Running head: SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: AMERICA ’S TRAGEDY School Shootings: A Tragedy in America School Shootings: A Tragedy in America The school shootings at Westside Middle School were orchestrated by two juveniles. On Monday‚ March 30‚ 1998 two boys ambushed students and teachers outside Westside Middle School in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas. Andrew Golden a youth of 11 years and Mitchell Johnson who was 13 years old were responsible for this hideous tragedy. Apparently‚ Mitchell Johnson hid
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A.P English 10-1813 Shooting an Elephant essay Have you ever been influenced by others to do something you do not want to do? A lot of people have‚ including George Orwell in his essay Shooting an Elephant. Being influenced by others‚ also known as peer pressure is a thing that happens every day‚ not only in high schools like most people think but outside of schools and in the real world. In Orwell’s essay he did something because he did not want the people of the town to think poorly of him
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Sandy Hook’s sake: learning from the tragedy of Newtown We must turn from this trauma to tackle America’s complex failures over gun control‚ inner-city crime and mental healthcare A woman waits to hear about her sister‚ a teacher‚ following the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Melanie Stengel/AP Friday’s news that 20 children and six adults were gunned down in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ a small community known locally for its Great Pootatuck rubber duck race every spring to raise
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NOTES ON SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT 1) colonialism in "Shooting an Elephant." * George Orwell wrote this essay when England ruled Burma as a colony---much like it had ruled America during the colonial period. Colonialism occurred when many European nations simply took over countries because they believed their culture was superior to the native culture. The ideas of social darwinism‚ or survival of the strongest nations and/or people‚ played a large role in the domination and subjection of countries
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Christy A Threatt-Drake 10/04/2012 ENG 101-014 Summary and Response “Shooting Dad” Sarah Vowell “Shooting Dad” Sarah Vowell is best known for her smart‚ witty spoken essays she delivers on public radio. One of her writings called‚ “Shooting Dad”‚ is a view into her‚ “lifelong opposition to her father”. In the essay called “Shooting Dad”‚ Vowell states that “during her teenage years she came from a home
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In ’’Shooting an Elephant‚’’ George Orwell demonstrates the vanity of imperialism and expresses its negative outcomes and how it can influence the country that is being run. By pointing out a minor conflict- shooting an elephant while serving as a police officer in Burma‚ Orwell uses his language to illustrate the downfalls of the imperialism and brings his audience into the immediacy of his world as colonial police officer. All through the story‚ Orwell indirectly expresses his political views
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Shooting an Elephant A price is payed to save oneself from humiliation‚ but‚ being pressured into doing something that one doesn’t want to do‚ makes people feel lost and pushed into a big problem. In the story "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell‚ he himself goes through a struggle in being the one to shoot an Elephant. In the beginning he knew what he had to avoid of being laughed at from the Burmese people that surrounded him‚ since he is an imperial policeman. Throughout the story‚ Orwell
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The Causes of School Shootings School shootings have been on the rise. Many kids are feeling the pressure of growing up in a world that is constantly changing and some do not know how to handle the situations that surround them. No one knows the exact reasoning behind why school shootings have risen so rapidly‚ but many have suggested motives for why children feel pushed to turn to school violence. Bullying‚ mental illnesses‚ and lack of gun control all influence a child to act out in violence.
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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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There has always been an issue with animal cruelty of duck shooting in Victoria. Journalist Kylie Hansen contributes a opinion piece “lame duck decision on shooting” March 2nd‚ 2009. Hansen ask many questions towards the Victorian Government decision allow the duck hunting season to go ahead. Despite the recent terrible bushfires and drought conditions‚ Hansen attacks at the Victorian Environment Minister‚ Gavin Jennings and the duck hunting population on their server animal cruelty. Cruelty
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