Elephants, Ivory, And An Indelible Experience Summary

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In the essay "Elephants, Ivory, and an indelible Experience", the author experienced a humbling experience that caused him to burn his ivory collection. Ultimately, his near death experience of being chased by the bull and the other elephants changed the authors view point about the animal itself. Hrishikesh Unni's view point changed because he realized the cruelty elephants go to in obtaining the ivory from their tusks. He also changed his view point from positive to negative on the ivory collection itself. Instead of looking at the collection from the standpoint of money value, Hrisikesh views it in the amount of life

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