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    Shooting An Elephant – George Orwell Orwell begins his essay by describing the intense hatred of the Burmese for their European masters. In Moulmein‚ in Lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people‚ the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. Europeans were spit at‚ jeered at‚ and insulted. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. I feel his sympathies were on the side of the Burmese‚ and

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    Asian Immigration to the United States For the most part‚ Asians have had a rough time becoming equals in American society. But because of their hard work‚ and strong family ethics Asians as a whole have definitely become a keystone in the society of the United States. The first Asians to arrive on American shores were the Chinese. Chinese people started immigrating en masse during the 19th century. Most of them worked as railroad workers or miners. The Chinese faced a lot of prejudices and

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    Essar Essay Analysis 1 Running Head: ESSAY ANALYSIS PAPER Essay Analysis on “Shoot an Elephant” Michael J. Charley University of Phoenix Instructor: Dr. Vanessa Holmes Course: Business Literature Essay Analysis 2 George Orwell’s essay ’Shooting an Elephant’ gives a great insight into the human mind. The essay gives a good theme of inner conflict. Orwell feels strong inner conflict between what he believes as a human being‚ and what he believes and should do as an imperial

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    Messages in Short Stories (Three Messages from‚ “Shooting an Elephant” and “No Witchcraft for Sale”) George Orwell was born in India and was extremely familiar with elephants. He joined the police force in 1923 and resigned only after five years. His story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ is his most famous writings and is based on one of his experiences during his career as a policeman. On the other hand‚ Doris Lessing‚ wrote the short story‚ “No Witchcraft for Sale.” Lessing wanted to influence

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    George Orwell’s ‘‘Shooting an Elephant’’ first appeared in 1936. The British public already knew Orwell as the socially conscious author of Down and Out in London and Paris (1933)‚ a nonfiction study of poverty‚ homelessness‚ unemployment‚ and subsistence living on poorly-paying menial jobs‚ and Burmese Days (1934)‚ a novel of British colonialism. ‘‘Shooting an Elephant’’ functions as an addendum to Burmese Days. The story and novel share the same setting‚ and draw on Orwell’s experience as a colonial

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    1 “The Allegory of the Cave” and “Shooting an Elephant” seems like two completely different stories. Both of them have their own ways of showing enlightenment and ways of perceiving realities. After reading both of these tales multiple times‚ I’ve drawn some conclusions on the different ways of enlightenment that are described throughout each story. In “Shooting an Elephant‚” Policeman Eric Blair is asked to kill the elephant that was ravaging the village. Many times he would describe how he

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    An Elephant-Sized Dilemma Everyone‚ of all ages and time periods‚ faces a moral dilemma. This may be about a smaller problem or matters of life and death that have a far more wide-ranging impact‚ such as imperialism. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant‚” an unnamed narrator‚ despite his initial reluctance‚ succumbs to collective pressures to shoot a marauding elephant in Lower Burma. Orwell comments on the dangers of collective pressure and the horrors of imperialism in order to explore the

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    Racism against Asians wasn’t new in the US‚ it was actual very common. Laws were established to prevent Asian immigration and citizenship. During World War II an attack occurred at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese; this event had brought the US into the war. After this attack US citizens became paranoid of possible danger and assumed that Japanese people in the US would side with Japan in the war by act as spies. This hysteria even caused the military to panic which lead to President Roosevelt’s

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    “I have the perspective on what Chinese Americans go through and what immigrants go  through‚ I can straddle those two worlds” 1980’s­ second stage ● Institutionalization‚ pragmatism and skills attainment ● screening outside the AA community ● release in theaters ● first asian americans film to receive theatrical distribution  ­national film registry: part of the american congress‚ has to be historically significant  films in US  1. Wizard of OZ 2. Star Wars 3. Zapruder films(JFK) 4. Japanese Internment film Community BAsed

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    In Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants‚” Jig undergoes a transformation enabling her to realize and declare her own feelings. At the story’s beginning Jig is passive‚ unaware of her own feelings‚ and in the habit of looking to the American direction. She soon comes to realize her own desires and struggles to assert herself for the first time. The story is structured around the two sides of the valley‚ the division symbolizing the opposition between the American’s values and Jig’s. “The two

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