and directed by Francis Lawrence‚ “Water for Elephants”‚ takes place in 1931 and tells the story of a young veterinary student who loses everything after his parents’ death. While on the search for a solution to his newfound homelessness and poverty‚ he happens to hop the train of a traveling circus where he puts his almost completed veterinary degree to use taking care of the animals in the circuses menagerie‚ and most importantly‚ Rosie‚ the new elephant. This job proves to be much more challenging
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Water for Elephants – Journal 1 In our discussion on Friday‚ no one else read the book so I was stuck trying to piece together what they knew‚ what happened in the book‚ and how to write a decent report on what has happened so far. So far in the book‚ we read about Jacob living in the retirement home and coming in contact with a fellow who claims he carried water for elephants. Elderly Jacob flashes back to when he was twenty-three. His parents had just died in a car accident; he skipped out on
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2013 Qeustion: In the story titled Elephant‚ how does Raymond Carver focus on the elephant literally and figuratively? “The writing style of Raymond Carver’s short story entitled “Elephant” represent a simplistic‚ yet strong style of writing that is reminiscent of the great work of Earnest Hemmingway. There are several ways in which the writing style within Elephant harkens back to the stylistics of Hemmingway. Carver always goes straight to the point; like Hemmingway he focuses on describing
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In society‚ media plays an integral role and can reinforce our morals and norms. In this week’s readings‚ Patricia Hill Collins discussed a tragic assault‚ rape‚ and attempted murder of a female jogger known as the “Central Park Jogger” panic. The police believed that she had been beaten by twelve black and latino adolescents. They were convicted of most charges and they received sentences ranging from five to 15 years. However‚ years later another Hispanic male confessed to raping the jogger and
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all the way to the ceiling. We‚ like the speaker of Roberta Hill’s poem‚ “In the Longhouse.” fear nothing but the spider infestation living on either side of the front door. Thesis Statement: The use of personification and other poetic devices in Hill’s poem‚ “In the Longhouse.” helps the reader understand the importance of culture. We‚ the readers‚ can acknowledge the significance of culture by
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Anita is a documentary that follows Anita Hill through the 1991 senate hearings against Clarence Thomas. The documentary opens with voicemail left by Thomas’ wife in 2010‚ nineteen years after the hearings‚ asking an apology for the “accusations” that Hill made of Thomas’ conduct all those years ago. But what exactly were the “accusations” laid against Thomas? It all started during the vetting process of supreme court justices Clarence Thomas. During the Vetting process of supreme court justices
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close to the fire in his restlessness. The men look up and see a pair of gleaming eyes in the darkness. The men‚ with only a couple of cartridges left for their gun‚ wish they had more ammunition. Bill‚ in fact‚ wishes he had not come on this trip. Like the dogs‚ he is restless. When he tries to sleep‚ he is awakened by the dogs. When he counts their number‚ there are seven dogs again. Bill makes an unsuccessful
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all that taping of CSI: NY caused Hill Harper to miss the popular memo de stereotype: Young black men don’t read. So devoting 173 pages of words to them probably isn’t the smartest idea. Then again‚ actors aren’t exactly known for smarts are they? Odds are‚ you’ll remember Harper from his role as the blonde-haired Black boy who’s trying to come up in 1999’s In Too Deep starring LL Cool J and Omar Epps. But that was a movie‚ fiction. In real life--in fact‚ Hill Harper’s smart. He’s smart enough
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time there lived a lovely little Princess named Snow White. Her vain and wicked Stepmother the Queen feared that some day‚ Snow White’s beauty would surpass her own. So she dressed the little Princess in rags and forced her to work as a Scullery Maid. Each day the vain Queen consulted her Magic Mirror‚ ’Magic Mirror on the Wall‚ Who is the fairest one of all?’...and as long as the Mirror answered‚ ’You are the fairest one of all‚’ Snow White was safe from the Queen’s cruel jealousy. The camera
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The book White teeth touched on a lot of issues that are somewhat common nowadays but are approached in a very universal way so that anyone from any background could understand it like myself. The book talks about what it’s like for families of different cultures to come together and live somewhere completely different from where they are from and try to teach their children to keep up with their family traditions. This can be very hard for immigrant families of every culture. Being from Cape Verdean
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