"Elephant"

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