Sissi Lu Dr. Rhone WRIT 101 April 12‚ 2015 The Effect on Decision-making Eric Arthur Blair‚ who used the pen name George Orwell‚ was a British writer whose literature is marked by criticism of social injustice. The essay “Shooting an Elephant” is one of George Orwell’s most well-known works. The essay was wrote in 1936‚ it describes a story what happened in 1926‚ while Orwell was working as a British police officer in Burma‚ where in order to build the role of an assertive police officer and a
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In the Novel‚ “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ the animals had a dream of a utopian society. They went to extreme lengths to fulfill this dream including running off Mr. Jones from the farm and fighting “wars” against the humans. However‚ Napoleon let the power he had go to his head therefore‚ making him a corrupt ruler. Some of his actions included‚ taken more rations for himself and other pigs‚ walking on his hind legs‚ and even declaring himself the president of animal farm. Napoleons corrupt ways
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their constituents and incorporates what is said into the politics of the group. Someone who is honest and loyal to their people. Someone who works hard to maintain equality for all beings‚ no matter race or gender. In the novel Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ the leaders of this proposed society of Animal Farm do not possess good leadership qualities. The pigs are inadequate leaders because they do not listen to the other animals‚ they are not honest and loyal to their constituents‚ and they do not
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Shooting An Elephant The well written narrative essay of George Orwell (shooting An Elephant) and Salvation of Langston Hughes‚ dealing with their life story and experience show the set of qualities that make each author distinctive. However‚ the authors used a particular way to narrate their story making them alive. So this particular way used by each of them let make a critical comparison and contrast analysis related to each author personality. Langston Hughes toward Salvation used an
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Analysis of a narrative text: Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell) “Shooting an Elephant” is an autobiographically influenced short story written by George Orwell and published in 1936. It deals with the inner conflict of an imperial police officer in Burma who feels pressured by the Burmese and forced to kill an outraged elephant in order to prove himself and his status as an imperial police officer. The short story can be divided into two parts. In the first two paragraphs the narrator introduces
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Nineteen Eighty-Four is an American typical that probes the human mind in regards to control‚ corruption‚ power‚ and society. The author‚ George Orwell‚ suggests in an indirect matter that the regime will eventually become corrupted and attempt to use power which forces people to abide by the set rules. He portrays an imaginary dictatorial society in which citizens have no freedom and are being constantly brainwashed. Having no sense of fairness to individuals‚ the regime uses them for work. To attain
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George Orwell was a prominent political writer during the post-WWII era who openly opposed totalitarian governments. In the novel 1894‚ Orwell creates a dystopian society where the idea of individuality does not exist. The novel takes place in Oceania‚ a fictional country‚ where the party and its ruler‚ Big Brother‚ seek to have complete control over the population. The party implements many tactics in order to achieve this‚ such as surveillance‚ propaganda‚ and degradation of language to gain control
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In 1984 George Orwell asserts that a government with too much power ends up taking away its citizens’ rights to privacy. A government with this kind of power must keep track of every person and every person’s business in order to stay viable and one step ahead of a possible rebellion. Orwell makes this point with his development of the child spies and omnipresent Telescreens. In 1984‚ children are reared to obey‚ love‚ and protect their country at all costs. They are taught to betray the trust of
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Animal Farm Research Paper In the book‚ Animal Farm the author uses animals and a farm to symbolize the events that occurred during the Russian Communist Revolution. The author‚ George Orwell‚ connects the book to the event in creative ways to help you to really grasp the idea of what happened. The Animal Farm symbolizes event from the Russian Communist Revolution and shaped Russia. The Russian Communist Revolution took place in 1917‚ during the final phase of
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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death It is better to be free and starving‚ than to be fed and enslaved. The book‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ is a does a superb job illustrating this by showing how the Russian Revolution and its aftermath affected the Russian populace. In Animal Farm‚ the animals that symbolized Russians were enslaved by a farmer that represented the Tsar of Russia. The conditions that these animals were undergoing were far less than ideal. They had no freedom and only the bare
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