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    The Lottery

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    In paragraph 1‚ readers are told that Victor lives on a reservation. What details elsewhere in the story establish this setting? What associations does this setting have for you? Do you think the story could take place anywhere else? -The other details that establish this setting is when they say‚ "So Victor called the tribal council." This association sets an understanding of how things work in a reservation. I do believe the story could have taken place in any other reservation. In addition to

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    Shooting an Elephant

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    Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell The short story‚ Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was written about Orwell’s experience in the early Twentieth Century. At that time India was ruled the British. While he was there‚ he had to do something that had caused some ethical conflicts in him. Orwell’s job was to kill an elephant that had ran rampant in lust throughout a village in Burma. “It had already destroyed somebody’s bamboo hut‚ killed a cow and raided some fruit-stalls and devoured the

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    Shooting an Elephant In the short story by George Orwell "Shooting an Elephant" the author unveiled to his audience the bureaucracy and his struggled with himself. As in so many other countries‚ bureaucracy and prejudice maybe found. However‚ in East Burma those days it was regiment. it appeared to be do as one says or pay the consequences of not doing the preferred choice. In this story‚ George Orwell‚ served in a top position in Britain as a police official. Throughout his years in his position

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    In the book “Peace like a River” by Leif Enger‚ rivers make recurring appearances in Reuben’s dreams.The first river was described as shallow and smelling of dying plants as well as foggy. There was also a dead horse with its tail in the river. It symbolize hell‚ while it may not be a punishment for Reuben‚ it would seem that negative adjectives that described it‚ smelled of “dying plants”‚ “feet sinking in muck”‚ “a dead horse laid there”‚ could very well be a punishment for a murder. The other

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    “Shooting an Elephant” Response Orwell did not get along with the Burmese‚ nor did he like them because they would make fun of him and enjoyed insulting him while on duty. As for the British Raj‚ he felt as if the Raj was a cruel and aggressive government ruler and that his hatred towards him was so great that he would “drive a bayonet into a Buddhist priest’s guts.” (pg.3). Therefore Orwell being a white man has a great conflict with the Burmese. In paragraph 2‚ he began to talk about how

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    Novel Study Annotated Bibliography Gruen‚ Sara. Water for Elephants. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill‚ North Carolina‚ 2006. The story follows Jacob Jankowski who was an old man living in a nursing home‚ as he looks back about a time that defined his life. In the 1930’s‚ 23-year-old Jacob’s life changed drastically. One minute he was finishing his Veterinarian degree at Cornell and planning to follow his father in the family business. The next his parents passed away in a car

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    Lottery Essay

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    the short story “The Lottery” also written by Shirley Jackson. This story is about a village that is subject to around 300 villagers that have a certain tradition which is a special type of “lottery” that happens every year; the “winner” is to be stoned to death by their fellow neighbours. Jackson also stresses the importance of human nature‚ which is that humans are conditioned to do what is taught since birth. Jackson also uses Ritualistic features that are not just the lottery itself but actions

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    Lottery Is Good

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    State lotteries have been around for awhile to help build up state revenue. In such things as scratch off instant tickets or daily number drawings. To some these things are evil‚ but to some others who’s lives aren’t the greatest‚ it’s a shimmer of hope that most people don’t have. Now the thing about the lottery is a lot of people don’t win‚ but those few that do could be put into a nice situation that they’ve never been in before. This is the land of freedom and opportunity‚ isn’t that we are giving

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    Asian Elephant

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    John Buck English 100 Asian Elephant 13 March 2013 Asian Elephant Asian elephants live in South and South East Asia in rainforest and woodland areas and migrate to avoid the monsoon season. Asian elephants are herbivores and can consume 330 pounds of food per day and drink up to 30 gallons of water. Asian elephants are social creatures and are born into female herds where the eldest female also known as the matriarch is the leader. Female elephants in the herd share the responsibility

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    Note on Project Elephant Project Elephant (PE) was launched by the Government of India in the year 1991-92 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives : • To protect elephants‚ their habitat & corridors • to address issues of man-animal conflict • welfare of domesticated elephants Financial and technical support are being provided to major elephant bearing States in the country. The Project is being mainly implemented in 13 States / UTs ‚ viz. Andhra pradesh ‚ Arunachal Pradesh

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