Nature Of Jade

A symbolic meaning refers to expressing or representing an idea without using words, and the overall appearance of an elephant through the story does just that. In Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, the correlation between both Jacob and the elephant gives the novel from beginning to end a deep sense of symbolism. As the book progresses both characters adapt to their new life, at first the circus seems like a exciting place, but there is hard work that has to be accomplished. “The story is bold; the life of the circus thrills and scares you. It may seem all sequins and charm on the top but underneath there is something darker…” explained in an article by “The Guardian”.

In this sentence it shows the author is trying more to connect with the reader by adding humor rather than just stating facts. Different from both other sources, the video has a narrator who is more enthusiastic and informal about the topic. “Chimps and dolphins move over at the smart table, the elephant needs a seat!” (0:01-0:07). The narrator of the video spoke very quickly and enthusiastically when saying his opening joke to the topic.

At one point in the story she describes how she sees an elephant in her apartment with dry ski. Obviously there isn’t an actual elephant in her appartment. She uses this imagery to describe her partner, so the elephant is not an actual elephant but is used more as a metaphor. When Jenny describes the elephant as having dry skin, she is saying that her partner is angry. The lotion is a symbol of conflict resolution and love.

The family forcibly buys it off the friend and they almost immediately begin to wish with

In the novel, the circus gets a new animal, "You have an elephant. Her name is Rosie, she 's fifty- three and she 's perfectly brilliant" (Gruen 123). The circus was struggling to stay around before Uncle Al got Rosie. Performers and other circus workers weren’t getting paid at all.

Although the princess loved the prince, she had seemed quite jealous of the girl behind one of the doors. The narrator said that the princess had seen her lover and the girl talking, the princess also said how the girl was one of the fairest and loveliest ladies on damsels of court who had been selected for the prince. Jealousy can change people, out of jealousy the princess could be telling the prince to go to the door with the tiger behind it, the prince could pick the door he wanted I stead of choosing the door she wanted and then if he got eaten alive it would be his fault, and if he got married to the lovely lady then he would know that he chose the right fate

In Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor Joy the protagonist struggles with her identity due to influence from her family and community which negatively impact her relationships as an adult. Joy is the eldest daughter of a rich farming family but her childhood health issues caused her to alienated from society and culture. She carries the burden of these health issues which send her into a rebellious state were she becomes resentful of everyone and has no sympathy for peoples problems. The lasting impact from these formative years cause Joy to become rebellious, clueless, and easily impressionable to others. Joy grows up fast and makes life altering decisions as a teen that changes her identity such as changing her name to Hulga.

Within a zoo, thrilled and curious, children are screaming and laughing around at the sight of exotic or just fantastic live animals, while those captive animals display lukewarm expressions and do nothing but stroll back and forth or just doze off. They are seen so tepid that some kids even find a bird plucking out its own feathers and an elephant head-bobbing. Admittedly, visiting zoos, human beings, especially children, can have the opportunity to get closer to wild creatures, which presumably equips them with the knowledge about animals and sympathy. Some people in favor of zoos may also claim zoos as good places to protect some endangered animals but they ignore the fact that zoos are not the only places to achieve it－ there are lots of

They soon made it to the top and Shiva set Ryiah down. Ryiah, trying to stand, find out her ankle is broken and cannot walk. She turned to Shiva and said “I can’t walk my ankle is broken.” Shiva looked at Ryiah for a second before picking her up and onto her back once again. At this point Ryiah felt safe trusting Shiva, “She really does care for me, If she didn’t she would have eaten me already.”

My favorite Somali fairy tale at my childhood was about two blind men who used to argue the size and shape of an elephant. One day, the blind men came to a zoo to resolve their lasted argument. The zoo Veterinarian led them to a tamed small elephant. The first man reached the ear where the other man attained the tail of the elephant. All men explored the rest of the body of the elephant because each one thought he got an answer for his burning curiosity.

Kamala Siddhartha and Kamala are similar in the way that they both know how to separate and distance themselves from the material world. They know how to not be part of the world. Kamala, in a sense, is one of Siddhartha’s primary teachers in his journey. Siddhartha also states in the story: “ It might very well so,’ said Siddhartha tiredly. ‘ I am like you.

Maya’s Ties with God Have you ever heard of Tupac cry, Maya Angelou was one, if not the only one who made him. Maya Angelou is one of the biggest voices of the 21st century. She does not talk, but she speaks, and she mostly speaks in the language of love. The reason? God.

warning.” This helps the piece by giving non-human objects human qualities. A metaphor is used in this piece because it says “but they bloomed without thinking besides the others, the ones that emerged from the underworld” I believe this is a metaphor because it is using the underworld as a playoff of the dirt and soil that lies beneath them. It helps the vision of the piece develop.

In The Elephant Scientist, Caitlin O’Connell tracks and studies the movement of elephants at the Etosha National Park. O’Connell uses her previous knowledge of insects to help her better understand the behavioral patterns of elephants (O’Connell 1). In this short essay, I will document O’Connell’s great discovery about elephants in Namibia, Africa. First, O’Connell spotted a family of elephants near the Mushara waterhole in Namibia (O’Connell 2).