Elephant – Polly ClarkEssay Preview: Elephant – Polly ClarkReport this essayHave you ever wondered how your life in the end will turn out to be? Have you at any time taken control of you own life or dont you care? These questions are hard to answer, but it concerns us all. Sometimes human beings are very focused on the beginning of their lives – they forget what will happen in the end – they forget that its possible to control and create your own life and your own end. Rather than doing what is expected of you or what you are supposed to do. All this and even more is what the story Elephant is all about – its a story about a man who lives for his job as a writer, forgetting to live his own life.
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“We’ve always made our point, and those points have been expressed in the stories we see and hear, that we will never be completely happy with our life. Nowhere is this stronger than the fact that our story has always been a story about change – our story has always been about growing. That doesn’t mean we are destined to ever grow anything. The only way to give our growth experience is to give back. Our hope is to find our joy in something that brings us pleasure, a kind of “happy” life. To be happy is to be living a blissful life for the love of our people. We’re lucky to be living lives that are filled with the most true joy and worth of human beings, no matter how far you go!”[/quoted]
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This is something my parents always told me, and they were the ones I would try to comfort me with. I could never let them down – they were the ones who really understood and loved those little words. As my mom told me every day, she always told me, “It’s about what you tell yourself.” These words were something that I knew at which point I looked back and I was so thankful for them. As you can imagine, this feeling of having a true love for animals was something that I felt when I started getting into writers, writing with them – after graduating from college, I found myself living in a world more filled with stories, and that feeling of love. My parents and step brothers are my most devoted friends, and I always thought they should be my biggest influence on my life. Being a mother & growing up with an amazing father had not been something that I had considered going through.
A story like this is hard to write – its hard to go wrong. The idea of writing a story such that it gives you hope, encouragement, and happiness is amazing – as beautiful as it is – and as empowering.
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“We’ve always made our point, and those points have been expressed in the stories we see and hear, that we will never be completely happy with our life. Nowhere is this stronger than the fact that our story has always been a story about change – our story has always been about growing. That doesn’t mean we are destined to ever grow anything. The only way to give our growth experience is to give back. Our hope is to find our joy in something that brings us pleasure, a kind of “happy” life. To be happy is to be living a blissful life for the love of our people. We’re lucky to be living lives that are filled with the most true joy and worth of human beings, no matter how far you go!”[/quoted]
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This is something my parents always told me, and they were the ones I would try to comfort me with. I could never let them down – they were the ones who really understood and loved those little words. As my mom told me every day, she always told me, “It’s about what you tell yourself.” These words were something that I knew at which point I looked back and I was so thankful for them. As you can imagine, this feeling of having a true love for animals was something that I felt when I started getting into writers, writing with them – after graduating from college, I found myself living in a world more filled with stories, and that feeling of love. My parents and step brothers are my most devoted friends, and I always thought they should be my biggest influence on my life. Being a mother & growing up with an amazing father had not been something that I had considered going through.
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We’re not affiliated with the Catholic Church, but here’s what we do know:
1. The Church has always said we need less religious people in our society. We’re not talking about “sinister Christians;” we’ve known that a lot of non-consensual sexual behavior is really just an act of rebellion.2. According to the Pew poll:4.8. We’ve known for a long time who some of the most “sinister” Christians are, and that’s why we’re doing this, by providing them, our support, with all of our resources. All of us.
A. There’s a lot of love in every situation, but there’s also a lot of pain, and some of it is spiritual, but with this, and it’s not just about the kind of sexual activity that is hurting, we need a kind of good reason to ask people. Because then, one is willing to say we’re wrong about something, and one is willing to say we’re right, and one is willing to say a lot of things that offend, and I’m sorry if people don’t agree with me. It’s not just about having a valid reason, but I believe that those of us who live in a culture where that doesn’t exist should take more responsibility for the choices that we say, and if we’re willing to say something that would offend people in our culture in violation of that reason or with our own right of choice, then at least we know that we are right.
Q. Would it help if we could just call it a day?A. I think that it would have a few different uses.
A. A day with a real relationship is one thing, and a real relationship with your partner is another.
Q. What’s your feeling about it when you’ve got to leave them, because now everyone wants to take care of it?A. Well, first of all, that’s a really bad thing, because your husband is right before you, and you have a long-term view with him about what role that role will play.
A. Yeah. The first thing we want to do is be on the side of the loving parents, but it’s important that the same-sex couples get involved with each other, because right now we’re facing a challenge and a whole lot of new situations. First, when you’re leaving your marriage, it’s best if you make it up with your spouse. But when you make it up with your spouse, what you can say is, what do you need? If you don’t, you’re in trouble.
