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    Reader’s Response: “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell’s essay‚ “Shooting an Elephant” tells the story of a British policeman in British occupied India‚ who faces a situation where he must either follow his morals or pretend to be something else in order to please the public. Obviously living in Burma in the early nineteen hundreds‚ as an Englishman‚ was not easy. Furthermore‚ serving as a steward of the law in a place oppressed by the country you are from‚ certainly will make a job difficult

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    George Orwell‚ “Shooting an Elephant”; Adam Hochschild‚ King Leopold’s Ghost (excerpt); Queen Liliuokalani‚ Hawaii’s Story (excerpt) A. “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell 1. How does Orwell express his disillusionment with imperialism in this essay? 2. What do you think he means by this sentence?: “One day something happened which in a roundabout way was enlightening. It was a tiny incident in itself‚ but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism

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    Shooting an elephant Author: George Orwell   BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE ORWELL George Orwell ’s three major books of travel writing--Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)‚ The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)‚ and Homage to Catalonia (1938)--revived the tradition of excursionary literature as social and political analysis. "Into Unknown England" books were initiated by reform-minded Victorian and Edwardian authors. In his three travel books Orwell‚ who casts himself as a representative of English "lower-upper-middle-class"

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    Elephants and Religion

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    The Symbolism of the Elephant Through Religion Jule Lane Following a religion gives human beings a sense of security‚ satisfaction of belonging to a group‚ and most importantly‚ a set of guidelines that govern one’s moral and ethic values. All who follow a religion‚ regardless of the beliefs‚ have a common goal of finding a faith to feel comfortable with. Hinduism‚ one of the oldest religions in the world‚ and Jainism are two of the widely practiced religions in India‚ with a similar

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    1) The House On The Hill The rain; its heavy drops beating on me like bullets in quick succession; the wind; it is trying to blow me down… will I fall? Or will I remain unbeaten‚ only to be taken down by those monsters with loud and grating voices; those monsters that spew out foul‚ black smoke; those monsters that took down my friends below me with their humongous claws? Drip‚ drip‚ drip. My roof is leaking again. Soon I’m going to rot away until my legs can no longer sustain my weight and finally

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    Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were

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    Alas‚ Babylon Essay Randy Bragg‚ a rich and independent young man‚ is the main character in Alas‚ Babylon. The story‚ which is a dystopian fiction‚ is told through the eyes of Randy. As the story progresses‚ he turns from a bachelor with a trust fund to a strong and determined leader. Randy is characterized as a loyal brother and friend‚ although he does often give off the impression that he is rude and believes he is above everyone else. “He would come bouncing in like this‚ at the last minute

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    Water for Elephants. by Sara Gruen. "Life is the most Spectacular Show on Earth!"- Sara Gruen‚ Water for Elephants. "All I can do is put in time waiting for the inevitable. Observing the ghosts from my past‚ rattling around in my vacuous present. They crash and bang and make themselves at home‚ mostly because there’s no competition. I’ve stopped fighting them." says Jacob Jankowski‚ who is now ninety (or ninety three). Mr. Jankowski reflects upon memories of himself as a young man‚ tossed by

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    In the short story “By the Waters of Babylon” written by Stephen Vincent Benet there is a post apocalyptic setting where there is the aspect of the fear of the unknown. In The Guardian’s article about the bombing of Guernica‚ Spain‚ the reporter describes what they had witnessed when visiting the destroyed town. There was fire‚ ruin‚ death‚ and catastrophe interpreted in both writings. Is this a coincidence? I don’t believe this to be so because of the fact that they both deal with a lot of the

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    thing. The second thing looks like the first thing‚ but it’s something else”. Earley’s idea can apply to Orwell’s essay “Shooting an Elephant”. In this scenario‚ the two “things” are imperialism and the elephant. Orwell clearly and precisely proves Earley’s theory (per say) in his essay. The title lets the reader know that there is an elephant involved. When the essay is first read‚ the title does not fit in with what it’s referring to. Imperialism and the elephant are well put into each other‚

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