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changing experience. In his, Ernest Hemingways, simple, modern short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, It starts off with the two characters,a couple. An American, and a girl, Jig, are having a few drinks at a train station, and end up discussing an operation as they wait for their train. Neither of them wants to come out and express his or her feelings, but making it clear nevertheless throughout the story. Ernest Hemingway uses different symbols in his story to teach his audience what…

everyday situations. Upon reflection, I came to find that I utilized many 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…

Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon, 226 pages Theme: In order for a person to be successful, they need be surrounded by UNDERSTANDING people. To start with, the main character, Christopher, reflects upon first meeting Siobhan eight years ago, “She showed me this picture and I knew that it meant ‘sad,’ which is what I felt when I found the dead dog” (2). Siobhan knows that Chris has a really hard time trying to converse with people because it is hard for him to…

plans with my friends outside of my city. A few plans were made, but one particular plan had me excited enough to follow through. My friend, Olivia had introduced the idea of her visiting me. She planned on taking a train to Long Beach, and from there I’d be able to pick her up at the train station. After the plans were made I went to clarify it with my mother. My mother was extremely wary about the idea. The anticipation of a drivers license turns into a terrible trip for a friend. The…

Advantages of Transportation Transportation is the motion of people, animals or goods from one place to another. The modes of transport are air, rail, road, water, pipeline, cable and space. The field can be separated into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is significant because it allows trade between people, which is important for the growth of civilizations. Transport infrastructure is comprised of the fixed installations, which include roads, railways, airways,…

The author of this essay Ernest Hemingway used a white elephant to make understand the gravity of the decision the girl had to make in regards to her relationship with the American man. The main focus of this essay involves the complications that arise when a relationship faces with an unexpected pregnancy, especially in the early twenty century. The term white elephant means a gift that is not necessary and unfortunately, it cost more to keep and maintain the gift. This essay will focus on the…

planes, ships, buses and trains are used to transport people and goods around the world for various reasons, such as tourism, trade, business and visiting family. How do you connect with people and places? Fill in the following table based on your life over the course of one day, showing…

Although the information on Jig in Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”(Mays 590-94) is limited, it is inevitable that she is crucial to the story. Encompassing the main idea of the story, the minimal knowledge of the character accents the rather bigger picture of absentee dialogue and stripped details leaving readers questioning the motives of Hemingway and the overall point to the story. Looking deeper into the story though, it becomes much more than just a conversation between two…

on this lab was quite elaborate. To start off, the goal of this experiment was to be able to record the data necessary to calculate the acceleration of the “L” train using two different trains as trials. The way this was set up involved people standing at specifically measured locations along the subway stop given the task to time the trains start once the person at the front of the station raised the flag. Additionally, after the data was collected there was a person who would walk and record…

As I walked in the forest I kept a sharp eye out for the figure who had been following me for the past week. Then I saw him; as usual, he was just a shadowy silhouette against the background. I tensed as I knelt to the ground, supposedly to tie my shoelaces. I heard soft footsteps behind me. I whipped around, ready to finally confront the person who had been following me. "Ginny!" I gasped. "What the heck are you doing here?" I asked, desperately looking for the man. "I saw you in the park, and…