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    Elephant

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    Elephant by Dolly Clark -An analysis and interpretation The main character of the short story‚ “Elephant” by Dolly Clark‚ is called William. William is an author just like his namesake William Shakespeare. But only the name and their profession bind these two persons together. Because although William is an author he is not quite as magnificent an author as the famous Shakespeare was it. In fact he is just a biographer who is “writing £1.99 stories for the record shops”. William does not seem

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    Even though Tan and Orwell have two different approaches to showing a struggle to fit into society‚ they are actually in agreement that people who come from different places struggle to fit. This common ground becomes apparent through the emotion behind each authors’ writing. In both Tan and Orwell’s writing they show a variety of feelings. These feelings consist of sadness‚ anger and bitterness. The first illustration of both authors’ accord is the way each of them express sadness from the way

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    Elephant the Movie

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    Gus Van Sant’s Elephant was at once critically praised and denounced by both film reviewers and filmgoers alike. The cinematography takes you on a waltz throughout a seemingly typical day at an unnamed high school‚ stopping through the journey to focus on the stereotypes of school. The jock‚ the quirky artist‚ the cliqued girls‚ the skateboarder‚ they are all represented and representative of his film. Van Sant created a film‚ seemingly without a staunch opinion on the horrors of the Columbine

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    Columbine Shooting

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    The Columbine High school massacre The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ at Columbine High School in Columbine‚ an unincorporated area of Jefferson County‚ Colorado‚ United States‚ near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ embarked on a massacre‚ killing 12 students and one teacher and injuring 24.The pair then committed suicide. It was the deadliest massacre throughout U.S history taking place at a high school. This

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    School Shootings

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    School shooting in the United States A school shooting is an incident in which gun violence is used on a school campus. Schools shooting are committed by students or even intruders. School shooting is topic of intense interest in the United States. The first school shooting ever recorded in the United States was the Pontiac’s rebellion school massacre. As time change‚ the progression of school shooting increases. On April 20‚ 1999 a massacre occurred at columbine high school in Littleton‚ Colorado

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    Mass Shootings

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    mental health might not seem the most important aspect of mass shootings in the United States of America. With mental health being a known problem it seems to be overlooked. These issues that may affect certain individuals in the perception of what is right and wrong in this world. In Blau‚ Gorry‚ and Wade’s article examining the laws that affect mass shootings in the United States‚ they find a direct link with mental issues and the shootings that take place. Furthermore‚ examining what emotional health

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    Elephant (2003)

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    It is the fourth deadliest school massacre in United States history. The phrase “elephant in the room” is used as a metaphor to describe an obvious truth that goes unaddressed‚ or simply ignored. Everyone knows it is there‚ but no one will say what needs to be said‚ or acknowledge the problem that is in front of them. Gus Van Sant’s‚ Elephant‚ is a cinematic response to the 1999 Columbine High School shootings. Van Sant’s open-ended treatment of the Columbine event is one example of how his creative

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    Wild Elephants

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    their intelligence‚ powers of memory‚ amenability to training‚ behavioral patterns and social organization. I along with many others love to watch this creature and I would never get enough of it. Yes‚ many people of course know this giant‚ the largest living mammal on land‚ none other than the elephant‚ yet most of them know very little about this threatened species a major tourist attraction in the island. It is well known among Asian societies‚ including our own‚ elephants for centuries have

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    Elephants and Religion

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    The Symbolism of the Elephant Through Religion Jule Lane Following a religion gives human beings a sense of security‚ satisfaction of belonging to a group‚ and most importantly‚ a set of guidelines that govern one’s moral and ethic values. All who follow a religion‚ regardless of the beliefs‚ have a common goal of finding a faith to feel comfortable with. Hinduism‚ one of the oldest religions in the world‚ and Jainism are two of the widely practiced religions in India‚ with a similar

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    British system of government in India provides the motive for Gandhi’s "Defending Nonviolent Resistance" speech. George Orwell conveys peevishness of the same system--the British government by the shooting of an elephant and the repercussions of the event. The overall attitude in Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant leans toward resentment of both government and murder‚ while the overall attitude in Gandhi’s Defending Nonviolent Resistance inclines toward the uprising of government and nonviolent protest. Both

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