1. READING OUTCOME: COMPREHENSION PROCESS WORK: Demonstrate your understanding of the novel by answering the following questions in your journal. Where possible support your ideas with references from the text. Include page numbers for future use. 1. How is the use of the pseudonym ‘Afriend’ ironic? 2. What is a blog page? 3. Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from A Friend‚ what does this suggest about her character? 4. How is the chapter title ‘The A-Bomb’ significant
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Billy Crawford Ms. Myrna Sam AP English Language 23 January 2013 The Elephant Contradiction To be liked by others is a very controversial term. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” the “sahib” struggles as he battles himself in a self destroying and virtue deciding internal conflict. This mental battle is one that all must eventually endure. There is no definitive solution as all choices lead to new problems and consequences. The “sahib” wants to gain acceptance by the crowd behind
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A N A LY S I S O F C O N T R A S T S I N O R W E L L ’ S “ S H O O T I N G A N ELEPHANT” “And my whole life‚ every white man’s life in the East‚ was one long struggle not to be laughed at.” At firs glance it may seem that this sentence is really not important in comparison with lots of others in the‚ in my opinion‚ insanely great and perfectly written short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”. This sentence is later reinforced at the end‚ “I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had
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everyone in order. Social norms affect everyday life and cause many people to alter themselves to be accepted. Imagine if your thoughts could be expressed without the feeling of being judged; life would be much different. In both “Salvation” and “Shooting an Elephant” the authors show that societal pressures force people
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The short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ tells his story of an encounter with a loose elephant. He struggled through a dilemma in which he were to kill the elephant‚ or let it be. Politically‚ George Orwell was against an imperialistic run government‚ and used his writings to portray the many negatives he saw through imperialism. In the story‚ the elephant is a metaphor of imperialism‚ and its effects on the people. The actions of the elephant and the reactions of the civilians
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True Feelings In "Shooting an Elephant" written in 1936‚ George Orwell comes off as being a racist and a coward. I believe that he is not a coward. After reading the narration‚ you must picture yourself during that time in Burma. In the hunt for natural resources the British forced themselves upon the people of Burma. This caused great tension and hate against any whites‚ Especially the Burman priests who”...none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans
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ENGLISH COMPREHENSION: Sample Questions All questions are Multiple-Choice Questions with only one option as the correct answer. Choice-Questions answer In the following question select the word which is OPPOSITE in the meaning of the given word. Q1. INDISCREET a. b. c. d. reliable honest prudent stupid Q2. SOLICITUDE a. b. c. d. insouciance ingenuity propriety austerity Q3. In the sentence there is a bold word or phrase One of the words or phrases given in phrase. the options conveys almost the
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resignation from the police department‚ he changed his name to George Orwell. Orwell went on to write his essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’. His story is about when he was asked to handle a situation involving an elephant on a rampage. This was a tame elephant that destroyed part of the town and killed a man during the process. He struggled with his decision‚ but ultimately decided that killing the elephant was his only option or he would look like a fool. Like Orwell‚ I
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forms of government. His two most famous works (1984 and Animal Farm) both exemplify this point‚ but at the same time weaken it. These two works were written in protest of those governments‚ but in a fictional back ground. In Orwell’s essay Shooting an Elephant‚ he uses a personal experience to more clearly emphasize the impact of imperialism at the sociological and psychological level‚ in conjunction with other literary elements. This symposium of devices help drive the purpose of his paper and
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1. Writing as if you were speaking in Napoleon’s voice talking to the other animals‚ explain why Boxer is sent to the Knacker’s. Comrades of Animal Farm! We are gathered here today not to mourn Boxer but to understand him. You see‚ Boxer was a great worker‚ he had two great ways of looking at life. 1) "I will work harder!" and 2) "Napoleon is always right!" In these two ways‚ Boxer was right. But you see‚ Boxer was not who we thought he was. Boxer was a mischievous horse and he working for Snowball
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