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    Water for Elephants

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    Water for Elephants The novel Water for Elephants is written by the best-selling author Sarah Gruen. The book was published on May 26‚ 2006‚ under Algonquin Books‚ in the United States of America. It has 335 pages‚ and is classified as historical romance and fiction. The book does include many historical events‚ such as the Great Depression‚ but the rest of the content is entirely fictional. The book is centered on Jacob Jankowski‚ who‚ after receiving the news of his parents’ death‚ jumps a

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    Imperialism

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    imperialist policy in the 1880s including economic‚ cultural‚ and military reasons? In the 1880s while the U.S. was competing with other countries for economic and military control and feeling their culture growing America was leading towards Imperialism. On the economic side of things there was plenty of things to show this. A main factor was our way of acquiring raw materials. As most of our products were made by raw materials acquired by other countries and once gather would be then sold off

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    Imperialism

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    Suppose a stranger your home and demand that from now on you go by their rules and do as they say‚ most people would consider this absurd and do something about it. This is pretty much the situation that the United States put the citizens of the Philippines in the year of 1898. Imperialistic actions by the United States against the Philippines caused turmoil within the United States because the morals of the country were in question regarding the actions taking place and the beliefs stated in the

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    Columbine Shooting

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    The Columbine High school massacre The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ at Columbine High School in Columbine‚ an unincorporated area of Jefferson County‚ Colorado‚ United States‚ near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ embarked on a massacre‚ killing 12 students and one teacher and injuring 24.The pair then committed suicide. It was the deadliest massacre throughout U.S history taking place at a high school. This

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    Imperialism Essay Imperialism was a very effective form of empowerment over weaker nations for early Britain and other European countries. They dominated and fought over whole continents and countries‚ arguing over who had conquered more land. There were many reasons why the European’s wanted to imperialize unindustrialized nations such as natural resources. This also made a big impact on said nations‚ positive and negative. Going on that state of mind‚ the long term effects of imperialism showed

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    George Orwell Imperialism

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    In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”‚ Orwell mentions how he was hated and harassed by the people of Burma. Essentially‚ because of the fact that he was part of the British colony that oppressed the Burmese. From the beginning‚ Orwell did not concur with British Imperialism‚ he states “I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better” (Orwell. 134). In addition‚ Orwell detested his job‚ he had to watch the prisoners

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    Elephant (2003)

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    It is the fourth deadliest school massacre in United States history. The phrase “elephant in the room” is used as a metaphor to describe an obvious truth that goes unaddressed‚ or simply ignored. Everyone knows it is there‚ but no one will say what needs to be said‚ or acknowledge the problem that is in front of them. Gus Van Sant’s‚ Elephant‚ is a cinematic response to the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. Van Sant’s open-ended treatment of the Columbine event is one example of how his creative

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    At it’s founding‚ international relations (IR) focused heavily on the role of imperialism in world politics. Imperialism generally refers to a practice or policy of preeminence or dominance with respect to foreign countries. Imperialism has long been associated with colonialism and the forceful acquisition of territories. Yet some scholars argue that a new form of imperialism has emerged where capitalist states use their powers to take advantage of weaker states both militarily and economically.

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    Joseph Conrad Imperialism

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    nations with imperialistic ideals. With imperialism came the praise and promotion of the imperialistic ideas. However‚ unlike other times in history where a nation had taken over another‚ there was criticism written by some of the writers living in the imperialistic countries. Two of these writers were Joseph Conrad‚ who wrote Heart of Darkness‚ and George Orwell‚ who wrote “Shooting an Elephant”. Both of their pieces comments on the dark side of imperialism and the effects it has on the colonized

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    British system of government in India provides the motive for Gandhi’s "Defending Nonviolent Resistance" speech. George Orwell conveys peevishness of the same system--the British government by the shooting of an elephant and the repercussions of the event. The overall attitude in Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant leans toward resentment of both government and murder‚ while the overall attitude in Gandhi’s Defending Nonviolent Resistance inclines toward the uprising of government and nonviolent protest. Both

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