Claire McCarthy faced the dilemma of making a choice between their feelings and other people’s thoughts. In Orwell’s article “Shooting an Elephant”‚ he describes a poor elephant that destroyed people’s homes and kills a man. The people in town wanted him‚ as sub-divisional police officer‚ to kill that elephant. Orwell in fact did not want to kill the elephant but he did because other people wanted him to do and pressured him to make that choice. Claire McCarthy met a similar problem in her article
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conclusion‚ Mark Twain questions whether the knowledge accumulated in the practice of a profession is worth the loss of being able to cherish the artistry and poetic wonders in our lives. Shooting an elephant Based on Orwell’s experience with the Indian Imperial Police (1922-1927)‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is set in Moulmein‚ in Lower Burma. Orwell‚ the narrator‚ has already begun to question the presence of the British in the Far East. He says that‚ theoretically and secretly‚ he was “all for the Burmese
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society is vicious‚ cruel and full of constant terrible acts that humans commit every day. Some people use the premise that life has its ups and downs‚ but it’s best to just keep going‚ even though the hard times‚ but is it true? In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson shows how complicated it is to make condition equal to everyone and how unfair life can be in many ways in a world that is no equal. According to “The Hunger
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Narrative of Thought I remember when I first read Heart of Darkness. I was a sophomore in high school when I had been required to read it. I remember when I got it. I thought to myself that it might be a cool book. I read the first five pages and wanted to throw it the window. It was confusing‚ frustrating and a little weird. Eventually I did read it. The more I read the more it made sense. When I finished it‚ I was still a little confused‚ but I understood it better. I would not say that the exact
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CTET NOVEMBER 2012 ANSWER KEY-SOLUTION BY WWW.EXAMHUNT.IN PAPER-2 : CHILD DEVELOPMENT November 18‚ 2012 Correct Answer It is subjective evidence of behavior and therefore does not provide feedback for scholastic area B and A 29 19 01 Oh really‚ your mother rang up Principal ma’am last night‚ 28 20 03 09 Did she seek an appointment with her ? Higher order divergent 27 02 26 06 Difficulty level of the question 26 01 24 07 Ability to monitor their own learning 21 13 06 24 The tendency to persist
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If you live within 100 metres of a centrally protected monument‚ you cannot expand your property anymore‚ according to an amendment to an Act on the protection of monuments. In a major step towards protection of monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)‚ President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday signed the amendment to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Remains and Sites Act‚ 1958‚ which envisages ban on construction in the prohibited area of the ASI-protected monument. The
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s MATHEMATICS 2005 (Set II—Outside Delhi) Except for the following questions‚ all the remaining questions have been asked in Set I . SECTION - A Q. 1. If [pic]then prove by Principle of mathematical Induction that [pic]‚ where [pic] Q. 2. Two balls are drawn at random with replacement from a box containing 10 black and 8 red. Find the probability that (i) both balls are red (ii) the first ball is black and the second is red (iii) one of them is black and the other red. Q. 10. Evaluate:
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India holds over half the world’s tiger population. According to the latest tiger census report released on February 12‚ 2008 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority‚ the current tiger population stands at 1‚411 (i.e. ranging between a minimum of 1‚165 to a maximum of 1‚657). The results include figures from 16 tiger states and are exclusive of Jharkhand and Sunderbans. The state of West Bengal was covered only partially (i.e. North Bengal) during the census. The Tiger Census 2008 report
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Required Question for all Students I chose the book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I chose this book because I had watched the movie a long time ago and everyone says the book is always better than the movie. I knew I was going to like it because I love animals and I have always wanted to be a veterinarian just like Jacob in this book. I thought it was very inspiring how even after Jacob learns that his parents have been killed in the car crash and their home has been mortgaged to pay for his
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many thanks to the juries and MC who have given me opportunity to deliver an English speech in front of you all. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ The title of my speech is “Save Our Earth; Save Our Forest”. As we know‚ people from all over the world always commemorate Earth Day every 22nd April. The idea of earth day is based on the awareness to save this world from the environmental destruction. It aims at making global movements to participate actively in saving our earth – the only planet in which we live
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