Personal Problems George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” is a simple essay with a strong message. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator faces the same conflict day after day and was “hated by large numbers of people” (Orwell 377). This level of hatred causes the narrator to make a decision against his beliefs and in favor of the imperialistic society. This decision is not based on the right thing to do‚ but to simply fit in. Orwell uses his perplexed narrator‚ a simple plot‚ and detailed setting
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In the passage‚ Shooting an Elephant a hated police officer killed an elephant. Orwell was asked to come and do something about an elephant ravaging a bazaar. On his way‚ he ran into Various Burman’s that told him what the elephant was doing. He figured that is was not anything to serious‚ the elephant would eventually calm down. The elephant was heated. The night before it had broken out of its chain and escaped. The elephant’s mahout was the only one who can manage it but he was about twelve hours
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Some of the interesting places in my country Myanmar is known as the golden land throughout the world. Myanmar is called as the Golden land because there is no town and village in Myanmar which does not have at least a pagoda. It has a territory of 261228 square miles and the population of over 60 millions. Most of the residents believe in Buddhism and there are also Christians‚ Muslims and other believe in Nat which means the spirit. It is the second largest country in South East Asia. The capital
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“Shooting an Elephant” By: George Orwell In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell argues that‚ “when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” Free will is indestructible; an example of Orwell’s destruction of freedom but preservation of free will is given in his essay. Humans can always exercise their free will when making decisions. However‚ when their decisions come in conflict with the laws set by a higher power‚ they might face consequences based on how
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People all over the world have to make choices that can‚ and will‚ change certain areas of their lives. Some will be more important than others. They can be defining moments in many’s lives‚ as it was for the narrator of "Shooting an Elephant." He made a decision in the moment‚ one that can be difficult to analyze. One must take the ethics of the action into consideration‚ as well as his motivation and how the action affected him after. Just figuring out the details of his decision can show what
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Kelantan‚ a state as known as “Muslim city””. Actually it not only full of Muslim culture‚ although it is cradle of Malay culture‚ it also have other ethnic religion and culture and we live in harmony. So‚ I want introduce with you all how unique my hometown – Kelantan. First‚ Kelantan have many ethnic culture‚ the most difference with other Malaysia state is Thai culture. At many years ago Thais from the near Thailand state with Kelantan that is Sungai Golok come to Kelantan life and
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Core values differ in every individual based on people’s intrinsic morals and beliefs more than any universal principle. Some hold religion above education or love above logic or truth above all else‚ all depending on the ideologies an individual holds close. However‚ these values change and reconfigure with every defining experience and crucial revelation that allow individuals to re-evaluate their consciences. Authors George Orwell and Scott Russell Sanders are no stranger to this concept in their
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The Cowboy and His Elephant: The Story Of a Remarkable Friendship was written bye Malcolm MacPherson‚ and was published in 2001. The story begins by describing what a cull is and that the lone survivor of the cull is called "The Storyteller". The first chapter is not accurate as nothing is known of what happened to the elephant until the point of the cull. It simply describes basic behaviors of other elephants in the same region. Later in the first chapter the cull begins‚ which is the slaughter
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The Elephants were playing against the ants in a soccer game. It was a close match‚ but when the ants’ star player dribbled the ball towards the goal‚ an elephant defender ran towards him‚ stepped on him and killed him. “What did you do that for!!” asked the referee. “I didn’t mean to kill him‚” said the elephant. “I was only trying to trip him up.” An ant and an elephant shared a night of passion but in the morning the ant woke up to find the elephant
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Negativity towards Buddhism were brought up more when China restored their imperial structure after 570 C.E.. In 819 C.E. Han Yu spoke up about how evil Buddhism can be and how it can cause the people to do whatever they please. His statement was aiming towards the Emperor of the Tang dynasty as he hopes the emperor will address the controversy with Buddhism and put an end to this belief. (Document 4) Tang Emperor Wu gave his response to Buddhism in 845 C.E. saying that Buddhism destroys the Chinese
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