Shooting an Elephant Summary: Set during the early 1900’s‚ the narrator recount his experiences as an English police officer stationed in Burma. He often describes that the British presence there were greatly despised and that he himself has been a target multiple times by the Burmese people. “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” (229) Being there to do the dirty work of the British empire‚ the narrator gets to see what imperialism really
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Do elephants cry? Of course they do‚ because they care about each other. A mother elephant will shield her calf from vicious predators and the hot sun‚ guiding it underneath herself. If there’s an obstacle in their path‚ a mother will carry her child over it‚ when a dust storm hits‚ she will personally bathe her precious baby. Just like humans‚ elephants create deep emotional bonds between their families and herds. Except‚ humans are a little better at expressing their feelings. We care for our loved
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Imperialism in ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell Shooting an elephant is a short story about the speaker’s experience in working as a colonial officer in Burma‚ a previous conquered province by Britain‚ and facing a pressure to shoot an innocent elephant to please a large Burmese crowd. Throughout the story Orwell makes clear to readers how Imperialism causes misery and pain. To a clear definition for Imperialism‚ I sum up the important points according to my understanding as
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stigmatization. Moreover‚ he defined several groups that can be affected by the process of stigmatization. One of the groups included people with various deformities and anomalies that were often called abominations of the body. The play “The Elephant Man” by Bernard Pomerance is a bright example of the impact of the society on the personality. We see the main character Joseph Merrick who suffers a lot from the harsh attitude of the society. The main reason of such attitude was his ugly appearance
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SG Orwell ’s Relationship with the Burmese in “Shooting an Elephant” The relationship between Orwell and the Burmese in George Orwell ’s “Shooting an Elephant‚” is a complex relationship filled with hatred. Regardless of Orwell ’s personal morals and beliefs on imperialism‚ he still upholds the duties of his job and has desire to show he is not in any shape or form inferior to any Burman‚ while the Burmese show nothing but ridicule and loathe for Orwell. This relationship shared between Orwell
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Essay Title : Love and Responsibility in Hills Like White Elephants “Hills Like White Elephants” written by Ernest Hemingway that is the controversy revolving around the theme of abortion between the American man and the girl named Jig waiting for a train at the station. Through their conversation and their difficult decision that whether or not having an abortion‚ the story shows love and responsibility in a relationship between the couple. While waiting for a
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Eats‚ Shoots and Leaves is a nonfiction book written by Lynne Truss. The novel is about grammar and punctuation‚ and it is just as exciting as it sounds. The book has no story line‚ each chapter is a new lesson on punctuation or grammar. Eats‚ Shoots and Leaves has a instructional yet lighthearted tone‚ which allows it to maintain some humor. Still‚ Truss speaks with such cockiness that sometimes it is hard to stomach. There isn’t much in the way of themes and symbolism in this novel. One obvious
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Required Question for all Students I chose the book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I chose this book because I had watched the movie a long time ago and everyone says the book is always better than the movie. I knew I was going to like it because I love animals and I have always wanted to be a veterinarian just like Jacob in this book. I thought it was very inspiring how even after Jacob learns that his parents have been killed in the car crash and their home has been mortgaged to pay for his
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condemns it and thinks of it as only a façade of power. In ”Shooting an Elephant”‚ he conveys the ironic‚ powerless and evil nature of Imperialism through the experience of himself as a young British officer shooting the elephant against his own will in order to maintain the image of the imperial power in Burma. This is shown specifically through the relationship between the British and Burmese‚ the portrayal of the elephant as well as development of the inner conflicts of the protagonist. The major
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Last week in my communications class‚ I gave an informative speech on How to Shoot a Basketball. During my speech‚ my teaching Dr.Coleman had everyone in the class write two positives and two improvements on how I presented my speech. I received about 17 evaluations from my peers so I got a lot of feedback. Some of the positive feedback I got were good eye contact‚ seemed confident and that I was loud and clear. While the negative feedbacks said; I need to slow down‚ project my voice better‚ and
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