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    Asian Elephant

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    Title: Asian Elephant-Elephas Maximus 2. Purpose: To learn how and why the Asian Elephant got on the endangered species list. Elephants are one of the largest land mammals in the world and they have been targets to man and other animals. 3. Background: My overall background the Asian Elephant is very limited. I know that they come from Asian and many were hunter for their tusks. You can find a few Asian Elephants at the local zoos and there is always controversy on elephants and the circus

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    Asian Elephants

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    Asian Elephants Asian Elephants are well built and very intelligent‚ strong headed animals. The Asian Elephant tusks are used to do very many well serving jobs‚ and have a humongous amount of responsibility for the Elephants. The Elephant trunk has about 6‚000 muscles; they are used to do all sort of chores for the Elephant just like the tusks. Asian Elephants are very intelligent‚ open minded and self-aware. Asian Elephants are well built and resemble to humans in ways we don’t think another

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    Campus Shootings

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    Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Number Date In the recent years‚ the shootings as a result of confrontations that have occurred at U.S colleges and universities have led to heated debates on whether students‚ administrators and professors should be allowed to carry concealed guns or not. Whereas some analysts have continually defended the opinion that guns should be allowed on college and campuses grounds‚ majority have nullified any single idea of having concealed weapons on campuses as

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    Based on analysis of "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell and "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie a theme shared by these two short stories is the effects of colonialism. "Shooting an Elephant" took place in Burma‚ a former colony of the British Empire during British colonial rule.George Orwell mentioned‚ “…the real nature of imperialism.” Also‚ “I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served. During the time depicted in the short story the author only then began to understand the realities

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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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    George Orwell Imperialism

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    In “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell presents a story in which he reluctantly kills an elephant. Orwell is a British police officer who is always teased by the Burmese‚ who see him as a representative of the British Empire but fail to realize that Orwell also opposes English occupation of Burma. One day‚ Orwell is called to investigate an accident in the marketplace involving a rampant elephant. Orwell borrows a rifle‚ which could bring down the elephant‚ from his friend. He hopes

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    Columbine Shooting

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    who worked in a pizza parlor together. They were involved in sports in middle school but not in high school. Dylan and Eric were part of a group of kids that dressed Goth. Other kids considered them “uncool”. They had been planning the Columbine shooting for almost a year. We sometimes try to look for someone to blame. In this case more than one person could have contributed to these actions. Dylan and Eric’s parents could have payed more attention to how they were acting‚ looked in their room

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    Irony Essay

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    Irony Essay In the timeless tragedy Oedipus the King‚ Sophocles implements masterful irony in the forms of dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational ironies‚ which are essential contributions to the theme of the limitations of a man’s potential caused by fate. The dramatic end of Oedipus raised a crucial question of the extent of a man’s impact on society in the minds of the Chorus‚ “Luckless Oedipus‚ whom of all men I envy not at all” (1378). The reason that this question is elevated into the minds of both

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    Macbeth Irony

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    ALLEN| IRONY IN MACBETH There are many types of irony used in Macbeth.. Without the irony‚ the tragedy would not be quite so tragic. Verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational irony was used in the story of Macbeth. One type of irony used in Macbeth is verbal irony. This is when a character says one thing and means the opposite. Examples of this are when Macbeth says to Banquo‚ “Tonight we hold a solemn supper‚ sir‚ And I’ll request your presence” or when he says “Fail not our feast". Verbal irony makes

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    Situational Irony

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    Many times authors use irony to prove a point. There are three types of irony: dramatic‚ verbal‚ and situational. Situational irony is present in “The Sniper”‚ “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ “Gift of the Magi”‚ and “The Necklace” to help create the theme in the stories. In the story The Sniper situational irony plays a major part in the story.”The lust of battle died in him. He became bitten by remorse” (O’Flanerty). This shows situational irony because he was ready to kill‚ but when the sniper

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