... inteligent life form for meny years, and with no success. The star was allways in the headlines of all the scientific literature, and the space station was, for meny years, full of people. - I find the fact that the research groups that were there earlier are covered in the novel ... description of the personal enviormant of kelvin. The room he is in, the laboratories, the planet. The novel starts with description of his trip to the space station, with detailed descriptions, that makes the reader feel stressed, feel claustrofobic, a feeling that stays during all the movie. - the story, ...

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... 's "Hills Like White Elephants" "Hills Like White Elephants", by Ernest Hemingway, is a short story published in 1927, which is set at a train station in Spain. In this story the reader eavesdrops on a conversation held by "the American and the girl with him". Most of the story is predominately dialogue ... a decision on whether to have an abortion or not is indeed a difficult decision to make. The setting of the train station symbolizes the decision that the couple must make. On one side of the station, there is vegetation and "fields of grain"; the other side is dry and barren. The fact...

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... describe the conflict that was arising between the American man and the girl, named Jue. The beauty and dimness of the scenery, the train station, and the hills looking like white elephants to the girl are all major pieces of setting that represent the decision of keeping or feat rid ... of their child. The narrator describes the landscape of the train station that they were waiting at with influential and descriptive words to show life and death. As Jue and the American man wait for their ... symbolism just with a mountain and a valley. While the couple waits to move from that city of...

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... a latter day Sherlock Homes or Dr. Watson, one feels the need to investigate. Ernest Hemingway's story of a young couple's conversation outside a train station in "Hills Like White Elephants" skillfully provides the reader with a similar sense of mystery and intrigue. One can picture one's self sitting at a table in ... that same train station, overhearing their conversation and wondering what's going on with the couple. One wants to solve the riddle. Although one may feel more like ... show the importance of good communication. A little critical analysis will render his intent element...

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... that?- After being manhandled and thrown in a cell the mentality of Mr. Chui is that if he stayed cool headed and reasoned with then, no one at the station would harm him. When taken to the interrogation room the thing that caught Mr. Chui's eye is that just in a couple of hours the officers have gathered a ... friend, and this is where for the first time Mr. Chui even thought of getting revenge. He thought that if he could he was raze the entire police station and eliminate all their families, but in the same thought he said he could do nothing like that. Now this is a very harsh though...

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... life and the present situation she is in. She wanted to reach out for a normal life where she would not be forced to make such a life altering decision. The train station was located between two separate railways, leading to different points. The couple was going to take the train to Madrid, where the operation, abortion, would most likely take place. They ... were exactly in the middle of their trip to Madrid, which expresses their doubt about which way to go. Therefore, the train station is symbolic. If they were to get on the train this meant she would have the operation. They had ve...

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... Like White Elephants", a couple is depicted, primarily through dialogue, in a conflict over an issue which is really never mentioned, but is obviously an abortion. The story takes place at a railroad station in the Ebro Valley of Spain. The issues discussed in the story are amazingly similar to events which haunted Ernest's life. The characteristics of the man portrayed in the story ... are depictive of Ernest. One prevalent theme within the story "Hills Like White Elephants" is alcohol. The story takes place in a bar at a railway station and begins with a man and a woman sampling vario...

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... the story at the beginning and all the way through the narrative plays a major role for the understanding of the situation by the reader. The author did not choose a train station for the setting arbitrarily. It has a certain purpose. Train stations are known as the doors to a new life. It is a place that signifies a step to something new. It is also ... a place where important decisions have been made trough in-depth reflection. In addition, the station was between two lines of rails that go in the opposite direction and the author states that "on this side there was no shade and no tr...

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... girl."" The woman cannot speak Spanish like the others on the train which made her feel left out. The beaded curtains, similarly, show the separation of rooms in the train station. Whenever someone does not want to be bothered, he or she could close the curtain and feel secluded. The last example in Hills Like White Elephants deals with the setting ... of the story. The contrast of the sun/shade and the hills/level train station indicate the sadness felt by the couple. " there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun."" The couple was trapped i...

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... produces the story of a young couple in his short story, "Hills Like White Elephants." Waiting to catch a train the young couple stops for a short rest in the shade of the station building. Everything seems normal, they order drinks a have normal conversation until the man brings up the topic of the girls operation; things quickly become uneasy. It is quite obvious that ... in, leaving them hanging on every word. A spectacular setting is created by Hemingway in his short story, "Hills Like White Elephants." Rich with symbolism it is set in a small train station stuck between Barcelona a...

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... of her oppression and conclusion to her husbands death would not have transpired the way it did. "Hills like White Elephants," by Ernest Hemmingway, is set in a train station in Spain. This short story also has the double setting feature; on their side of the tracks there is arid dry land, and barren. On the opposite side of the ... of the story Jig, is pregnant. She and the male protagonist, the American are in a dispute of whether she should get an abortion or not. They are sitting at a train station bar in Ebro, Northern Spain. The train tracks divide two settings; the side the coupl...

