ghed at.” Seeing as Westerners have been the perpetrators of imperialism for the past several centuries‚ it is to them that his message is directed. Purpose: Orwell’s purpose in “Shooting an Elephant” is to persuade his audience that imperialism is harmful to all parties involved. The harms of imperialism are illustrated with Orwell’s words‚ “I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” This evidences the harms of imperialism by showing
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What do you expect? Before reading the essay‚ at the first sight of browsing through the title ”Shooting an elephant‚” it stroke me as an issue discussing the protection of extinct animals and what came to my mind is the impression of how human beings ravage the habitat of animals. With the story moving ahead‚ I assumed that the narrator would not yield to the external pressure he had been given. Nevertheless‚ it turned out that he eventually shot the elephant in a brutal and cruel way. What happens
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Michelle: sense of humor. 14. List three of your talents. Be creative here! Everyone is good at lots of things! 15. What worries you the most? 16. Describe your most favorite food WITHOUT naming the food! 17. Think long and hard about this question. What matters the most to you? List three answers and select one of them to write a two sentence explanation. 18. Complete this statement: When I’m 25‚ I will be… 19. What is the best thing in the world that someone could say to you? 20
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On the morning of June 16‚ I went to a memorial for the 49 victims who died in the Orlando shooting on June 13‚ 2016. I remember thinking that I could pull myself together‚ and that I should go and look at all the things people did for those victims. I remember thinking that I would be able to pull myself together for the twenty to thirty minutes it would take to walk around and allow my sister and mother to lay down their notes. I remember thinking that I would be fine‚ wouldn’t let tears slip‚
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Mom vs. Dad Mom vs. Dad; it’s a time old battle that has been played out for years in families all around the world and will continue to play out for many years to come. In most co-parenting families Dad and Mom each have their particular role that defines their parenting techniques. Dad tends to be the messy‚ unorganized‚ rough and tumble playful one while Mom tends to gear towards routines‚ organization‚ cleanliness‚ and safety. While Mom is busy sanitizing little hands and organizing sock
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After Reading "Dear Dads: Save Your Sons" by Christopher N. Bacorn‚ found on page 558 in your Evergreen text‚ answer the following questions. 1.) At both the beginning and end of this persuasive essay‚ Bacorn describes a mother and her 15-year-old son. Why does he focus on their story? Would the argument be as effective if he had begun with paragraph 4 and ended with paragraph 10? 2.) The author does not press to see the angry 15-year-old boy again‚ claiming that professional counseling
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“Where the Hell’s My Dad?” Today we are seeing more and more of our youth engaging in sexual relationships. In these relationships‚ the use of a condom is rarely used if even discussed. Many teens are involved because they are looking for popularity or to feel wanted by another person. These types of relationships lead to pregnancy‚ which leads into my topic of fatherless households. The men are not ready to be settled down or to be a father‚ and they leave the mother to raise the child alone
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"Dad‚ I’m gay." The thought of actually saying the words out loud makes me shudder. "I must stand firm" I instruct myself‚ as the disappointed expression on his face flashes before my eyes. He will tell himself he should have been more involved. That he should have taught me to be more of a ’man’. That letting me wear my sister’s dresses as a kid wasn’t a good idea. He’ll find convoluted ways to blame himself. But maybe‚ just maybe he’ll understand. He was the first man in his family to have an inter-caste
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Shooting of Malala Yousafzai On October 9th 2012‚ during a regular Monday morning‚ 14-year-old student and children’s activist Malala Yousafzai was severely wounded when an un-identified man ordered students to point out Malala and when they did‚ the man open fired on her causing bullets to penetrate her skull and neck. The attempted assassination‚ which was later identified to be the work of Taliban members‚ has sparked an outrage inside Pakistan and around the world. Malala being recently and
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Data Analysis And Design BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA Assignment Institute Name : IDM Computer Studies Pvt. Ltd. Unit Name : Data Analysis and Design Unit : Unit 13 Assignment Title : Understanding and Analysis‚ Design and Implementation of Database system. Date given : 10th May 2010 Date to be submitted : 20th July 2010 Lecturer : Mr. T. Shanakr Rational The objective of this assignment is to assure that the
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