In the article ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell‚ the word ‘hollowness’ is an abstract noun because it is intangible and encompasses human states of mind. In my opinion‚ the word ‘hollowness’ has two meanings. Firstly‚ it refers to absence of certain components of an object‚ making the object vacant or empty. Secondly‚ it can mean one’s emotion: the feeling one has after he or she worked vainly. The writer worked as a police officer under the British Empire in Burma‚ where he was hated by
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beside you‚ slowly raising the book‚ ready to strike the invader. WAIT! Stop to think about what you are doing. You are about to brutally murder one of the hardest working creatures on the planet. Instead of taking away the innocent insect’s life‚ you should be thanking it and the rest of the bee population for pollinating nearly 400 different species of plants that are important to the agriculture business.
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has been since his time. But has anyone ever raised the question why? Why do we‚ as a society‚ read William Shakespeare’s plays? The answer is a simple one and that is to have a common knowledge in our societies. So many diverse groups of people can be brought together with Shakespeare’s plays‚ for discussions‚ arguments‚ and more. The timeless ideas that are put into his plays are something that everyone can relate to‚ which in the big picture could bring all societies together.
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France‚ this country that no longer dream… This country once known for domination it exercised over the world and its flourishing industry‚ today is a country that its inhabitants wish to leave. We must admit‚ emigration is a phenomenon very present and growing in recent years. The subject remains taboo: political deny that the decisions snuff spent decades in the past have resulted in a disaffection of French for their country. They are more likely to want to settle here permanently based in other
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How do we become human? We can become human only‚ if we relate. There are many possibilities of relating (show a connection and formal relationship). And if we analyze the many different wants‚ we will find a number of dimensions or value centers‚ which are necessary in the process of becoming human. These interconnected dimensions can be called Anthropological constants‚ and they are listed as follows: 1) Relating with one’s body‚ nature and the cosmos- we have to care for ourselves and it includes
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DO WE REALLY NEED PRISONS The simple meaning prison is a place for the confinement of persons in law detention‚ espicially people who are convicted of crimes according to The American Heritage of the English Language (2000). The history of prison almost as old as history itself. At first‚ prison were not used as a punishment but as a place where people who were sentenced to capital or corporal punishment were kept for a short period of time. But as the time passed‚ it turned into a legal punishment
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Student Dialogue: Shooting an Elephant In George Orwell ’s dialogue Shooting an Elephant‚ he accentuates the grave aversion that he has for being a police officer in Moulmein. The author uses many literary devices to depict his controversy with killing the elephant or not‚ such as foreshadowing‚ and speaking in first person‚ and appealing to pathos. The main element used in this dialogue is conflict‚ Orwell shows how he contemplates on whether to shoot the elephant or not. The literary elements
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Shooting an Elephant In life‚ everyone has their own choices to make. Most of the time‚ the side that one has to choose is not what they want but what they need. Just one wrong decision can even cost a life. Hence many choices are immensely difficult. A significant one could be choosing to follow one own heart or to surrender under the pressure of the society they live in. This is the one that occur in Orwell situation. In his essay‚ Orwell writes about the one who has the responsibility of managing
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that such a conclusion depends on the fundamental structure of the organizations responsible for the enforcement of such commitments. The world liberty is many a time used as a cliché. But do we truly know its definition? Do we truly feel civilly liberalized? More importantly‚ is it freely given to us or do we receive it at a price? Liberty is described as exemption from oppression through imposed authoritative restrictions. Entailing the restricting of government from out of our daily routine.
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On p. 90 Weber introduces the ‘ideal type” as a kind of artificially constructed concept that is useful “for heuristic as well as expository purpose.” What is an ideal type? How do we make one? How can we make one? How can we use it as a tool to overcome difficulties inherent in doing scientific study of cultural reality (a reality in which “all knowledge is knowledge from particular points of view‚” p.81‚ and “these standpoints [cannot] be derived from “the fact themselves‚” p. 82) Idea type
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