Elephant

There are many conceptions as to how the language we speak impacts our way of thinking. The power of language is undeniable and it is appropriate to distinguish some related theories. Benjamin Lee Whorf, a lecturer at Yale University, reported that Native American languages forced their speakers to understand the reality in an entirely different way so that they would not comprehend some of our basic concepts. Ever since, there is no evidence that any language limits its speakers to think…

relationships, whether it be from close friends, strangers or even house pets. The intrinsic nature of oneself is developed through interpersonal interactions and one’s character continues to evolve through life. Likewise, in Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, the different types of relationships Jacob Jankowski experiences in his youth lead to his development into a caring, compassionate and understanding man. Yet, Jacob’s strong sexual desire for women leads him to disregard love and forgo…

Thailand can say that they used to use elephants to fight wars! Even though they’ve stopped doing that, elephants are still used in construction! You see, Thailand may be small, but it has culture, history, and weird facts just like any other country. Want to know more? มาค้นพบ ในประเทศไทย, or as they say in English, come discover Thailand! Thailand is in Southeast Asia and is shaped like an elephant's head and trunk. It is roughly 200,000 square miles, about 2 times as big as Wyoming. Thailand…

coward rebels. It is a fact that we live in a society of competition, where it is a "if I do not beat you, you will beat me". Society has the power of manipulating others so it is beneficial for them, as is being demonstrated in the text, “Shooting Elephants” by George Orwell. When the narrator, in this case, Eric Blair is placed in a situation where he feels he has no way out because he did not want to disappoint the expectations of the people who were observing him.…

want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.” Because he was a critic and writer he did this in a lot of his writings like the ones I have mentioned earlier ‘Animal Farm” and “Shooting An Elephant. It was also known to him that good writing came from hard work and relentless efforts to combine the words together to truly make something worth reading. “To write or even speak English is not a science but an art.…

In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, there are many symbols that may be interpreted as different things. The book has several main symbols throughout it. These symbols include the land, the light, the alcohol, the train station, and the white elephant. Many people have different interpretations of what they think the symbols mean and what each stand for exactly. As the story begins, we are introduced to the setting which is described as brown and dry with no shade…

Hills like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway “Hills Like White Elephants” has two main characters. There is an American man who is trying to convince his girlfriend to have an operation, an abortion. The American calls the girl Jig, Jig knows that no matter what she decides about the baby, this is the end of her relationship with the American man. Although she knows that her relationship with the American will not continue regardless of the decision she makes about the baby, Jig retreats from…

Unit 5, Activity 4: ISP Essay Gender Inequality in Water for Elephants In today’s society, there is a common misconception between “gender” and “sex”. Although many believe these two identities to be similar in context, they have two different meanings: One’s “sex” refers to their genetic make-up (in terms of hormonal profile, sex organs etc.), while gender describes the characteristics that are classified as feminine or masculine by a culture or society. For example, in western cultures,…

India and China have become big players in the world’s economy in what seems to be overnight, due to such rapid growth. In The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of US, Robyn Meredith lays out the history along with effects of this rise in India and China. One of the main questions is what should the United States do about this rise of what could be two new super powers in the world. China and India are transforming from poor and closed economies to…

Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills like White elephants” depicts his iceberg theory by using vague dialogue and symbols to avoid clearly stating the true meaning of the story without the reader picking deeper at the material. Hemingway’s iceberg theory relied on the notion that the reader will depict their own idea of what is really happening based on interpretations of these hidden clues. To ‘break’ the iceberg of the story, the reader must draw conclusions not just from clearly defined material…