School shootings don’t occur often‚ in fact‚ they are very rare‚ but when they do‚ it is a catastrophe. According to Macmillanddictionary.com‚ school shooting is a violent act in which someone‚ usually a student‚ uses a gun to kill or injure teachers‚ students‚ and staff. School shootings have started political debates over the act of gun violence and also gun control. According to Wikipedia.org‚ The United States is the highest number of school related shootings. From the year 2013 all the way to
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than one mass shooting a day in the United States since the start of 2015. A majority of these shootings have occurred at schools. I never thought that my small school in rural South Dakota would become part of this statistic but on September 30th of this year it did. Though the media tends to pay close attention to the shooters‚ they seem to forget about how this violence affects us‚ the youth‚ and the schools that we attend. Sure‚ I had seen plenty of documentaries on school shootings‚ but they all
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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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Analysis of a narrative text: Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell) “Shooting an Elephant” is an autobiographically influenced short story written by George Orwell and published in 1936. It deals with the inner conflict of an imperial police officer in Burma who feels pressured by the Burmese and forced to kill an outraged elephant in order to prove himself and his status as an imperial police officer. The short story can be divided into two parts. In the first two paragraphs the narrator introduces
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Full-Blown Psychopath The book “Columbine” consists of two teenage boys who murdered twelve and injured twenty-four of their classmates on April 20‚ 1999. Eric Harris‚ who was the mastermind behind the massacre‚ and Dylan Klebold‚ who contributed only because he was searching for a way to end his life‚ had been planning to place bombs in the school and shoot anyone who survived for almost over a year and a half. Before Eric and Dylan entered Columbine on April 20‚ Eric and Dylan had been arrested
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strategies of „Shooting an Elephant” “Shooting an Elephant” was written by George Orwell‚ and it describes an incident he experienced during the time he spent in a small town in India‚ as a police officer serving the British Empire. I found the writing interesting because of Orwell’s use of rhetorical strategies that slowly build up to the conclusion of the story‚ along with the peak of the action. The story ends in a detailed description of an anecdote Orwell thought of while shooting the elephant
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Shooting an Elephant is a self-identity essay written by George Orwell recounting his time as an Imperial guard in Burma. He describes the ways that he was treated and how he was hated and seen as a symbol of the oppressive Imperials that he worked for. Orwell discussed how he had grown disenfranchised with imperialism and decided that it “was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out the better.” Orwell described his job in terms where he was on the front line‚ and wrong side
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the after match of the shooting? May 4‚ 1970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators‚ killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. protesters launched a protest that setting fire to the ROTC building‚ prompting the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus. unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University‚ which led to people dying. 4 people died in the shooting. 9 people got hurt. Thousands
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misused when people use the guns for needless killings. Two of the most memorable examples are the Massacre at Columbine and Sandy Hook. On April 20‚ 1999‚ two teenagers went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado. They ended up killing thirteen people and wounding more than twenty others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide. This shooting caused many debates over gun control
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Critical Analysis of "Shooting an Elephant" In George Orwell’s essay "Shooting an Elephant‚" the author’s character develops from the pressure to make a decision and the horrifying results which follow. A potential existed for Orwell to display confidence and high morals‚ but this potential was destroyed when he pulled the trigger. The death of the elephant signifies the weakness of Orwell’s character. Orwell is ashamed to had submitted to the pressure of the Burmans‚ but he does so at his own
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