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    Week 6 Exam Part 1: Define each of the following terms as they are used in the context of the study of personality (20 pts.) |The unconscious |All the thoughts‚ideas‚ and feelings of which we are not and normally cannot become aware. | |Collective unconscious |The level of unconscious that is inherited and common to all members of a species. | |Unconditional positive regard |The full acceptance and love of another person regardless of his or

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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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    The two stories "Araby" and "Hills like White Elephant" have many points in common as well as differences. These stories deal with the realization of growing up or realization of the truth in sub-genre Love story.James Joyce’s “ Araby “is a tale about the disappointment of first love‚ he shows the maturing of a young boy into a man. Ernest Hemingway tells about a girl realizing the facts about her surroundings and herself. Then the reality of the character situations leads them both toward the end

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    Leonard Morrow Christina Olson Writing Assignment 3 9 April 2013 Rhetorical Analysis: “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay entitled “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell writes‚ “In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people – the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me” (Orwell‚ pg#). In this exert‚ not only does Orwell succeed in setting the mood and foreshadowing events to come‚ but he also introduces us to a protagonist

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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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    Elephant Helping Trunk

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    you know that elephants are one of the smartest species on earth? According to the articles “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk” by Virginia Morell‚ "Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” by Joshua M. Plotnik‚ and the video “Elephants Show Cooperation” presented by Discovery News‚ a recent experiment done by a team of scientists in Thailand proved that this statement is indeed true. They determined this through an experiment that tested Asian elephants’ cooperative skills

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    Babar An Elephant Summary

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    In the story of Babar an elephant who journeys from Africa to France and becomes well learned returns to his home in Africa and immediately becomes king to his predecessor ‚who was poisoned by a mushroom. Babar was granted king by an elderly elephant who seemingly knows a lot more than his companions.        Cornelius the seemingly smart elephant ‚unlike the other elephants sports an eyeglass . Hinting that he is more civilized than the other elephants and that he must have traveled to a lot of places

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    Elephant Helping Trunk

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    Elephants are intelligent‚ gifted‚ and exquisite mammals that can figure out tasks by themselves or cooperatively. In the article “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk”‚ the passage “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task”‚ and the video “Elephants Show Cooperation”‚ the sources all argue that elephants are very shrewd animals that are capable of completing tasks. All of the sources say that elephants are considered to be cooperative‚ clever‚ prudent‚ and more. In the

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    Elephants over the years have been one of the smartest mammals. Starting from being able to paint‚ now to be able to work together. In the article‚ "Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk" the author informs readers of a new task that Elephants are capable of. In a video called "Elephants Show Cooperation" the video shows viewers the task being completed. In the last passage‚ "Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task" this tells readers the procedure and setup of the task.

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    Trystan Tomco Mr. Stone English 110 12/03/13 Shooting an Elephant Essay George Orwell wrote “Shooting an Elephant” to teach readers about imperialism and its effects on not only those ruled but also those charged with maintaining order above them. Orwell’s narrator is a British colonial official stationed in Burma who is charged with keeping the local populace from rioting. The officer speaks of how he is frightened by the Burmans and even by his own people rulers. Fear is one of the ways

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