In the article ¡°Shooting an Elephant‚¡± Orwell describes his experience of killing an elephant to express the real nature and sorrow of imperialism. He first confesses his bitter life in Moulmein and the baiting by the native people of European. He goes on to narrate a tiny event of shooting an elephant which makes him to realize the real characteristic of imperialism. By reading and thinking this essay in depth‚ I perceive the main theme the essay is that the real nature of imperialism actually
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Ayesha Hussain 10HJS Why did the ‘Columbine shooting’ happen? The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on 20th of April 1999‚ at Columbine High School in Columbine‚ Colorado‚ United States. Two senior students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold aged 18‚ embarked on a shooting spree in which a total of 12 students and 1 teacher were murdered. They also injured 21 other students directly‚ with three further people being injured while attempting to escape the school
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The motivation that backs a person to commit a mass shooting has peaked the minds of many over the years. Maybe none quite as much as the shooting that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ December 14th 2012. Adam Lanza decided to end the lives of twenty six innocent women and children‚ and then turned the gun on himself. There is no excuse for something so disturbing as this crime‚ but there are explanations for why something like this may happen. In Lanza’s case there were so many big
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My dad was extremely involved in my life especially when I was younger. I was a daddy’s girl one hundred percent growing up. My dad got me involved in all the sports I partook in. Encouraging me‚ giving me lessons‚ and helping me become better in any way he could. My mom was normally just there for moral support but my dad was the one to push me. He encouraged me to be good at anything I wanted to do. My dad played such a strong role in my life‚ and helped me become who I am today. The influences
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same. It stays the same until the teenager no longer gets the rush of energy from the game‚ but they want that feeling for real.That same teenager is bullied at school and one day‚ he has had enough. The teen takes a weapon to school and a school shooting occurs. Who is to blame? The parents did not know their child’s intentions‚ nor did they realize the changing behavior. They did not know he was being bullied because he was always so sheltered: playing his video games‚ listening to music‚ or watching
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instinct is to scream for help and get on the ground‚ but why are scenes like this taking place in the learning place. The place where we are told we are the safest‚ maybe even safer than home. If school is so much safer than home then why are school shootings on the rise? "Most of us already know that too many of our movies‚ television shows‚ music songs‚ and video games are filled with trash: grisly murder scenes‚ dismemberment and disembowelment‚ nonstop profanity‚ rape and torture scenarios" (Bennett
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School Shootings such a big Tragedy in the United States Today.On December 14‚ 2012‚ A 20 year old Male Adam Peter Lanza fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in the village of Sandy Hook in Newton‚ Connecticut. On my quest to look up information on this perpetrator Adam Peter Lanza - (April 22‚ 1992- December 14‚2012) it is stated on wikipedia .com that Adam and his mother Nancy Lanza age 52‚ lived in sandy Hook‚ 5miles
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The United States has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world. That also comes with having the most mass shootings even rivaling war-torn countries. In 2015 only there has been more than three hundred plus mass shootings. With more shootings happening a lot more frequently‚ it is apparent that not nearly enough background checks into gun owners are being run. Three-quarters of people either own two or more. But what should be done about those who are attempted buyers that are turned
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THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. Tommy L Gould COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing October 27‚ 2014 Julie Dwyer Running head: THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. 1 THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. 3 THE SHOOTING IN FERGUSON MO. Why has the shooting of eighteen year old Michael Brown affected my community? Some say it was a race issue others say it was police brutality. Racism being a very sensitive matter in the community that I live in‚ all though I do not live in Ferguson City‚ it is only a
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Shooting In “shootings”‚ Adam Gopnik speaks about a shooting that took place in Virginia Tech Engineering building‚ and how the parents of the victims were told that it was not the right moment to ask questions. Gopnik also gives his points of view on how the shooting could have been avoided. Gopnik suggests that the main reason why these types of incidents keep happening in the United States is because there is a lack of security and requirements on who should not be able to buy a gun. The government
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