Hills Like White Elephants‚ written by Ernest Hemingway‚ is a fictional story written about an American man and a woman called Jig. It concerns their conversation while waiting for a train located in Barcelona‚ Spain. The two characters settle at a bar which is surrounded by the Ebro Valley; an series of white hills that are what Jig sees as “white elephants” (400). The story is told in third-person point-of-view and focuses on their argument as to whether Jig should have an abortion or not.
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Although no one enjoys to hear about it‚ school shooting are sadly a realistic possibility throughout the world. Many innocent children and teachers have lost their lives and become victims of such hateful crimes across our country as well as the entire world. Furthermore‚ the majority of schools do take precautions in order to help prevent such tragedy‚ however‚ this is often times not enough. The mental scarring in which individuals who undergo the horrific event is highly traumatizing. Nobody
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agree with them. With the recent shooting of Terence Crutcher‚ many news outlets have covered the fact that Donald Trump claims he was troubled by the shooting. Despite there being only one event‚ news outlets can cover the event by using different framing techniques so that their audiences develop the desired opinion. In the article from BBC‚ there is no opinion apparent throughout the article‚ as it just delivers the facts about Trump’s stance on the shooting of Crutcher. The article mentioned
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School Shootings 05/26/13 Tiffin University Applied Research Design Donald Kalamas Over the past 10 the 15 years we have seen an increase in school shootings. As a police officer these attacks have changed the way police respond to school shootings and how they handle their schools security in their areas. As a parent of a child that is in elementary school‚ these school shootings are extremely alarming and frightening. As I’ve already stated I have two interests in this area. The first
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symbolism. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway presents symbols like white elephants and a train station to carry theme. Through the objective third person point of view symbols are used to help the reader understand the intricacy of a young couple’s life changing choice. In stories that are told through the objective third person point of view‚ the characters are often viewed as blank canvases‚ waiting for the reader to define them. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway leaves it up to
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On Eating Elephants When I was younger‚ I compared my grandfather to that of an elephant‚ 13 feet tall‚ 15‚400 pounds‚ and a heart weighing up to 46 pounds. A big‚ broad‚ vulnerable creature‚ towering over the rest of the family. Ten months of hairy cell leukemia‚ a rare strand of the already rare strand of chronic lymphotic leukemia claiming his body made him so small‚ just skin and bones. My best friend sat 205 miles away over Skype and asked: “How do you get rid of an elephant in a room?” I imagined
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for anybody. It is even more painful when it is caused by someone’s malicious actions. The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting has definitely added fuel to the controversial gun debate. Many school districts in Texas have allowed teachers to be able to carry a gun on campus. Although they will be able to have a gun in their possession when a tragedy like the Sandy Hook shooting occurs‚ will they really act the way many claim they will and take down the shooter? Is the Second Amendment more important
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The Elephant in the Room The “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is an excerpt about a couple whom come to a crossroads when they discover they are expecting a baby and are contemplating having an abortion. The couple is at a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees in a valley in Spain. A man known as the American and a young girl sit at a table outside the station‚ waiting for a train to Madrid. The young girl says‚ “The hills look like white elephants.” When the young
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Connecticut Shootings kill 26… Connecticut Shootings kill 26… On December 14th 2012‚ 20 year old man‚ Adam Lanza‚ killed his mother‚ 20 children and 6 adults in Connecticut with no valid reason. Adam Lanza Adam Lanza Lanza shot his mother‚ Nancy Lanza‚ in their town of Newtown‚ north-east of New York City. No one is aware of the reason for her death but she was found in her bed‚ wearing pyjamas‚ shot in the head with 4 bullets shot with a rifle. Nancy Lanza Nancy Lanza Mrs Lanza appeared
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In Les Schobert’s article entitled "Let the Zoo’s Elephants Go" She discusses how national zoo is only embarrassing itself in the way that cares for its elephants. She covers how elephants are euthanized for foot problems that become debilitating. Which are caused from inadequate conditions in which they have been held. She informs us of the needs of elephants and how they may need to walk as much as 30 miles per day‚ in a landscape that covers as much as 1‚000 square miles‚ and how they are confined
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