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... last year. We went to go watch Alabama play LSU in football. The day after the game we went squirrel hunting and we had stopped at a gas station along the way. I walked into the gas station. There standing behind the counter was an old weathered man with thick glasses and an unkempt looking cat. I walk up to this battered looking fridge and ... ...

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... lover of hers. In the movie the scene was a bit different. Instead of meeting in a dimly lit hotel room, Sir Wilfred and Mr. Mayhew both met the woman at a train station. She had knife scars on the side of her face which she hid with her hair. She also gave the men a stack of letters supposedly written from Christine to Max ... movie everything is the same. After the trial Vole and Christine appear in the courtroom with Sir Wilfred. Christine tells Sir Wilfred that she was the woman in the train station. He is shocked. Vole comes into the courtroom and Christine hugs him and kisses him....

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... the story of the necklace, the main character was named Mathilde. Mathilde was born at a time when women were not encouraged to have a career, and was respected based upon their station in life. This caused great distress among women who dreamt of more than their destiny allowed. They dreamt of the power that wealth and beauty would allow. Mathilde was ashamed ... of her station in life. Most people have something in their lives that they are not proud of. I, for instance, am here in school because I am not proud of the fact that I do ... ...

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... readers may interpret another way of seeing the truth, but the symbols are there. The story is about an American and his girlfriend; they are waiting for the train at a station between Barcelona and Madrid. They are sitting on a café drinking beer and liquorice. When reading the story you figure out that she probably is pregnant and that her American ... is a river (the banks of Ebro) and fields of grain. In these past sentences there are various symbols that the author present to the reader. The dry side of the station symbolizes that there is no life, nothing can grow there. The othe...

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... readers may interpret another way of seeing the truth, but the symbols are there. The story is about an American and his girlfriend; they are waiting for the train at a station between Barcelona and Madrid. They are sitting on a café drinking beer and liquorice. When reading the story you figure out that she probably is pregnant and that her American ... is a river (the banks of Ebro) and fields of grain. In these past sentences there are various symbols that the author present to the reader. The dry side of the station symbolizes that there is no life, nothing can grow there. The othe...

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... dialogue. Moreover, I want to refer to descriptions of nature, which appear throughout the text. At the beginning of they the girl, named Jig, and the American are waiting at a little station "between two lines of rails" (l.3) for the train going to Madrid. They are sitting outside a bar in the shade and order two "cervezas" (l.16). The landscape is infertile, brown and ... "I don't care about me . And I"ll do it and then everything will be fine", she listens to the man's answer, then stands up and walks to "the end of the station" (l.109). There, the land is fertile and the woman sees ...

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... since it's a Sunday morning. So her mother forces her to dress up and brought her out. They walked for about 10 miles until they reach a public bus station. The bus destination is a local train station in Lawrence town. Although, Jem is a bit worried about her father and her 4 brothers because they didnt notice that mom and her left, but she isnt brave ... ...

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... the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" the author Ernest Hemingway sets the setting in about the 1930's of an "American" and a "girl" sitting at a table together in a small train station bar somewhere between Barcelona and Madrid. The two are having a conversation on a subject that seems to have an effect on both of their lives, the topic in which they are ... sun. Life seems to be more enjoyable over there on the other side of the tracks, the side Jig wants to be on but can't because of complications. The railway station with the two lines of rails going in both directions foreve...

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... , X. J. and Gioia, Dana, 2005). Carver was the son of a sawmill worker. He married a year after finishing high school and maintained his wife and two children by working as a janitor, gas-station attendant, and delivery man. He became extremely concerned in a writing career after having a creative-writing course at Chico State College (now California State University, Chico) in 1958. His short stories ... ...

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... . For some of those altercations end up in a divorce with a kid that now only has one parent or two lives. John Cheever's "Reunion" takes place in Grand Central Station, New York where the main character, which is also the narrator, is to meet his father. Little is said about the father before the story begins only that the main ... ...

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... Bridegroom. The first story in The Bridegroom is so appropriately called "Saboteur". The story depicts a newlywed couple, Chiu Maguang and his bride are enjoying a nice day at a train station after their honeymoon. A police officer throws tea at the couple, and Chiu is arrested after being verbally and physically assaulted. Chiu and his lawyer Fenjin are tortured while being held ... ...

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... ? What? My heart raced like a horse in an open paddock. But I was no horse in a paddock I was a captured old man being taken against my will. Upon arrival at the police station I was thrown into a cell, it was cold like ice. I curled up into a ball and began to cry. How pathetic, a grown man crying. During my time in the cell I had a lot ... ...

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... family. He was a natural getting in and out quickly of convenience stores without leaving any evidence. One night he decided to go on one more robbing expedition at a local gas station before ending this hobby and starting a new life. It was about one o'clock in the morning when Kyle arrived at his destination. He burst through the door with gun in ... ...

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... and luxuries of living " (Maupassant 199). She thinks that she must have been born into the wrong life, and "she is unhappy as if she has really fallen from a higher station(Maupassant 199). Finally she gets a taste of life in the upper classes when her husband is able to get her a ticket to a ball, which she has always dreamed. However, an ... ...

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