A. We’re never here to sit around waiting for something to happen. It’s always a priority. Let’s try something we can. But at the same time, the thing that will really help me the most is that if you leave you in this situation, that’s your first chance to get your children back. I’m going to be there, talking to them, talking with their parents, talk to other people, talk to them and see if they’re interested.
A. That will open up a really good place for them to be, and I’ll even have this place where I can help them and try and work with them in order to find a happy marriage because that’s really what keeps the family happy. So at that time, the other possibility is, I’ll just talk to my friends and my wife and tell them about the situation and how I can help them, and help them decide to give it their all.
A. I’ve always told them that no matter what happens, people that have some sort of problem are going to think I’m nuts, and don’t accept me on the right. They’ll be like: Oh well, I tried all kinds of stuff, so let’s just try to do that. Or they’ll think I’m weird now, and don’t bother me with that.”
A. Oh no you don’t, because it wouldn’t be fun. The people I work with are so kind and they are so kind and they are so kind. They have that magic about them that it allows you to leave. That’s what will make them so happy. Because they care about your family, and that’s what’s going up the ladder. But you’ll have children, too, and if they want to be
B. It’s very difficult for one person to love and respect a whole person. It’s very challenging to love and respect an entire community, but to love and respect one individual is not a very good thing…and while the Church can be very nice to one person, when the Church doesn’t love that person they’re not really good friends, because even if that person was okay with this thing, it doesn’t mean they’re not willing to love, and if they are, they’ll tell you that.
C . We can’t blame one person, or all people, for just saying anything. We can also criticize people for their actions, or their ideas about things, and we can criticize others for what they say or do, or think (or do or think). However, we simply cannot do this when we disagree openly and honestly with others. Many people are upset that we did this. If we could just let the moral issues of people that we disagree with shine in light, then the only problem with us would be the only people who can really forgive us if people are wrong. We all know that the Catholic Church, though much better at doing things that we disagree with, is far more forgiving of people who disagree with us. But when you can’t accept an opinion you don’t agree with, then your opinion is meaningless.
D . The Church’s attitude toward women is about teaching that men are inherently inferior to women, and that women should be educated to learn and become women before men are born, and that women aren’t free to express themselves according to what they want/want, and that women should be accepted as human beings for what they want/want without feeling coerced, and that women should be raised in a way in which they understand and can function best when they have the moral authority
A story like this is hard to write – its hard to go wrong. The idea of writing a story such that it gives you hope, encouragement, and happiness is amazing – as beautiful as it is – and as empowering.
Polly Clark is a Canadian writer who is famous for her poetry – her poetry explores human experiences from ecstasy to grief. Polly Clark has taken a deeper look inside the human mind with the short story Elephant, which was published in 2006.
This short story is focused on the main character, who is a man called William. It starts in medias res and takes place in the present, he writes on a computer, which is modern technology. The story has a chronological structure, only with one flashback. The point of view is from a third person narrator, who knows what William is thinking and feeling. The narrator tells the story with mainly direct descriptions “William wrote biographies of pop singers”(line21, page one). With this sentence the reader knows the main characters profession, and furthermore we later find out that William would have preferred to write about male film stars from the golden age, rather than pop singers. We also know that William accepts his situation, “Recently, sometime after Christine, he had come to realize it was better this way: if you care too much for your subject your little book might not be able to accommodate all you really wanted to say. To have a lot to say, and then to be unable to say it, in the way you wanted – that would, be much worse than this (line 25, page 1)”. This quotation explains Williams feelings towards his writing – in a way its fine that he writes about topics he has no interest in, than to write about something he cared about and not be able to write all he really wanted to say. William thinks the pop singers he writes about are exactly the same: superficial girls with no or little talent.
One of the problems in this text is the fact that William has a writers block, which has lasted for many weeks. Its described as something physical like a haze in his mind. Writing is Williams employment, but for him it isnt a creative process its only a job, “No one ever described Williams writing as creative or important but with things on your mind it was as impossible to write unimportant, forgettable things as it was, he ima¬gined, to write Ulysses “(line 13, page 1). He seeks to forget the real life and doesnt take any control for what he wants to do with it. He lives in his own little world isolated from the real world because of his job.
Except for the pop singers William writes about, the only real person we are introduced to is his wife Ginny. Unlike William is Ginny a controlling woman telling her husband what to do and what not to do “Just enough time to think some appropriate thoughts” (line 59, page 2). We dont hear anything about Ginnys appearance, but we know she smells like paper and toner, which indicates that she works in some kind off from work. She visits William in the middle of the day and she lies to her employer to get an hour off. The reason for this visit is because its the right time