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    prominent author. He is known for a few of his books‚ written for a variety of purposes. However‚ this specific essay‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ is written to inform of us. He phrases this essay more as a narrative‚ which makes it not rhetorically effective. George Orwell uses great imagery and his syntax makes it simple for even high schoolers to read through his works. Orwell sent this essay into New Writing which is highly anti-fascist and anti-imperialistic‚ which causes the readers to be against

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    COMPARISON AND CONTRAST A comparison examines how two or more things are similar. A contrast looks at how two or more things are different. If you like Mexican food‚ you can go to either Café Mexicana or Juanita’s‚ but Juanita’s has lower prices. My cousin Bill and my brother Karram are both so stubborn that they can’t get along. HINTS FOR WRITING Limit your topic Avoid the obvious topic Make your point in the topic sentence Because he is so reliable and loyal‚ Michael is a much better

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    The Elephant and Crowd Effect Shooting an Elephant is a short story written by George Orwell in 1936. Regardless of my persuasive point that George Orwell was just writing a story about an elephant‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is actually a central text in modern British literature and has generated perhaps more criticism than any other comparable short story. The story is concerning an English colonial officer residing in Burma and his obligation to shoot a rogue elephant. In “Shooting an Elephant

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    Comparison And Contrast Which is the best? Male or Female? “Men are from Earth‚ women are from Earth. Deal with it.”   They say Men are better because they are smarter‚ bigger‚ bolder‚ better thinkers and better at everything else. And Women usually stay at home all the time doing nothing besides for house jobs like cleaning up‚ hanging clothes out‚ doing laundry and other stuff like that. Men are so much better. Absolutely yes because men are better physically and mentally. Naturally‚ men are

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    Shooting an Elephant for No Good Reason George Orwell spent some time as a police officer in Burma where he was actively hated. While doing this job he despised‚ he was put in a position where he felt it was necessary to shoot an elephant on the loose. George Orwell was not justified in shooting the elephant because the elephant was not charging at him‚ the animal was worth less dead than alive‚ and the people he was trying to impress had no love for him. When Orwell describes observing the elephant

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    Comparison and Contrast “A dream and real vacation” Siti Aisyah Othman Afiqah Izzati Abd Hamid Nursyasabila Syaza Budget Facilities Environment A real Vacation (Malaysian Island) - Affordable - Same currency - Concept of village - The equipment (rental) - Beauty of the nature - Temperature - Friendly society A dream vacation (Maldives Island) - More expensive - Different currency - Guest Villas - Beauty of the nature - The equipment ( Included in the - Temperature package) - Friendly

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    Compare and Contrast Essay There are many differences between the book and the movie “The Outsiders”. It is surprising how many differences and similarities one can find in between the book and the movie that is what I will be doing today. Hope that you enjoy. Now let’s talk about the differences in the book there were plenty of differences but for this paragraph I will only be listing four differences. One difference was that kid’s were playing 52 Card Pickup and Dally and Pony and Two-Bit chase

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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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    English 101 4 July 2013 Comparison and Contrast- FD Serving as One There are five different options to choose from when deciding to serve the United States of America and the decision can be quite challenging when signing the dotted line. Most people will base their decision off family or friend affiliation with a particular branch‚ thorough research‚ or simply because a branch would get them into basic training sooner. Due to a personal experience deploying with the Army as an Air Force member

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    The main idea of the story “Shooting an Elephant" by Orwell is the effect of the oppressor is not only on the oppressed‚ but himself. There are several evidences found in the text to support the main idea. First‚ the author mentioned about the treatment of a European woman gets when she went to bazaars alone. This explained the freedom of security had been taken away. Since European had colonized Burma at that time‚ there was growing hatred toward European. Freedom to act also been seize when the

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