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"Elephant"
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Analysis of the story "Elephant" by Raymond Carver.
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majitoelchango
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"Elephant"
Plot
Symbols
Elephant
symbolic of leadership, stability and loyalty
Symbolic of the narrator and what the family expects in him
money
Relationships with his family
dream one
Flash back to when he was younger and his father was alive
Family could depend on the father
Characters
Narrator
Alcoholic but no longer drinking
Simbolyim for his breaking point
Has a daughter
Lives with a bum and he is unhappy about it
Lets go of this situation because he can´t do anything about it
Foreshadowing because at the end we realize how much he has let go
His goal in life is to help his family
"I won´t let you down"
Lives alone
sits down in his chair after work
Families dependency cures narrators loneliness
Gets lazier and needier as the story advances
first person
Stream of consiousness
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