In the story “Shooting and Elephant” by George Orwell‚ the essay is based on the authors experience with the Indian Imperial Police. The narrator had begun to question the presence of the British who were located in the Far East. Orwell was for the Burmese and against their oppressors the British. He described himself as being a “young ill-educated‚” who bitterly hated his job. I think that the narrator was writing this story to inform about how the natives hated the British as any country would
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Minimizing school shootings with gun control The United States has seen an increase in school shootings in the past couple of years. Such a dramatic increase that it seems like a trend know. So far this year there has been a reported 52 school shootings. There have been about 142 school shootings since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012. This is a large number when compared to past years. Implementing gun control will help minimize school shootings. People who oppose gun control think that regulating
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What do you expect? Before reading the essay‚ at the first sight of browsing through the title ”Shooting an elephant‚” it stroke me as an issue discussing the protection of extinct animals and what came to my mind is the impression of how human beings ravage the habitat of animals. With the story moving ahead‚ I assumed that the narrator would not yield to the external pressure he had been given. Nevertheless‚ it turned out that he eventually shot the elephant in a brutal and cruel way. What happens
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witnessed multiple school shootings‚ including recent mass shootings in Newtown‚ Connecticut and Roeburg‚ Oregon. Growing up in the town right next to Newtown I was witness to the horrors and affect the shooting had on the community. Realizing how this shooting impacted not only Newtown‚ but also all towns in Southwestern Connecticut and around the world‚ opened my eyes to the crisis of school shootings. There have been stricter gun laws put in place‚ but as seen by the shooting in Oregon this fall‚ the
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Shooting of Malala Yousafzai On October 9th 2012‚ during a regular Monday morning‚ 14-year-old student and children’s activist Malala Yousafzai was severely wounded when an un-identified man ordered students to point out Malala and when they did‚ the man open fired on her causing bullets to penetrate her skull and neck. The attempted assassination‚ which was later identified to be the work of Taliban members‚ has sparked an outrage inside Pakistan and around the world. Malala being recently and
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These are just a few examples of tragic mass shootings that have plagued the United States in recent years. But Why? Is it because the gun Laws in this country are too lax? And Guns are just too accessible? I say No‚ there is greater issue at hand than America’s gun laws thus‚ any amount gun control legislation will not stop the gun violence and we must vote against it. Too often gun control proposed as thee solution to stop all the tragic mass shootings. I disagree‚ infringing on the right of Americans
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day 2015‚ Valanesha Washington was sitting in her bedroom not knowing that will be the last place she be seen alive‚ was killed in a drive by shooting in her own home. She was taken to OU medical center where she later died she was only 19 years old. Two days’ later police got a tip on the shooting‚ 18-year-old Daryan Jones was responsible for the shooting that cause Valanesha’s death. Daryan Jones was charged with first degree murder and can serve up to 20 years to life in prison. In the past year
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On April 20‚ 1999‚ two Columbine High School students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ went on a shooting rampage in Colorado‚ killing 12 students and a teacher before ending their own lives (Leftwich 1). Nearly seven years later there seemed to be an annual shooting rampage trend. On October 2‚ 2006 a gunman by the name of Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostage five girls‚ at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania‚ and eventually shot and killed them before committing suicide (“5th Girl” 1-2). The following
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attacks‚ and shootings. I think one of the problems that continue to grow rapidly is school shootings. In 2015 there have been more than 45 school shootings. This has left schools with a tragic event they will always be haunted with. In order to protect the school‚ teachers should have the right to carry a pistol on campus to make it a safer place for students‚ faculty‚ and staff. No matter how prepared you are it can still happen‚ and being armed could bring down risk of school shootings or protect
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for anybody. It is even more painful when it is caused by someone’s malicious actions. The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting has definitely added fuel to the controversial gun debate. Many school districts in Texas have allowed teachers to be able to carry a gun on campus. Although they will be able to have a gun in their possession when a tragedy like the Sandy Hook shooting occurs‚ will they really act the way many claim they will and take down the shooter? Is the Second Amendment more important
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