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    NZDB601 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AMFA601 INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING Assignment One - Part B Group: Student Name/ID ABHISHEK SHRESTHA/12288403 Student Name/ID AKHIL DAVIS MAMPILLY/99103098 Student Name/ID DANIEL SIDABUTAR/12296635 INTRODUCTION A Kathmandu Holdings Limited is a chain of retail stores and selling outdoor clothing equipment for travel and adventure

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    George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant George Orwell writes of his experience in British-ruled India in the early twentieth century as a sub-divisional police officer in the sovereign Southeast Asia state of Burma. His essay presents a powerful theme of inner conflict. Orwell’s strong inner conflict lies between what he believes as a human being and what he should do as an imperial police officer. Orwell immediately claims his perspective on British imperialism saying that it is evil and that he

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    The film Pork Chop Hill‚ starring Gregory Peck‚ is an American made movie that depicts the true story of the battle of Pork Chop Hill in the Korean War. As one of the last battles of a war‚ which reached no conclusion the significance of Pork Chop Hill is one that is difficult to describe. Tactically‚ Pork Chop Hill had no conclusive purpose whatsoever – it did not provide any offensive or defensive advantages to either side of the war‚ nor did it lead to any type of supply road. The leadership in

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    “Shooting an Elephant” In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is not liked by the Burmese people because he is the representation of their oppressors‚ the British. He gets his chance to be the hero when an elephant gets loose and causes destruction and the people need him to kill the beast. What would have happened if he didn’t shoot the elephant? Why Orwell feel so awful about killing the elephant? Orwell decides to kill the elephant‚ but does he do it for the right reason? In Orwell’s essay

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    the essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ it gives away many symbols and a very important life lesson. The essay has many symbols‚ but three stick out like a sore thumb. These include the gun‚ the Burmese people‚ and the elephant. A main symbol that is easily noticed is the gun he uses. A small powerful rifle against a huge elephant. Orwell even noted “an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” (324). The gun isn’t mad to kill a giant beast like this elephant. It was all he had for

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    shoot an elephant or not. From the very beginning the officer is saying that he is hated by a large number of people. He starts off as an honest man in my opinion. Will he continue being an honest man throughout the story? The officer was a subdivisional police officer of a town and the officer describes himself as an easy target. This officer even admits that he does not like his job. Like the officer‚ I too had a choice to make‚ whether to shoot an elephant or not. I shot the elephant just as the

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    In George Orwell’s essay “Shooting an Elephant” (1936)‚ he reveals that he despises the very idea of imperialism. Orwell shows this by using an extended metaphor throughout the entire essay. The metaphor is shown through the story of him shooting an elephant. He is representing the entire British nation‚ and their imperialistic values. He shows that he does not really want to shoot this elephant if it is not necessary but the Burmese people keep pressuring him to do something and to do it right

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    or exclusive use ESCP - Europe School of Management - United Kingdom‚ 2015 Harvard Business School 9-496-018 August 22‚ 1995 The Slade Plating Department Ralph Porter‚ production manager of the Slade Company‚ was concerned about reports of dishonesty among some employees in the Plating Department. From reliable sources‚ he learned that a few of them were punching the time cards of a number of their co-workers who were leaving early. Porter had only recently joined the Slade organization. From conversations

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    One day there was a rampaging circus elephant going through the town‚ and Orwell went with his old .44 Winchester so he could go scare it away. During the elephants rampage throughout the town it destroyed a hut‚ killed a cow and raided some fruit stalls. Later on they realized the elephant trampled a man to death and that’s when Orwell went and got an elephant rifle from a friend because he thought it was needed at the moment. Orwell tracked down the elephant and the whole town followed because they

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    The book Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson is about an 11 year old boy who was abandoned by his mother on a camping trip in Maine. Jack wakes up to find himself alone and miles away from his home town in Boston. Jack knows he must find her or the DSS will take him away from her. The only thing he has to comfort himself is the small plastic elephant that he stole from a souvenir shop. With no money‚ food‚ or any type of communication Jack is forced to do things he never thought he

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