The act of shooting the elephant is a culmination of the officer’s ignorance of what he knows should be done. Firstly‚ the officer rationally decides that he should not shoot the elephant because “it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery” (Orwell par. 6). He also decides that the elephant “is no more dangerous than a cow” (par. 6). Secondly‚ the officer knew that shooting the elephant was morally wrong. He personified the elephant
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The shootings in Newtown‚ CT showed a great form of mass hysteria in all of America back n December. The shootings involved a older man who killed many kids in Sandy Hook Elementary School. This has caused much debate on both school security‚ and gun laws if guns can be easily bought and registered under a man’s name. This brought much scare and sadness to all of America to think that a man walked into an elementary school and shot faculty and students. Many people started panicking about this event
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An Analysis of Orwell’s "Shooting an Elephant" Erika Moreno-Dalton In "Shooting an Elephant‚" George Orwell finds himself in a difficult situation involving an elephant. The fate of the elephant lies in his hands. Only he can make the final decision. In the end‚ due to Orwell’s decision‚ the elephant lay dying in a pool of blood. Orwell wins the sympathy of readers by expressing the pressure he feels as an Anglo-Indian in Burma‚ struggling with his morals‚ and showing a sense of compassion
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people on campus and wounded plenty more before he took his own life. This particular shooting was the most deadly school shooting in the history of the united states. Seung Hui Cho had viewed himself as the victim. He was a South Korean who moved to the United States at the age of 8. Seung Hui Cho had a clear history of mental disorders and relationship problems during his time in the States. Also before the shooting Seung Hui Cho had been accused of stalking a fellow female school mates. Studies of
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In the podcast ‚Serial‚ Sarah Koenig analyzes the murder case of victim Hae Min Lee and Adnan Syed‚ the convicted ex boyfriend. However this case isnt like any typical murder case‚ there are many holes in evidence‚ making it difficult to conclude if Adnan Syed actually killed Hae Min Lee or if his conviction was a mistake. Sarah Koenig exploits these holes in the case by introducing contradicting evidence & multiple theories of who couldve killed Hae to convince the reader that there was not enough
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also injured a 6-year-old little boy in a shooting at an elementary school. Prosecutors have taken action to have the case moved to the Court of General Sessions where the 14-year- old can be tried as an adult. His charges include murder and others. The teenage boy murdered his father while he was watching television within their home. The teenager then took the car and went to the elementary school. He was carrying a handgun at the time and began shooting‚ ultimately wounding two boys and a teacher
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Readers Response to George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant The first time I found myself reading the short story “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell was during my senior year of high school. As an animal lover‚ the title was as intriguing as it was unappealing. Why would you want to shoot an elephant? That question is one that the character‚ the author himself‚ asks throughout the story as it’s told. It starts by introducing himself as a white sub-divisional police officer serving in Moulmein
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hand in hand because of the efficient nature of technology. However‚ when analyzing technique‚ it can be determined that in the pursuit of rationalization and efficiency there are implications‚ or something must be sacrificed. In Amazon Unpacked‚ by Sarah O’Connor‚ O’Connor identifies several
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George Orwell’s short story “Shooting an Elephant‚” is set in Burma during the British rule. The narrator is a white policeman who is forced to shoot an elephant that has gone rogue and is destroying crops and buildings and has killed one person. He gathers his guns and sets off in the direction of the rogue elephant and his following of natives increases as he gets closer to the elephant. The elephant’s owner is not in town so he is forced to make a decision about shooting the elephant. The narrator
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novel. The author beautifully describes the little village which is very famous with its fossil and geology finds. At the beach‚ we find the three main characters – Ernestina Freeman‚ spending some time alone with her fiancée Charles Smitson‚ and Sarah Woodruff – a mysterious woman‚ who everyone calls the “French lieutenant’s whore”. Sarah’s first appearance in the novel is when she is spotted walking on the beach‚ watching the stormy sea. Everyone could see that there is something mysterious about
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