In George Orwell’s essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ he is an outsider in his country. As a European in a mainly Burman consumed country he was thought of an outcast or treated as a fool for just being from a different origin than the others. Throughout his days he is continuously taunted and bullied by his own community members‚ yet ironically they are the ones that he is supposed to be protecting. One day he is presented a problem that he had two potential ways to solve‚ the non-lethal choice that
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Shane McCormick 4/21/2013 Principles of Investigation Research Paper 2012 Aurora‚ Colorado Dark Knight Shooting So picture this; imagine thinking that you are going to go see the much anticipated movie‚ The Dark Knight Rises. This might as well be a good night as any to ask the girl‚ who you have been eying for a couple of weeks‚ out on your first date. Nervously‚ you go up to her and ask her if she would like to go see the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and get some dinner before
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And my hollow point bullets have the victims’ initials on them." He says that he bought the guy (legally) on 6/19/15 two days after the shooting. So‚ we are to believe that this man who was a "human powder keg for a while…just waiting to go BOOM!!!!”‚ who was so infuriated about the other racially charged hoax that he bought a gun and carved the initials of his victims in it in the hollow
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George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant In his essay‚ George Orwell tells a story of what happened in Burma when he served as a police officer. At the time‚ the Burmese citizens did not look kindly upon the English police that protected their city. He describes several instances where he was ridiculed‚ taunted‚ and baited into precarious situations. He goes on to proclaim the cowardice of these citizens‚ and how they waited until the police were out of range before yelling insults towards them.
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“Shooting an Elephant” study questions 1. Describe the nature of the voice in the opening paragraph. Is there any humor and irony? 2. You already came up with some ideas about Orwell’s attitude toward imperialism‚ and now it is time to come up with some examples from the text. 3. What is Orwell’s attitude toward the native people? You also already brainstormed on that‚ but where in the text do you see examples of Orwell’s attitude towards the native people? - Orwell feels hated by the Indian
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If you live in the United States‚ you are probably used to hearing about shootings happening somewhere in the country pretty frequently because of the poor gun control. The US is accountable for the most mass shootings in the world‚ but the government still decides to do nothing to help the situation at all. How many more children do parents need to bury‚ parents children have to say goodbye to‚ and role models do we have to lose before the government finally does something about it? The only answer
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home where his shooting spree had ended in a showdown with over fifty law enforcement officers. Only after firing hundreds possibly thousands of rounds at Howard‚ officers used tear gas to bring Howard out of his stronghold‚ and with this‚ the siege of Camden was finally brought to an end. Howard had previous problems with the neighbors. He felt they were making fun of him for living at home with his mother and also suspected him of being a homosexual. On the morning of the shootings‚ he got up‚ dressed
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Although Sarah Vowell‚ the author of Shooting Dad faces the struggle of a relationship with her father due to his extreme admiration for firearms and Philip Larkin’s poem This be the verse discusses the parent’s experiences to help guide their children to success; both pieces of literature have many similarities. Vowell‚ although allowed to voice her own opinion on politics and beliefs she had a hard time relating to her father’s view points. Larkin’s poem shows that the parents want to use their
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A recent event that occurred in my community was the shooting of a male by a Metropolitan-Nashville police officer on February 10‚ 2017. Officer Joshua Lippert attempted to stop Jocques Clemmons after he failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. After stopping his car‚ Clemmons jumped out of his car and began running and not adhering to Officer Lippert’s verbal commands. After a short foot pursuit‚ Officer Lippert caught up to Clemmons at which time Clemmons still continued to try and
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Shooting an Elephant: Imperialism When the word“dictator” comes to mind‚ humans are dolorous and empathetic. A great proof of this fact was observed during the early parts of the 20th century when oppression and iron fisted rule was established as a social normalcy in much of the world. The oppressive days of totalitarianism have passed and were marked by the death of the infamous and grandiose era of imperialism. Nonetheless‚ it left a bad imprint upon the countries and people that were involved
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