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CSU Expo 25 February 2014 Student Dialogue: Shooting an Elephant In George Orwell ’s dialogue Shooting an Elephant‚ he accentuates the grave aversion that he has for being a police officer in Moulmein. The author uses many literary devices to depict his controversy with killing the elephant or not‚ such as foreshadowing‚ and speaking in first person‚ and appealing to pathos. The main element used in this dialogue is conflict‚ Orwell shows how he contemplates on whether to shoot the elephant
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September 14‚ 2012 According to Schaefer (2011) “Sociology is the scientific study of social behavior and human groups” (p. 3). In using a scientific method to look at social behaviors sociologists can gain insight into why people behave in certain ways‚ and how those behaviors affect society as a whole. Throughout history there has been an interest in learning about human behavior. This study of human behavior eventually became known as Sociology. At different times in history different approaches
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Hurricane Sandy Oct.29.2013 Sandy—A Record Breaking Natural Calamity Hurricane Sandy was one of the most devastating natural calamities of the region‚ in general. It affected incredible band of the Atlantic from Jamaica and Haiti to Canada. The storm caused countless casualties‚ damaged property and disrupted power for many days in some of the most developed and densely populated cities of the US. Despite all preparations and warnings from the concerned departments of the U.S.‚ Hurricane
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E-ISSN 1913-9055 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education A Critique on Feminist Research Methodology Basharat Hussain1 & Amir Zada Asad1 1 Institute of Social Work‚ Sociology and Gender Studies‚ University of Peshawar‚ Pakistan Correspondence: Basharat Hussain‚ Institute of Social Work‚ Sociology and Gender Studies‚ University of Peshawar‚ Pakistan. E-mail: basharat04@yahoo.com Received: September 12‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/jpl.v5n4p202 Accepted: October 25‚ 2012 Online Published:
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story of hurricane Sandy. After making a destructive path through the carribean sea Hurricane Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey on Octuber 29‚ 2012 and brought with it major flooding‚ travel interruptions‚ structural damage‚ and power outages. New York City was especially hard hit. The storm system was so large‚ nearly 1‚000 miles wide at times‚ it brought blizzard conditions to West Virginia and 20 foot waves to Lake Michigan. It is projected Sandy will have caused
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Geography Assignment Sandy The Storm Lily Grant Introduction and aim of the report: The aim of this report is to research and explain the effects and happenings of the hurricane sandy. In my report I will be explaining how big sandy was‚ how many people she affected and heaps more. The aim of this report will be to give you more unknown information on Sandy. For my report I have chosen hurricane Sandy‚ Sandy was a big hit. When Sandy hit it took people many years to recover from the category
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people he was tripped in soccer games and people made him the center of all the jokes. Orwell would do almost anything to make the Burmese like him‚ which puts him in a very difficult position. In “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell faces a life-changing event of choosing between a good reputation or shooting an innocent animal and going against his morals. Orwell has a hard time adjusting in Burma due to the fact that Imperialism is something the Burmese did not like. The Burmese taunted Orwell everyday
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In the reading‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell is narrating about his feeling and pressure shooting an elephant. A little about the writer‚ Orwell‚ is a British police officer who was born in India. He was hated by large numbers of people in Moulmein‚ in Lower Burma as the British had colonized Burma. One day he was notified that there was an elephant roaming around the street. The elephant was however not wild but everyone were frightened since it was enormous and disrupting. It made people
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“Shooting an Elephant” By: George Orwell In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell argues that‚ “when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” Free will is indestructible; an example of Orwell’s destruction of freedom but preservation of free will is given in his essay. Humans can always exercise their free will when making decisions. However‚ when their decisions come in conflict with the laws set by a higher power‚ they might face consequences based on how
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