In the essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ George Orwell uses the elephant as an extended metaphor for Orwell’s morality and the outside forces challenging it. In the second paragraph‚ Orwell makes it clear that he “was stuck between [George Orwell’s] hatred of the empire [he] served and [his] rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make [his] job impossible.” Deep down‚ Orwell despised imperialism and sympathized with the oppressed Burmese people as a whole. His morality is clouded
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George Lucas: One of the greatest film makers "With the exception of maybe a handful of people‚ no one has made an impact on the movie making world like George Lucas has. With hundred of hours of film with his mark out there‚ Lucas has amazed his audiences time and time again with expert story telling" (The Gods of Filmmaking). George Lucas has written‚ directed‚ and produced countless films‚ many of which are some of today ’s most highly regarded films by critics all over the world. "George
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Childhood in ’Such‚ such were the joys’ by George Orwell In his essay entitled ‘Such‚ such were the joys’ George Orwell describes his life at the boarding school‚ St Cyprian’s in Sussex‚ from the age of eight to the age of thirteen. He focuses on his own inability to assimilate in the new environment and the preferential treating received by the wealthier students. Orwell describes childhood as a trying and harsh trial. He portrays it through the eyes of the child that believes most of the adults
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George Orwell and Jimmy Cross Character Comparison In the two short stories‚ Shooting an Elephant and the Things They Carried there are certain similarities and differences that George Orwell and Jimmy Cross hold. Each character in the short stories has there own different situation they are in‚ but they both are in a foreign land and they both have to take orders and do what there country is asking of them. However‚ even though each situation is different they both deal with some of the same
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George Washington’s Farewell Address This Farewell Adress is about george washington leaving his presidency and giving advice to future presidents such as staying away divisive party politics. He also warned to not engage in permanent alliances with other countries. The author is george washington widely known as the first president of the United States although he is also known for many other things such as being the richest man in the colonies at that time. He wasn’t really successful with being
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1. Orwell shoots the elephant because the two thousand native people standing behind him expect him to. They want revenge for the man it killed‚ the meat the carcass will provide‚ and the entertainment of watching the shooting. “The people expected it of me and I had got to do it” he writes. There is a suggestion that if he decided not to shoot the elephant‚ both he and the empire would suffer a loss of prestige‚ but the main concern in Orwell’s mind is the “long struggle not to be laughed at”. He
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Winston Smith‚ the protagonist and main character in George Orwell’s novel 1984. Smith is a very important aspect of Orwell’s novel‚ because it is through his point of view that we see the world he is living in. Reading the story through Smith’s point of view helps better understand why Smith behaves the way he does. To better understand Smith one must understand smith’s role. Smith is minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London‚ Winston Smith is a thin‚ frail‚ contemplative‚ intellectual
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In 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ Winston and Julia are in their secret apartment when they hear a voice from behind a painting (Orwell 221). They are being spied on and soldiers come in to take them away. As they are being taken away‚ Winston sees Mr. Charrington come in‚ realizing that‚ “... for the first time in his life he was looking‚ with knowledge‚ at a member of the Thought Police” (224). This immediately changes the dynamic of the story‚ as the main characters are taken away from everything they
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George Washington – first American president‚ commander of the Continental Army‚ president of the Constitutional Convention‚ and planter. These were the roles in which Washington exemplified character and leadership. George Washington was born at his father’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia‚ on February 22‚ 1732. His father‚ Augustine Washington‚ was a leading planter in the area and also served as a justice of the county court. He was one of ten children in an aristocratic
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When he lived: Georges Cuvier was a famous French naturalist and zoologist who lived from 1769 to 1832. Where he was raised‚ educated‚ and employed: Son of an upper class Swiss Guard Lieutenant Jean Georges Cuvier‚ Georges was born to Anne Clémence Chatel in Montbéliard with the formal name Jéan Leopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier. Georges was taught at home by his mother and excelled academically. As a ten year-old‚ his interest in natural history was sparked by a copy of Gesner’s Historie Animalium
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