“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell is an essay surrounding the difficulties of doing what you are supposed to do versus what others want you to do. For Orwell the problem boiled down to whether he should leave an elephant ‚that went on a rampage but was now calm‚ alone or to shoot it because that was what the locals wanted him to do. Orwell didn’t feel like it was necessary to do it but the pressure from the mob made it seem like the only choice he had. So he chose the words of others over
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Kara Schlesinger ENG124 January 28th‚ 2015 Paper #1: Popular and Scholarly Sources The name of the magazine in which the article‚ “Fighting for Elephants” is located is BBC Wildlife . The article was found in the January issue of this magazine. The article is a story about a woman who tries to save elephants in her every day life. An appropriate audience for this magazine would be matured adults who appreciate the science fiction aspect of today’s society‚ animal enthusiasts‚ animal activists
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African Elephant is Vulnerable to Extinction At six tons‚ the African elephant is the largest land animal. It is larger than the Asian elephant and has bigger ears than those elephants. African elephants are vulnerable to extinction because of human devolpment‚ poaching‚ and conflict with people. African elephants roam south of the Sahara Desert. They have large trunks that are used for gathering food‚ communicating and drinking water. Additionally‚ the trunks allow elephants to shower themselves
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Thai Elephants and its significant to Thai Culture and History The elephant‚ the giant size animal with enormous power and gentle heart‚ is a living creature that have special place in Thai’s heart. It has been the icon of Thai tradition‚ culture and royal power through centuries since the old Siam. The thousand and thousand years of relationship between Thai people and elephants are even recorded and can be found abundantly on the pages of Thai’s historical book. Because of their long association
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Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell Reflection by ______________ In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell describes how when he was younger he worked as a police officer in lower Burma in a place called Moulmein. At this time Burma is controlled by the declining British Empire. He writes about how he was hated by the Burmese people and that whenever they could they would trip him or says insult behind his back. At some point during his stay there an elephant got loose from its chains and was
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“Shooting an Elephant” In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is not liked by the Burmese people because he is the representation of their oppressors‚ the British. He gets his chance to be the hero when an elephant gets loose and causes destruction and the people need him to kill the beast. What would have happened if he didn’t shoot the elephant? Why Orwell feel so awful about killing the elephant? Orwell decides to kill the elephant‚ but does he do it for the right reason? In Orwell’s essay
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Shooting an Elephant Summary: Set during the early 1900’s‚ the narrator recount his experiences as an English police officer stationed in Burma. He often describes that the British presence there were greatly despised and that he himself has been a target multiple times by the Burmese people. “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” (229) Being there to do the dirty work of the British empire‚ the narrator gets to see what imperialism really
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Shooting an Elephant Life unexpected choices we’re forced to make‚ for the fear that one bad decision may have everlasting effects. In "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell‚ is set at a time during the 1800’s when the country of Burma was overruled and the British imperialist rule took over. Orwell expresses his internal battles when he recalls an event that changed him forever‚ how his pride was influenced by other forces and the true symbolism of the effect of imperial control. The first thing
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Scientists have been wondering if elephants could feel emotions. In the three articles‚ “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚” by Virginia Morell‚ “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” by Joshua Plotnik and‚ “Elephants Console Each Other‚” by Virginia Morell. All of the authors used information to get their message across and to explain the author’s purpose. In the first passage‚ “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚” by Virginia Morell‚ Virginia used information
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In the passage‚ Shooting an Elephant a hated police officer killed an elephant. Orwell was asked to come and do something about an elephant ravaging a bazaar. On his way‚ he ran into Various Burman’s that told him what the elephant was doing. He figured that is was not anything to serious‚ the elephant would eventually calm down. The elephant was heated. The night before it had broken out of its chain and escaped. The elephant’s mahout was the only one who can manage it but he was about twelve hours
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