be without use or value." It’s easy to see how this could be seen in context of an unplanned pregnancy that at least one of the parents wants to terminate. At first when I read through Hemingway’s short story‚ ‘Hills Like White Elephants’‚ I thought that it was merely a conversation
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