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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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    2016 Shooting an Elephant v Group Minds Every decision made‚ will affect us‚ wether it’s in a negative or positive way. Everyone at some point in their lives will experience some form of peer pressure. Peer pressure is a very influential when we are making decisions. Peer pressure encourages other people to change the way they are or values to please those who are influencing us‚ which can be a group or an individual. In comparing and contrasting the essays “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell

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    and Torvald v. Christine and Krogstad Henrik Ibsen creates many interesting and complex characters in his play A Doll’s House. Both the Helmers and Christine and Krogstad have very fascinating relationships. Nora and Torvald have a very insubstantial relationship in which Nora has no say or independence and is completely under Torvald’s control. Christine and Krogstad have their share of issues but they are able to work them out like reasonable adults. Nora/Torvald and Christine/Krogstad are two

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    What Makes a Man a Man?

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    What Makes a Man‚ A Man? There comes a time in a boy’s life when he starts pondering the thoughts of what it takes to be a man. Some boys believe they are not a man unless they have reached a point of maturity and mental intelligence. Some boys only want to be a kid their entire lives. For others‚ being a man requires ownership of certain objects. These objects can range from money‚ to cars‚ and to even owning a gun. Author Richard Wright wrote a short story concerning this subject titled

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    narration connect literature and life because they all lay the foundation for English literature and this “Book of Life” we experience everyday. Conflict is the driving force behind a story. In the story The Most Dangerous Game‚ they use the conflict Man v.s Man by pitting Reinsford against two men who wants to hunt him instead of animals. The men who want to hunt him‚ General Zaroff and Ivan‚ say that “They’ve grown tired of the usual big game and want to move on to something even more challenging.” At

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    In Shooting an Elephant‚ I think that Orwell may have been cowardice. He knew that shooting that elephant was wrong‚ but he didn’t anyway. He wanted to impress the large crowd that had gathered around him. He wanted to show that white men are powerful and more important. He thought that by shooting the elephant‚ he would prove that he wasn’t a fool. He was taught‚ and everyone around him was taught‚ that white men should be in control of situations. He was supposed to know what to do; he was supposed

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    differences is merely impossible. Thus‚ the existence of dichotomy will always be. People tend to choose their accepted social counterparts based on what they have in common with one another. For example‚ the Burmese villagers in‚ “Shooting an Elephant” viewed the foreigner as an outsider because

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    Safe Haven has been the best one yet. Nicholas Sparks writes in a way so that readers are on the edge of their seat. In this book specifically‚ he switches back and forth between scenes‚ which makes the reader captivated and want to keep reading. All of his books are this way. It could be specifically

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    George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” “Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell and published in 1936 (Orwell 66). Orwell was born June 25‚ 1903‚ as Eric Arthur Blair and passed away January 21‚ 1950‚ in India (“George Orwell Biography”). Orwell was known for his journals‚ novels‚ and essays published about his own political views (“George Orwell Biography”). Orwell traveled to Burma after not doing good enough in school to earn a scholarship and decided to join the imperial

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    never get it back" (Hemingway 593) Hills like white elephants published in 1927 by Ernest Hemingway. This Fiction story focuses on two American people‚ a man and a woman whose name is Jig. They decided to spend some time having a beer in a bar close to a train station in northeastern Spain while they were waiting for their train bound to an unknown place. The pregnant woman tells the man that the hills look like white elephants‚ which sparks a discussion between them. The couple starts a discussion

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