Cultures In Conflict Analysis
Graded Assignment
Unit Test: Cultures in Conflict
Answer the questions using complete sentences. When you are finished, submit this assignment to your teacher by
the due date for full credit.
(35 points)
1. Compare and contrast the conflicts faced by Orwell in “Shooting an Elephant” to those faced by Gideon in “No
Witchcraft for Sale.” To what unique revelation does Orwell’s position as a police officer lead him? How can
Gideon’s ultimate decision not to share his knowledge be interpreted as an act of rebellion and an assertion of
the dignity and worth of his culture?
Orwell and Gideon faced two different conflicts on one end its shooting a elephant while the other was sharing a medical secret that cured someone. The conflict's
Answer: …show more content…
Orwell realized that
all British soldiers were just puppets and their masters were the government it self. Gideon knew what he was doing withholding the knowledge he had was to
prevent his masters to have an edge over him, but they owned him so to not give up what he knows would've been worst than giving it up he knew within his self
(35 points)
if he gave up, His masters win.
2. What do pieces such as “Marriage Is a Private Affair” and the excerpt from Nectar in a Sieve demonstrate about
the influence of modern ideas and modern ways on traditional cultures? How are the characters in these works
affected by the modernization of their respective societies?
In Marriage is a Private Affair, It's shows marriage as a simple topic you get married to someone and that's how people see life Over the years the
Answer:
rules of marriage has changed into something different to where two men or two women can get married and its perfectly fine. As time changes
people perspectives change as well like Nene. Then going into Rukmani; Seeing how they adjust to urban setting, where others just …show more content…
Of all the characters highlighted in the works included in this unit, which one did you relate to or identify with the
most in terms of his or her struggles and conflicts? Why? What was it about this character that made him or her
affect you as he or she did? Be sure to point to specific examples from the work to support your response.
Answer:
The character that I identify with his struggles and conflicts is Orwell from "Shooting the Elephant".The reasons why i relate to him because he had to
make moral choices for himself and doing the right thing. Plus he sees how the people act in British Burma, the things they have to go through thanks to
the British rule that they have over the people. "“In a job like that you see the dirty work of the Empire at close quarters ... wretched prisoners... stinking
cages.. cowed faces..”(139) Inside his mind the conflict was inside his head, the pressure of being under a imperial rule like Darth Vader had control over
the planets in the Star wars movies. But he made a change thanks to the actions he should be able to make a change for the better, this why Orwell appeals
to me; He saw the errors of his ways and decided to try to make things
Unit Test: Cultures in Conflict
Answer the questions using complete sentences. When you are finished, submit this assignment to your teacher by
the due date for full credit.
(35 points)
1. Compare and contrast the conflicts faced by Orwell in “Shooting an Elephant” to those faced by Gideon in “No
Witchcraft for Sale.” To what unique revelation does Orwell’s position as a police officer lead him? How can
Gideon’s ultimate decision not to share his knowledge be interpreted as an act of rebellion and an assertion of
the dignity and worth of his culture?
Orwell and Gideon faced two different conflicts on one end its shooting a elephant while the other was sharing a medical secret that cured someone. The conflict's
Answer: …show more content…
Orwell realized that
all British soldiers were just puppets and their masters were the government it self. Gideon knew what he was doing withholding the knowledge he had was to
prevent his masters to have an edge over him, but they owned him so to not give up what he knows would've been worst than giving it up he knew within his self
(35 points)
if he gave up, His masters win.
2. What do pieces such as “Marriage Is a Private Affair” and the excerpt from Nectar in a Sieve demonstrate about
the influence of modern ideas and modern ways on traditional cultures? How are the characters in these works
affected by the modernization of their respective societies?
In Marriage is a Private Affair, It's shows marriage as a simple topic you get married to someone and that's how people see life Over the years the
Answer:
rules of marriage has changed into something different to where two men or two women can get married and its perfectly fine. As time changes
people perspectives change as well like Nene. Then going into Rukmani; Seeing how they adjust to urban setting, where others just …show more content…
Of all the characters highlighted in the works included in this unit, which one did you relate to or identify with the
most in terms of his or her struggles and conflicts? Why? What was it about this character that made him or her
affect you as he or she did? Be sure to point to specific examples from the work to support your response.
Answer:
The character that I identify with his struggles and conflicts is Orwell from "Shooting the Elephant".The reasons why i relate to him because he had to
make moral choices for himself and doing the right thing. Plus he sees how the people act in British Burma, the things they have to go through thanks to
the British rule that they have over the people. "“In a job like that you see the dirty work of the Empire at close quarters ... wretched prisoners... stinking
cages.. cowed faces..”(139) Inside his mind the conflict was inside his head, the pressure of being under a imperial rule like Darth Vader had control over
the planets in the Star wars movies. But he made a change thanks to the actions he should be able to make a change for the better, this why Orwell appeals
to me; He saw the errors of his ways and decided to try to make things