Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India. The red oxide at its back had come off at several places and long lines of translucent glass cut across its surface. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage. ’You are so very much like everything else in this country‚ inefficient‚ dirty‚ indifferent‚’ he murmured. The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. ’You are a bit of all right
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Jgging Around the Issue: A “Hills like White Elephants” Literary Analysis Trying to decide on a course of action when faced with an unexpected pregnancy‚ an American and a girl sit outside a train stop in the dusty part of Spain and drink on it. Indirectly approaching the sensitive subject of abortion‚ each member of the couplehood sets out to test the other in a verbal battle of the wills‚ engaging in a staccato like dialogue that offers some insight into the two main character’s personas.
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who is waiting for a train‚ but in reality it is a melodramatic conversation between the two about having a abortion and going their separate ways. Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills like White Elephants” begins with a drawn out depiction of the story’s setting in a train station bounded by hills‚ trees‚ and fields in the valleys of Spain. A gentleman identified modestly as the American and his girlfriend convene at a table external to the train station‚ anticipating a train to Madrid. Hemingway’s
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Section 1- Introduction The growth or traffic management can be a major challenge for many urban areas including Barking and also in other parts of the world. As we demand greater mobility and accessibility the number of cars have significantly increased mainly in urban areas‚ as has the problem of traffic congestion‚ along with creating other problems including noise and air pollution. This has become such a major problem that council including the Barking council have introduced a range of measure
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bus system. Two popular examples are San Francisco Cable Car and Berlin MetroTram. The third system is train system. A train system is separated from the traffic and carries the most amount of passengers. As train system is operated separately‚ it may not face traffic jam. However‚ the cost of running a train system is considerably higher than the other systems. Three examples of popular train system are Mass Rapid Transit in
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velocities of around 450 – 500kms/hr are Maglev Trains whose idea was given by Robert Goddard‚ an American Rocket scientist‚ in 1904 who gave a theory that trains could be lifted off the tracks by the use of electromagnetic rails. Many assumptions and ideas were brought about throughout the following years‚ but it was not until the 1970’s that Japan and Germany showed interest in it and began researching and designing. The motion of the Maglev train is based purely on magnetism and magnetic fields
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the background of a train station in Spain as a symbolic backdrop to his tale about a man he portrays as selfish‚ self-indulgent‚ and unconcerned about his partner’s best course of action. He uses obvious symbols such as a fertile river to demonstrate that the situation potential‚ but contrasts this with the man’s lack of empathy within the relationship. Ernest Hemingway places the setting at a train station for many motives. The fact that the couple are waiting for a train is significant. From
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encourages her to get an abortion‚ but she has second thoughts. By the end of the story‚ it is evident that Jig does not go through with the procedure and decides to keep the baby. In the story‚ Jig and her lover‚ known as the American‚ are at a train station having some drinks. The railroad runs through a valley with hills. On one side of the tracks‚ the hills are barren and brown. The other side is full of trees and is on the bank of a river. The dry‚ empty side represents the choice of having
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on a Friday when I came home from school. We took the N22 bus to the train station and when coming of the bus it smelled disgusting. It smelled like urine because well we were underground and there were many homeless people. It was hot down there so we could smell person’s sweat. We were walking through the station a long time because there were a lot of people there. We found that the train we wanted which is the Brooklyn 2 train just left so we had to wait another ten minutes. At this point there
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“The Girl On The Train” by Paula Hawkins is an amazing and interesting mystery thriller that is bound to keep any reader on the edge of their seat. From the careful setup of the timeline to how the main character’s own vices come together to describe the disappearance of the lovely and wild Megan Hipwell‚ this book is surely one that keeps the reader guessing until the thrilling conclusion. With foreshadowing that leaves the reader on edge and not a single detail gone unexplained it is difficult
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