“Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell in 1936. “Shooting an Elephant” is written chronologically and is a 1st person narrative. The tone of the essay is discomforting. The story takes place in Burma in the 1920’s. It depicts a situation in which the main character‚ a young Englishman‚ who is serving as a police officer‚ encounters a ravaging elephant while he is on duty. The anonymous narrator is a questioning colonialist that throughout the story struggles with three
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colonial rule that he witnessed while stationed in Burma” .He notes that the Burmese civilians were not allowed to own guns during his stay – a testament of British control over Burmese resources. He claims that it is evil and he is fully against the oppressors‚ the British. Though he is a British officer himself at the time in Burma‚ he feels a certain hatred and guilt towards himself‚ his empire‚ and the “evil-spirited little beasts‚” the Burma people.Secretly‚ though‚ he agreed with them‚ and he
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MYANMAR 1. ETYMOLOGY * Derived from BAMAR * ‘Burma’ - spoken form * ‘Myanmar’ - literary form 2. BASIC FACTS * Official Name – Republic of the Union of Myanmar * Capital – Naypyidaw * Form of Government – Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic * President – Thein Sein * Vice-President – Nyan Thun (Navy Chief) * 2nd Vice-President – Sai Mauk Kham * World Organizations – UN (1948)‚ ASEAN (June 23‚ 1997) * Ethnic Group – Burmans 68%‚ Shan
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Wai Kaung Professor Fasano EWRT 211 31 October 2012 The Golden Land Burma isn’t just a place where I was born; it is much more that. It’s where my culture sank into my blood‚ for I can never disinherit this place. Located in the Southeast Asia‚ Burma is rich in cultures and natural attractions. The tropical climate and the warm feelings of Burma are unforgettable. Burma is known for its magnificent landscapes‚ mouthwatering multicultural food‚ and hospitable people. I adore this country because
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A Hanging 1. George Orwell’s writing "A Hanging" provides his firsthand account of the hanging of a Hindu man who represents the last moments of natural life. a. The significant observation i. The man‚ on the way to the gallows‚ deliberately avoids a puddle in order to insure that his feet do not get wet. 1. Orwell found this to be very interesting ii. The man shows how he is still conscious and a living creature 2. Therefore‚ Orwell’s theme revolves around the inhuman nature of the extraction
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opportunity for Unocal as most of the oil fields in the United States nearing depletion. Hence‚ the corporation had looked outside America for opportunities. “Yamada Field” was their answer. It was an attractive natural gas field that belonged to Burma. To perform this project‚ it required Unocal to cooperate with one of the world’s most repressive military regimes‚ Burma’s State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). Strongest condemnations by the US Congress‚ US State Department and other international
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essentials. Summarizing means including only the most important information. A summary tells the main idea of the text. Step One: Evaluate the headlines and organizational pattern of the two articles. Article One: Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Human Rights Headline: Burma (officially known as Myanmar) and Human Rights Emotional or intellectual appeal? Supported by which words? Intellectual becaus of the word nobel prize Format: Inverted Pyramid or Narrative format? Supported by which evidence? Inveted
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A Brief Political Account of the Kachin The Kachin people‚ comprising six different ethnic sub-groups‚ live mainly in north-eastern Burma‚ as well as parts of China and India. The Kachin in Burma are estimated to number between 1 - 1.5 million. Traditionally hill dwellers subsisting on rotational cultivation of hill rice‚ they used to be ruled by village and clan chiefs. The territory of Kachin State never came under direct British administration‚ nor had they been directly under the authority
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The Worlds Most Forgotten People Bangladesh and Burma ‚ two of Asia ’s poorest nations ‚ displaced and stateless people of Rohingya suffer in silence at the hands of the military government in Burma ’s Orwellian new capital of Naypyidaw Bangladesh. This is not the first time that Rohingya Muslims were persecuted in Myanmar. In their history‚ such mass killings have happened several times. People of Rohingya are being crashed to death. Their children are starving in the darkness of dawn in this
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a country of Southeast Asia‚ bordered by China‚ Thailand‚ Laos‚ Bangladesh and India. Myanmar is a multicultural society encompassing over 90 nationalities. Our country was known as Burma up until 1989‚ when the name was officially changed to The Republic of the Union of Myanmar‚ shortened to Myanmar. The term ‘Burma’ is still used in the Western World but is not accepted and is condemned. In this report however‚ both terms will be used‚ but only to distinguish between time periods before and after
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