Keri Momon Period 3 English Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Type of literary material: science fiction- adventure‚ action‚ suspense‚ drama Setting: time-future‚ place- Panem (the future untied states) Main Character: A. Katniss Everdeen- she is the very main character in the story B. Peeta Mellark-he is the bakers son C. Haymitch-he is the town drunk Point of View- first person because the main character is telling the whole story.
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“Hills like White Elephants” By Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway born in 1899‚ in Cicero‚ Illinois‚ served in World War 1‚ worked in journalism before publishing his story collection In Our Time. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for writing four novels‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ and The Old Man and the Sea‚ in 1954 he became a Nobel Prize winner. Hemingway was raised in the suburb of Chicago but he and his folks spent most of their time in Michigan. He
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Hill-Burton Act of 1946 Hill-Burton Act of 1946 Holly M. Yager Health Care Delivery Systems November 9‚ 2011 Hill-Burton Act of 1946 The Hill-Burton Act of 1946 is actually called The Hill-Burton Construction Act and was signed as Public Law 79-725. The critical shortage of medical facilities at the close of World War II prompted the passage of the National Hospital Survey and Construction Act. It is called Hill-Burton after its congressional sponsors‚ Senator Lister Hill and Senator
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Drew Carter Hensley English 11 Honors 2nd Period Hills Like White Elephants Summary The story begins in a valley in northern Spain near the Ebro river at a train station surrounded by hills‚ fields‚ and trees. An American man and his girlfriend‚ who he calls ?Jig?‚ are waiting for a train coming from Barcelona in forty minutes that would stop at the station and go to Madrid. While waiting in the shade at a table outside the building‚ the two discuss what they will have to drink. The man points out
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Throughout his work “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Ernest Hemingway uses symbolism and condensed metaphors to sensationalize the power‚ yet subtleness of the main theme: happiness. While the title does not blatantly represent the characters pursuit of happiness‚ the simile used in the title does epitomize Hemingway’s writing style as well as the diverse use of symbolism throughout the narrative. Hemingway uses this symbolism to convey the unspoken thoughts and emotions of the characters and the ultimate
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Fern Hill vs. Tintern Abbey Both “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas and “Tintern Abbey” by Williams Wordsworth are written to share a childhood memory. In each poem themes of youth and time are evident throughout. Thomas and Wordsworth use strong imagery of nature to convey the power of a memory. “Fern Hill represents the passage of one mans life from boyhood to adulthood and the realization of his mortality. The speaker in this poem uses expressive language and imagery to depict a tale of growing
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Martin Chi English 102 Essay #2 Professor Crawford Hills like White Elephants In “Hills Like White Elephants"‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ does not reveal the source of conflict between the young man and young woman in the story‚ but it is implied that the conflict is centered on the decision of abortion. The goal of the man in the story is to convince the young woman to have an abortion procedure. The goal of the young woman is to do whatever it takes to make her partner happy and thus preserve their
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defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker/Breed’s Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss some inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy. The battle provided them with an important boost of confidence. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ the majority of the fighting happened at Breed’s Hill. On June 16‚ 1775‚ learning the British were planning to send troops to occupy the hills surrounding the city‚ some 1‚000 colonial militiamen
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Abortion in Hills like White Elephants Abortion has been an ongoing national debate that continues on daily not only in North America but other countries as well. Medically an abortion means to permanently end a pregnancy. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” a couple are at a train station waiting for the next train to take a trip to get an abortion or “simple operation” ( Hemingway 201) as the man refers to it as in the story. The man is attempting to convince the young lady to get
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Palta mentioned that in the middle of May one British brigade attacked the Khengjol hill‚ defended by 55 Jawans of INA under Lieutenant Ajaib Singh. The British army supported by ten field guns aided by mortar and machine gun companies attacked the hill. The British used loud speaker and pamphlets read as : “Soldiers of India‚ your family are worried about you‚ your children are crying and praying for the day when
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