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    Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway‚ a simple narrative‚ written in third person omniscient follows a conversation between an American and his girlfriend named Jig. The setting is presented early on in the short story‚ and it’s done so vividly. Imagery plays an integral role in the short story as it is the device that reveals a lot about the theme and the symbolism. Little is known about the characters of the story‚ except for the fact that the man is an American who speaks Spanish and

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    Paper on "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker Cross Cultural Literature 4/14/08 The book "Approaching Literature in the 21st Century" by Peter Shackel and Jack Ridl is filled with various themes involving parents and their children. There are three specific stories that focus on mothers and daughters that I will use for this paper. The stories are Daughter of Invention by Julia Alvarez‚ Everyday Use by Alice Walker and Two Kinds by Amy Tan. These stories are similar in many ways in general‚ like

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    The criticisms on The Sun Also Rises all say that this book was written in a too masculine way‚ as it was pretty much his point of view on the post war and the novel was written based on his personal experience‚ like in the quote: "Hemingway’s analysis of the expatriate lifestyle relies heavily on personal experience. As a result‚ the novel is often considered a masculine piece." I definitely agree with this quote because everything that happens in the story revolves around in a manly way. It seems

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     but rather because the teacher was easy and the course was dumbed down. But when I walked in A.P. English 11‚ I felt uneasy and nervous. I knew “sailing through” was not going to work‚ and that I’d actually need to put a lot of effort in the course. The literary criticism paper was introduced to us in the beginning of the year‚ and everyone was anticipating it. Fast forward 9 months and the assignment is staring at me in the face. The assignment itself was put off to the side so blatantly that many of us simply forgot about it

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    NOTES ON TRANSLATION CRITICISM sources: House ‘Quality’‚ House Model‚ Newmark Textbook A criticism of a translation is different from a review of a translation. Review = comment on new translations‚ description and evaluation as to whether they are worth reading and buying Criticism = a broader activity‚ analysis in detail‚ evaluating old and new translations ‚ assuming that readers know the translation Translation criticism should take into account all the factors and elements in the process

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    Cruelty To Circus Elephants Cruelty to elephants as well as other circus animals has been a global issue for over a hundred years‚ and we are just now recognizing the severity of it all. Millions of charges have been pressed against different circuses in the United States for the abuse and death of the circus elephants. With the rise in charges and complaints of animal cruelty‚ eyebrows have begun to rise and activists have taken notice and taken a stand. Circus elephants have been said to

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    Elephants Attention Getter: What’s big‚ grey and stands in the rain but doesn’t get wet? Elephants!! Background info: It is estimated that there were once more than 350 species of elephants in the world. Today we only have two of them left (well tree) the Asian‚ the Africa and the mix of them. Both of them are at risk of extinction. Between illegal hunting of them for ivory as well as the destruction of their natural habitat things are simply closing in on them at an alarming rate. Specific Purpose

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    Elephant Inspiration is the most important factor when you write. You have to have the motivation to write and tell a story. You can get writer’s blockage when you write and become in desperate need of an interesting subject to get the work done. In the short story “Elephant” by Polly Clark we hear about William who is a writer. He writes short biographies of pop stars‚ that you can buy for only £1.99. William is not interested in pop stars‚ and really wants to write biographies of male film stars

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    Jgging Around the Issue: A “Hills like White ElephantsLiterary 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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    The elephant Make a point-form list of the people‚ actions‚ or events that are “absurd”. 4- zoo director: is not possible to do a rubber elephant and nobody knows that is fake The worker- According the book the workers were old people‚ so is absurd that they tried to inflate the elephant with his their mouth. The children- in the story said‚ after saw the elephant was fake the children never believe in elephants and they turned into hooligans‚ this part is of course absurd‚ how the children turned

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