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    African Elephant is Vulnerable to Extinction At six tons‚ the African elephant is the largest land animal. It is larger than the Asian elephant and has bigger ears than those elephants. African elephants are vulnerable to extinction because of human devolpment‚ poaching‚ and conflict with people. African elephants roam south of the Sahara Desert. They have large trunks that are used for gathering food‚ communicating and drinking water. Additionally‚ the trunks allow elephants to shower themselves

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    A N A LY S I S O F C O N T R A S T S I N O R W E L L ’ S “ S H O O T I N G A N ELEPHANT” “And my whole life‚ every white man’s life in the East‚ was one long struggle not to be laughed at.” At firs glance it may seem that this sentence is really not important in comparison with lots of others in the‚ in my opinion‚ insanely great and perfectly written short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”. This sentence is later reinforced at the end‚ “I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had

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    Orwell’s autobiographical account of shooting and eventually killing an elephant presents the animal and its death sympathetically as it died a slow‚ painful death. Through the language‚ the author evokes sympathy towards the elephant and a slightly more complex feeling towards the author who‚ although he kills the elephant‚ suffers inwardly during the process and appears to be affected by the Burman crowd’s greed to strip the carcass. In the society Orwell lived in‚ hunting was common amongst

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    order. Social norms affect everyday life and cause many people to alter themselves to be accepted. Imagine if your thoughts could be expressed without the feeling of being judged; life would be much different. In both “Salvation” and “Shooting an Elephant” the authors show that societal pressures force people

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    Ernest Hemingway’s‚ "Hills Like White Elephants‚" is discussed by many people because of the way that Hemingway used dialogue that contained a lack of descriptions‚ unidentified characters‚ and barely any narration to convey the short story’s meaning. In this case‚ the reader is required to read between the lines. In this short story‚ one can see that all of the symbols disclose the unsteady relationship between the American and Jig and the conflict in relation to their lifestyle and operation.

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    April Rene Young Kimberly Villegas English 1302‚ Section 2028 (8442) 2 March 2014 Hills Like White Elephants In Ernest Hemingway’s‚ “Hills Like White Elephants‚” a couple in a foreign country are debating the girl getting an abortion while drinking beer and waiting for a train at a train station. Throughout the short story written in Hemingway’s iceberg method‚ one can see how strongly each party feels about the procedure‚ and the difficulty the couple is facing throughout the bare essential

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    Capitalizing on the spark of rationalism during the enlightenment period‚ the process of industrialization began. This period was mostly characterized by technological developments that mechanized labor‚ allowing organizations to manufacture at an incredible pace. Great Britain was the first country able to utilize coal as a natural resource on an industrial basis. Due to vast coal deposits located in close proximity to the country as well as many throughout the colonies‚ the British Empire was able

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    writes Shooting an Elephant with his experiences in Burma; so story is in Burma‚ Myanmar. Both Orwell uses his own experiences in past and he lives in the significant era of British in history‚ we see high rise at historical background in the story. Orwell prefers to indirect way to express his emotions using symbols. One of the main symbols is an elephant. The elephant symbolizes British Empire. The reason that Orwell chooses the elephant‚ the empire is powerful like an elephant. When it dies‚ Orwell

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    Company Background - Elephant Island Europe (Pvt) Ltd Elephant Island Europe (Pvt) Ltd.‚ is an U.K based Tour Operator. They cater to various clients all over Europe to Travel to many destinations around the world. The team at Elephant Island are a group of travel industry professionals who have over 30 years experience in the Travel and Tourism Industry. As an Independent UK – Sri Lankan Company‚ it is also part of one of Sri Lanka’s largest inbound tour operators (Journeyscapes Pvt Ltd)

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    George Orwell in “Shooting an elephant” and Langston Hughes in “Salvation” deal with the issue of “fitting in” in very different ways. George Orwell describes to us in “Shooting an elephant” the struggle that his character faces when to win the mobs approval and respect when he shoots down an innocent animal and sacrifices what he believes to be right. Orwell is a police officer in Moulmein‚ during the period of the British occupation of Burma. An escaped elephant gives him the opportunity to prove

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