Why Elephants Are Scared Of Mice

Themes and motifs: The book, Water for Elephants, has a symbolic study of human need for love and acceptance. The primary symbols are revealed through unique characters that struggle to feed deep internal desires. Rosie, the elephant, is a big and powerful symbol. More than just being a performing animal, Rosie reflects the desperation of so many

Textual Evidence: “Social Beasts: The elephant’s massive stature and instantly recognizable trunk are familiar to people around the world. Elephant society is matriarchal; the groups are highly social and ruled by an older, dominant

To start with, the narrative in “The Elephant in the Village of the Blind” is very simple; the main

The narrator decided to shoot the elephant because he realized he will lose face and be humiliated if he does not shoot it.

The story “Shooting an Elephant” is told by an ongoing and first person narrator, who was committed to events he was faced with and obtained insight and wisdom from these adventures even though he struggled internally and externally.

The official title of the world’s largest land dwelling animal belongs to the elephant, more specifically, the African elephant. Elephants are some of the most deadly animals, which increases the danger of human and elephant interactions. Increased human and elephant interactions lead to increased deaths of both humans and elephants. Surprisingly, these animals are socially apt. The trunk is used for more than just eating and drinking; it is used for socializing. They are complex animals who live in large familial herds. Females stay with their family throughout their entire lives while males only stay for approximately fifteen years (Elephant Protection 1). Elephants possess a great memory and only forget what they learn occasionally and

examples of how water gives and takes life in the book The Ocean at the end of the Lane.

Of Mice and Men’s diction depicts Lennie as an ironically animalistic and mouse-like figure. Using diction helps Steinbeck depict Lennie’s bestial gait: “… and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws”(Steinbeck 2). Additionally, Steinbeck uses diction to illustrate Lennie’s animalistic drinking behavior: “… drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse”(Steinbeck 3). These animalistic terminologies depict Lennie’s bestial and unintelligent behavior, placing Lennie in the mouse-like category (that the title indicates). Moreover, Steinbeck uses diction to display George and Lennie’s owner-pet relationship: “Now, look- I’ll give him the work tickets, but you ain’t gonna say a word”(Steinbeck 6). George’s decisions make Lennie’s choices dependent (as a mouse),

and watched it swept away. Then, holding the suitcase, he walked out in the river until there was

Reaching into his pocket to find his work card, Lennie brings the fact the he has been carrying a dead mouse with him to the attention of George, the other main protagonist. He has been petting this mouse corpse in his pocket as they walked along the highway but maintains that “Honest! I found it. I found it dead," and that he only has it with him because "I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along." This eventually leads to the discussion of how, as a child, he often accidentally killed pet mice given to him by petting them too hard. He explains himself, “I'd pet 'em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead-because they was so little.” This conversation tells the reader that Lennie’s simple, childlike, state of mind leads him to act on impulse, and often violently. The amount of detail in this example of foreshadowing lets the reader predict what an important theme this violence will

In 2006, Armstrong Park park and Lake George were underwater for almost two weeks, killing all the plants and most of the trees. Lake George was so over filled by these rains that it became one giant body of water with the Creek down the road. The stocked lake was freshly filled, sending fish down the Creek. Truthfully only the lucky fish got away. Most of the

from playing with this group as he was distracted by a nearby puddle of water.

The lad stormed off after placing the hog and his belongings down to go check out the well out in front. The boy approached the stone well, and checked to see if everything was still in tact. It was, there was even more than one bucket. Jessime rotated the lever to uprooted the small bucket from the water below, he checked the water to see if it was any good and hauled it back to the church. He decided it would be best if he bathed after he finished with the swine.

Rodents can be found everywhere on earth. Among the several different types of rodents, the ones that mostly prefer to live near humans, being the most numerous, are the mice and rats. They live in colonies which comprise of complex hierarchies, wherein they form deep bonds, often putting their own lives at risk to save family and friends. Their best habitats are cavities, holes inside walls, in sewer pipes, in stores where foodstuffs are kept, in the fields and in garbage dumps. As a matter of fact, they love to live anywhere food is available and is convenient for them to put up a nest. In addition, they can easily adjust to any kind of climate and even wipe out original mammals occupying the same niche.

Elephant is a short story written by Polly Clark in 2006. My focus point is William and his life, which I will analyze and interpret. I will also discuss the