Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The title is significant to this novel because it refers to an incident that influenced the main character‚ Jacob‚ to share his story. In the story‚ the circus is in town and an elderly Jacob is parked in his wheelchair at a dining table with Joseph McGuinty and a few women. The women are reminiscing about the circus and sharing stories when suddenly McGuinty claims that he used to carry water for the elephants. Jacob‚ being a retired circus veterinarian‚ knows
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There are a few main reasons on why elephants are endangered. These reasons being the illegal killing of them‚ the destruction of their habitat‚ and unsustainable practices by humans. Many elephants are illegally killed for their ivory tusks. Because these tusks are sold for a great fortune‚ the killing of African elephants have become tantalizing and tempting. Once they’re killed and their tusks have been detached‚ their bodies are left there without a purpose to slowly decay. Unfortunately‚ you
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Blind Men and the Elephant poem by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined‚ Who went to see the Elephant(Though all of them were blind)‚ That each by observation Might satisfy his mind The First approached the Elephant‚ And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side‚ At once began to bawl: “God bless me! but the ElephantIs very like a wall!” The Second‚ feeling of the tusk‚ Cried‚ “Ho! what have we here So very round and smooth and sharp
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The Blind Men and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined‚ Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind)‚ That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approached the Elephant‚ And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side‚ At once began to bawl: "God bless me! But the Elephant Is very like a WALL!" The Second‚ feeling of the tusk‚ Cried‚ "Ho‚ what have we here‚ So very
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Shooting an Elephant Sarig T. Cohen George Orwell is the author of “Shooting an Elephant”‚ a short story that uses the small incident of the murder of an elephant to portray the horrors of British Imperialism. Due to the fact that George Orwell writes a short story in the form of an essay‚ it contains a thesis‚ which is the argument about the nature of imperialism. The great thing about George Orwell’s essay is that the theme is represented throughout the plot and can be analyzed from any
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the article “Elephants Can Lend A Helping Trunk”‚ and the passage “Elephants Know When They Need A Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” they both talk about how the elephants try to achieve a collective goal. The elephants worked with a helping trunk to test and achieve this goal and the mahouts‚ or elephant trainers would test how the elephants use their cooperative skills. Their task was to use their and rope-pulling skills and work together as a team. Overall‚ in the article “Elephants Can Lend A
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Who Was the Winner of Bunker Hill? Who won the battle at Bunker Hill? Many say that it was a moral win for the Americans. Others argue that the battle at Bunker Hill was in some ways a victory for the British. Both the American strategy and British strategy played huge roles in who “won” the Battle of Bunker Hill. According to the Americans they won‚ but according to the British the British won. The Americans only partially accomplished their strategy‚ but they had a moral win of the battle
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In the story of Babar an elephant who journeys from Africa to France and becomes well learned returns to his home in Africa and immediately becomes king to his predecessor ‚who was poisoned by a mushroom. Babar was granted king by an elderly elephant who seemingly knows a lot more than his companions. Cornelius the seemingly smart elephant ‚unlike the other elephants sports an eyeglass . Hinting that he is more civilized than the other elephants and that he must have traveled to a lot of places
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anniversary is vast approaching‚ for they are getting an elephant! Instead of rejoicing the director was thinking of his career and decided to write a letter to Warsaw refusing the governments offer. He said that he has a more economical plan and would save the government a lot of money. Upon hearing the ministries approval the zoo director directed his men to blow up a large elephant-shaped and elephant-sized balloon. Being lazy‚ these men filled the elephant with gas instead of air‚ this later proved to be
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October 7‚ 2011 Water for Elephants Approach Paper I. Summary Paragraph: Sarah Gruen’s Water for Elephants is an account of ninety-something year old Jacob Jankowski’s life‚ both in the present day‚ where he resides in a nursing home‚ unhappy with his living conditions and the old age that has robbed him of his freedom‚ and through flashbacks of when he was young‚ traveling with the circus. Just a few days away from getting his veterinary degree from Cornell University‚ Jacob’s mother and
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