Mr Ellison Morbid Curiosity: The Columbine Massacre MP4A History Addison Baker (142251) 3/21/2014 Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Plan of Investigation PAGEREF _Toc383629668 \h 2Historical Context PAGEREF _Toc383629670 \h 3Interview and Narrative PAGEREF _Toc383629671 \h 8Analysis of Interview and Source Reliability PAGEREF _Toc383629672 \h 11Evaluation of Series of Events PAGEREF _Toc383629673 \h 12Resource List PAGEREF _Toc383629674 \h 13 Plan of Investigation-1372235128333500
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These children that bring guns and other weapons to school are so fed up with being harassed on a daily basis that they feel this is the only way for the harasser to be punished. A good example of this rage is the Columbine shootings. Dylan Kelbold and Eric Harris killed twelve students‚ one teacher‚ and then themselves. The parents of these two teens said that this act of violence was due to bullying (Greenya 103). This shooting was an eye-opener for schools that
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THE ELEPHANTS There are two types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant. Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. It can weigh up to 6.000 kilograms and measure up to 3.3 meters at the shoulder. Elephants can live to be over 70 years old. Elephants are herbivores and can spend up to 16 hours a day collecting leaves‚ twigs‚ bamboo and roots. An elephant’s skin is 2‚ 54 centimetres thick. Elephants have poor eyesight but an amazing sense of smell. Both female
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Columbine High School Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ was a turning point in the lives of many Columbine students and families. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ two former students at Columbine High School‚ went to school on that day for one purpose‚ to annihilate the school building as well as the student body. Although Eric and Dylan’s bombs did not detonate‚ they still succeeded in destroying the lives and families of the twelve students and the one teacher that died. The Columbine High School shooting
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Joe Portaro Scott Tenney Project 2b "Shooting an elephant" The main purpose of George Orwell’s story “shooting an elephant” is not to show how or explain how to actually kill an elephant; his work demonstrates how people will react to a imperialistic situation‚ will they follow the crowd or will they hold their own beliefs and not let others change them. In Orwell’s case he had no intention of killing the elephant but because the crowd behind him was one he wanted‚ instead of being made fun of
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“Shooting an Elephant” In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell writes about his experiences as a British police officer in Burma‚ and compares it to the nature of imperialism. Orwell hates his job because imperialism has negatively affected him‚ as well as others around him. Orwell’; the white man is being treated very disrespectfully by the Burmese. Giving him a reason to hate his job as well as the British Empire; the root of everything. The situation of shooting of an elephant gives him
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S. Zamb. November 29‚ 2001 “Shooting and elephant” Erick Arthur Blair better known as George Orwell was born in Mohitari‚ India on June 25‚ 1903. India into a family of the “lower-upper middle class. George Orwell’s education brought him to England where he was unable to win a scholarship to continue his studies. With a very few opportunities available‚ he followed his father’s path into service with the British Empire. Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police from 1922 to 1927. When
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Lower Burma‚ also known as Myanmar‚ was a country in Asia‚ that at the moment was being taken over by the mean‚ powerful‚ cruel‚ British Empire. George Orwell‚ the writer of Shooting and Elephant‚ was a “sub-divisional police officer of the town”(1). Being an authority of the town‚ Moulmein‚ ment “[he] was an obvious target” (1). The narrator was often jeered at‚ due to the fact he was a European. He often faced many difficult tasks that he was obligated to perform‚ despite his beliefs. He was “hated
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Columbine High School Massacre Many people have most definitely heard of the horrifying events of the Columbine High School Massacre. Two shy‚ bullied‚ low self-esteemed teenage boys go plant bombs in their school and shoot everyone‚ right? This is what a majority of people believe and they think the cause behind it has to do with the boys’ clothes‚ music‚ and the school jocks and preps bullying them (Rosenburg). This‚ however‚ is a misconception. In order for anyone to truly understand what
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A.P English 10-1813 Shooting an Elephant essay Have you ever been influenced by others to do something you do not want to do? A lot of people have‚ including George Orwell in his essay Shooting an Elephant. Being influenced by others‚ also known as peer pressure is a thing that happens every day‚ not only in high schools like most people think but outside of schools and in the real world. In Orwell’s essay he did something because he did not want the people of the town to think poorly of him
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