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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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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“Everyone be quiet!” George shouted shooting his gun several more times into the air. “Everyone return to your homes. Nobody here is a Nazi.” “Maybe you’re the Nazi!” Another voice yelled. George fired the pistol in the air once again. The few who started to stand up quickly ducked down again. “Nobody here is a Nazi! Everyone return to your homes!” “I’m not going anywhere until I can feel safe with my family‚” an anxious Home Guard soldier yelled. “Hey George‚ I have an idea‚” John said‚ beckoning
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The similarity between both stories of Georges Orwell in shooting an elephant and Langston Hughes in the salvation showed that they both dealt with the issue of ‘’fitting in’’ in a very similar ways. Georges described to us the struggle that he faced when winning the mobs approval and respect when he shot down an innocent animal and sacrifices what he believed to be right while Hughes shows himself as a little boy at a church revival where he showed his owns behavioral tendencies toward obedience
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attention to detail‚ and the contents within the note‚ highlighting his ruthless savagery. But God did certainly have a sense of humor. Who could have ever suspected that a mild-mannered low-key accountant could turn into Vinnie Harold. All that happened was just a push from their cheating wives. As for Harold‚ once he discovered the affair between his wife and a director from the Equity Funding Corporation of America‚ something inside him tore apart. He wound up kidnapping both and took them to
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Quentin Tarantino United States Of America - 1994 John Travolta‚ Samel L. Jackson‚ Uma Thurman‚ Bruce Willis Quentin Tarantino’s American crime film “Pulp Fiction” is organized through three separate but interrelated storylines. There is one story that constructed by three distinct stories. At the beginning of the sequences‚ titles are shown on the black screen which provides a recognizable source for narration.The first story-Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace’s wife- is about Vincent Vega
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Reaction Paper—Nonfiction ENG/125 August 29‚ 2012 Dr. Stripling Reaction Paper—Nonfiction When reading I came across some interesting non-fiction story and letter written by well known authors. They were all good but there was two that I had the most reaction to. When I came across these two letters I felt like I had a connection with the author. The letter Salvation by Langston Huge‚ when I read could relate to it cause I to come from a christen background‚ and in the story by Lam about
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I feel a great amount of pity towards all of the newcomers here. They all have a tremor quaking through their bodies‚ their eyes pooling with tears‚ and their throats tearing themselves raw. As the guards drag the three outsiders through the halls‚ I catch quick observations of the three. All three of them are male‚ each with strange features that attract my attention. The largest - in every sense of the word - of the group has neon pink streaks that greatly contrast with his gray-brown hair. A shorter
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Places” by Luke Hulse and “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell do not share an outstanding number of similarities. Given‚ both memoirs do recount a time in the life of the narrator that shaped their character in some meaningful way. The two stories shine when it comes to giving the reader a sense of the dread or futility of the situation the storyteller has found themselves in. When reading Hulse’s work‚ it is difficult not to feel the tension and terror gel around you‚ all coming to a climax as the
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Analysis The film Elephant‚ by Gus Van Sant is often compared to the events of the Columbine Massacre‚ however not directed connected‚ Van Sant has admitted it to be the topic behind it. Watching this as though it was a depiction of the event‚ I did not feel that it acted as a recount. I would compare the film to a badly plagiarized essay‚ all the details were correct‚ but some main points were nowhere to be found. I would also think that this movie was trying to stir up some more controversy
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