George Orwell is one of the most renowned authors of the twentieth century. Orwell grew up in London during the 1920s. Born poor‚ and constantly ravished with economic instability Orwell learned to live with practically nothing‚ except his writing. This is reflected especially well in his popular novel‚ 1984. This reflection of an author’s own life into his or her writing is known as historical context. Historical context is used by many authors‚ and Orwell is a prime example of someone who uses
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DISCUSS ORWELL’S USE OF PERSUASIVE TOOLS SUCH AS‚ SYMBOLISM‚ METAPHORS AND IRONY IN THIS ESSAY AND EXPLAIN HOW HE USES EACH OF THESE TO CONVEY HIS ARGUMENT OR MESSAGE In the extract‚ "Shooting An Elephant" Orwell conveys his message through the use of various persuasive tools. He wants the reader to identify when somebody assumes power. This technique is used to show that the powerful are also a captive to the will of people they control. Everyone involved in the situation becomes affected. In
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Critical Response Essay I class‚ we read a short story by George Orwell called Shooting an Elephant. It was a story about courage‚ judgment‚ and the pressure of peers. I personally did not like this story. I found it boring‚ pointless‚ and just another "hasn’t -this -happened -to -you" story about nothing. However‚ it was very well written‚ and if I had to critically respond to this story‚ I would praise the author on a number of things. The story opens by describing the relationship between
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Jhesson Ynoa Eng11 – 1857 May 10‚ 2010 In the essays that we have read this semester‚ the authors were effective in helping their readers to learn something from the authors various subject matters‚ which could be used in the readers’ own lives. I have chosen four essays that I have read this term from which I have learned from. The four essays I decided on are: “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ “What Really Scares Us” by David Ropeik
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CHEAP Chinese goods are flooding the Indian markets and Indian industry is finally waking up to the flip side of globalisation. As a wide range of cheap Chinese products flooded the Indian market‚ some local industries were adversely affected‚ while others benefited by using these products as raw materials The Chinese are exporting to India a wide range of low-cost consumer goods that have a mass market in India such as kitchen-ware‚ textiles‚ electronic items‚ furniture‚ toys‚ cosmetics‚ footwear
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The short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ tells his story of an encounter with a loose elephant. He struggled through a dilemma in which he were to kill the elephant‚ or let it be. Politically‚ George Orwell was against an imperialistic run government‚ and used his writings to portray the many negatives he saw through imperialism. In the story‚ the elephant is a metaphor of imperialism‚ and its effects on the people. The actions of the elephant and the reactions of the civilians
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Before shooting the elephant‚ Orwell meditates on some kind of cost benefit analysis and weighting the pros and cons each solution to his dilemma. According to Aronson’s research in The Social animal‚ any individual is subject to tend to conform regardless of their will because of external pressure. Thus‚ we can tend to comply under any type of pressure such as the pressure that comes from a univocal crowd. A group in total conformity has an authority that our mind would often refuse to contest.
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Throughout Orwell’s literary career‚ he avidly stood against totalitarian and imperialistic forms of government. His two most famous works (1984 and Animal Farm) both exemplify this point‚ but at the same time weaken it. These two works were written in protest of those governments‚ but in a fictional back ground. In Orwell’s essay Shooting an Elephant‚ he uses a personal experience to more clearly emphasize the impact of imperialism at the sociological and psychological level‚ in conjunction with
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catastrophes in modern history‚ with more than 220‚000 lives lost. Nils Lofgrin‚ who had managed several construction projects in Australia and New Guinea‚ was sent by his construction firm to restore a five-star resort along the Andaman coast in southern Thailand that had been ravaged by this tsunami. Casualties at the resort included 12 staff and 37 guests. This was Nils’s first assignment in Thailand. Nils flew down and toured the site. His assessment of the damage was that it was not as
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About Myanmar [pic] Facts about Myanmar Location Climate Geography Natural Resources Neighbouring Countries General Info Location Myanmar is situated in southeast Asia and is bordered on the north and northeast by China; on the east and southeast by Laos and Thailand; on the south by the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal; and on the west by Bangladesh and India. It is located between latitudes 09°32’N and 28°31’N and longitudes 92°10’E and 101°11’E. The country covers an area
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