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story written in 1927 published in “Men with Out Women.” Hemmingway begins this story by describing the surroundings of the characters who are waiting at a train station near the Spanish city of Ebro. Across the valley, there are hills described as looking “long and white” (116 Hemmingway) Hemmingway moves on to describing the train station stating it is treeless and sun-beaten and has parallel rales running across it. The male character, referred to as The American, and the woman character,…

has changed tremendously in recent years. Cell phones advanced from a simple cell phone to a mobile device that does more than just talk on the phone. Some popular media companies have more than one media outlet. Small newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations are being gobbled up and merged with a more popular media company. In some homes, you can’t find a newspaper, many people read the news online. The same content that people listen to on the TV and radio is available to read online and in…

Upper Manhattan also known as Washington Heights. Upper Manhattan is mostly populated by Dominican people; these immigrants were willing to do anything and everything to make a living. The MTA(Metropolitan Transportation Authority )consist of 468 stations, and covers about 5,000-square-mile in region. The Trains and busses are available 24 hours a day, and seven days a week. There is 4,373 buses, and a bust stop within every two blocks. With this being said it was very easy to access the other…

onto a random bus and see where it took us we saw a group of girls wearing the same volunteering shirts we had on. We quickly ran towards them and decided to ask for help. The group of girls were taking the bus which was going towards the Metrotown station and told us that the skytrain from there would take us straight to King George, our destination. At that moment we realized that we had used our change to buy a water bottle at the concession stand at the event. We could only buy one bus…

Hills like white elephants is a story of a couple waiting at a train station in Spain. The couple is facing a big decision, to get an abortion or keep the child. As they talk, the conversation remains very vague and unreassuring. The couple never goes into detail of the abortion. Making the theme of this story: Clear communication is significant to make life decisions without a doubt. Hemingway expands on this theme by using symbolism, Point of view and setting in the story. The symbols clouds…

together to a foreign nation to cross many boundaries. Full of lust, passion, and desire, the pair enjoy themselves in the country of Spain while experiencing more with each other than the formulated travel guide’s intent suggested. At a train station, or a crossroads, their lustful escapade ends and the two go separate ways. Hemingway in the “Hills Like White Elephants” accurately displays the masculinity found in his own life as well as the difficulty of building perpetual relationships.…

automated ticketing system within America, to build and operate an electronic system for users rather than using tickets, they called it the GO card. The GO card, is a card that is the same size of a regular credit card, which is used at a small station that reads the card at the start and end of the person’s journey. At every…

Finally Jason gets to go home for the holidays after surviving 6 months of being in college. According to Jason Being 6 hours away from his family for 6 months was the best time of his life. As for his mom, it was not the best time of her life. It was one of the most hardest times of her life to be away from her youngest child for 6 months. Seeing her youngest child go away for college was very difficult for her. Jasons mom constantly called him everyday, just to see how he was doing and if he…

Effects of Social Media on Today 's Society Today technology is changing the world in many ways it seems we aren’t able to control. Social media and cell phones are beginning to change our lives and the way we live daily. We tend to pay more attention to our phones than we do anything else around us. Some don’t tend to realize the risks they are taking. People don’t communicate as much in person as they used too. How many accidents occur from people being on their phones while driving? Are…

techniques prescribed by the detectives in this course while researching a high school project. I was given the task of uncovering the history of a local landmark long forgotten, a train station. Despite this landmark’s rich history many people were unaware of its significance. My job was to do extensive research on the station and record its story. This way residents would…