In the article ¡°Shooting an Elephant‚¡± Orwell describes his experience of killing an elephant to express the real nature and sorrow of imperialism. He first confesses his bitter life in Moulmein and the baiting by the native people of European. He goes on to narrate a tiny event of shooting an elephant which makes him to realize the real characteristic of imperialism. By reading and thinking this essay in depth‚ I perceive the main theme the essay is that the real nature of imperialism actually
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MINIMIZING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS: SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE The purpose of this research paper was to record and analyze students’ experiences with dropping out of high school within a social perspective. Discussing the stories of high school dropouts provided valuable information related to the root causes of dropout behaviors in a social influence context. This information could be used to develop programs designed to increase social influence in schools‚ families‚ and communities‚ which can contribute
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Social Media Strategy March 2013 to March 2016 University of Free State Business School Social Media Strategy: March 2013 – March 2016 Table of Contents UFS Business School Social Media Strategy ..................................................................................... 1 1. 1.1. 1.2. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.4.1. 3. 3.1. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3 Social
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Shooting In “shootings”‚ Adam Gopnik speaks about a shooting that took place in Virginia Tech Engineering building‚ and how the parents of the victims were told that it was not the right moment to ask questions. Gopnik also gives his points of view on how the shooting could have been avoided. Gopnik suggests that the main reason why these types of incidents keep happening in the United States is because there is a lack of security and requirements on who should not be able to buy a gun. The government
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George Orwell’s "Shooting an Elephant" is an essay about a British police officer living in Lower Burma who goes through the trial and error process of making the right decisions while still trying to maintain an image and position of authority. The officer is hated by the Burmese people‚ which is clearly shown when he would play football. The Burmese were extremely unfair to the officer due to the fact he was part of the Imperialist group which was oppressing Burma. (para. 1) Although the officer
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senior editor of USA today and Mother Jones stated that in 2002‚ there was a mass shooting that happened in Appalachian School of Law in Virginia. The killer was stopped by armed students‚ but those students were current and former law enforcement officers. Also‚ the killer was out of bullet when they subdued him. (More guns More mass shootings) This shows no matter how responsible the gun owners are‚ if they don’t know how to handle the life threatening situations‚ it becomes more dangerous because
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell ’s short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant‚” the narrator‚ a young European sub-divisional police officer states‚ “that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” This realization of British imperialism comes to him one day when he is pressured into shooting and killing a “peacefully eating‚” elephant. Orwell ’s tone in this story is rather blunt and candid. The narrator is often speaking on how he doesn
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It is commonly believed that high quality of education and academic research would contribute to development of a country. School is the very place where education and academic research happened. In this sense‚ improving school is the most important factor of successful development of a country. Schools have great impact on developing one’s personality. What values are mostly recognized by the society? What character could help people succeed in their future careers? How to treat others as you
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Mass shootings have risen to a high percentage in recent years in America; there have been more than two hundred mass shootings in the United States since the year 2006. Some of these shooters have certain similarities with each other such as being introduced to certain types of violent video games. Many of these games are believed to have certain negative effects on children who play these games; this issue has been around for over a decade on whether or not these games are too violent for younger
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1 “The Allegory of the Cave” and “Shooting an Elephant” seems like two completely different stories. Both of them have their own ways of showing enlightenment and ways of perceiving realities. After reading both of these tales multiple times‚ I’ve drawn some conclusions on the different ways of enlightenment that are described throughout each story. In “Shooting an Elephant‚” Policeman Eric Blair is asked to kill the elephant that was ravaging the village. Many times he would describe how he
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