In the passage‚ Shooting an Elephant a hated police officer killed an elephant. Orwell was asked to come and do something about an elephant ravaging a bazaar. On his way‚ he ran into Various Burman’s that told him what the elephant was doing. He figured that is was not anything to serious‚ the elephant would eventually calm down. The elephant was heated. The night before it had broken out of its chain and escaped. The elephant’s mahout was the only one who can manage it but he was about twelve hours
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Reaction to shooting an elephant This time tables are turned for Orwell. In A hanging Orwell was the oppressor but in shooting an elephant I felt that Orwell was oppressed by the Burmese people as he mentions that "In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people" and he emphasizes on that fact by adding "As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so" and was also oppressed by the empire as he was forced to do a job that he doesn’t
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Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell Reflection by ______________ In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell describes how when he was younger he worked as a police officer in lower Burma in a place called Moulmein. At this time Burma is controlled by the declining British Empire. He writes about how he was hated by the Burmese people and that whenever they could they would trip him or says insult behind his back. At some point during his stay there an elephant got loose from its chains and was
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Shooting an Elephant analysis Giving in can either be good or bad. Whether large or miniscule‚ situations that are faced everyday require serious decisions. As humans‚ we sometimes have the inability to decide. In‚ “ Shooting An Elephant”‚ choices are made for the pleasure of others. The theme in this short autobiographical essay deeply affects the entire story. Being unwanted had an enormous impact on Orwell. George Orwell lived in lower Burma where he was a sub- divisional police officer.
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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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community share the same codes and conventions; and this is the reason why they agree or disagree. A few reviews of a restaurant‚ ‘The Elephant Wrestler’‚ has been collected from Yelp to demonstrate Fish’s notion‚ and explain why it problematizes the notion that an interpreter’s response is merely subjective. A common factor between the reviewers of ‘The Elephant Wrestler’ is that they have dined inside the restaurant. This would put them into a community of people who have dined at
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Battle of Bunker Hill The Battle of Bunker Hill was one of the critical turning points in the Revolutionary War. Interestingly enough‚ the battle was not actually fought on Bunker Hill‚ but on Breed’s Hill. The original orders to the American Colonel William Prescott‚ was to fortify Bunker Hill‚ but he decided to fortify Breed’s Hill because it was closer to Boston. Because of the original orders‚ after the battle was over everyone continued to refer to it as the Battle of Bunker Hill. The British
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My Interpretation of "Shooting An Elephant" By Christina Harry 06/19/2013 English Composition 111 "Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell (1903-1950) is to me‚ a memoir of the time he spent in Moulmein‚ Burma‚ as a European sub-divisional police officer of the town. He was sent there to attempt control of the unruly Burmese people by the British Empire. Orwell was a white European and was hated by the people because
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Leonard Morrow Christina Olson Writing Assignment 3 9 April 2013 Rhetorical Analysis: “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay entitled “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell writes‚ “In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people – the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me” (Orwell‚ pg#). In this exert‚ not only does Orwell succeed in setting the mood and foreshadowing events to come‚ but he also introduces us to a protagonist
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icon (the smaller A) and click until the spreadsheet is nicely on the page and printing is still easily readable. Copying your graph from Excel to a full page in your Word Report Document Appendix Copying the graph To Copy the graph Click in the white space round the graph Copy Go to the next page of your report document (or insert a new page) Paste Special > Windows Metafile To make the graph a full page First rotate the graph Click on the Graph (Word Document) Go to Format > Rotate right
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