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    Shooting an Elephant

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    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 or not. The literary elements

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    A Good Man is Hard to Find follows O’Connor’s collective theme of southern social constructions and mental slavery. This is shown through the characters‚ The Misfit and the Grandma. They are both entrapped in their own issues and have their own ideas on what society considers “good”. The grandmother’s moral code follows appearance of being “good” over the substance of what is in the heart. Her misconceptions on a “good man” makes her morality inconsistent and weak. The Misfit shows a stronger and

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    The Theme of A Good Man is Hard to Find In" A Good Man is Hard to Find" there are many factors that can be the theme. The theme can be about a family as a whole that lacks love for the grandmother‚ or about a family that goes on a trip that wound up having an accident‚ which puts them at the wrong place at the wrong time. Both of these themes are obvious to any reader‚ but it does not quite seem to match this author’s depth style way of writing. In a brief write up on Flannery O’Connor‚ it says

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    Belonging

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    Prompt: ‘Our identity and sense of belonging can be directly influenced by our character‚ family and culture.’ Who am I? This is a question that many humans choose to ask and people may spend much of their lives unravelling an answer enabling them to understand their identity. Supposedly the people who find an answer that is satisfying and brings peace are in a good position to journey through life joyfully. People have a private self as well as public self that they show to the world. People

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    The Girl And The Elephant

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    October 28‚ 2014 The Girl and The Elephant Ernest Hemingway’s short story "Hills Like White Elephants" illustrates his expertise at combining dialogue‚ setting‚ and symbolism with conciseness. The intense plot portrays a point in a man (called the American) and a girl’s life where they are at crossroads with one another. They dispute and make much effort to converse and challenge their standpoints about whether or not they should keep their unborn child. The man wants the girl (called Jig) to proceed

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    Shooting An Elephant

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    NOTES ON SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT 1) colonialism in "Shooting an Elephant." * George Orwell wrote this essay when England ruled Burma as a colony---much like it had ruled America during the colonial period. Colonialism occurred when many European nations simply took over countries because they believed their culture was superior to the native culture. The ideas of social darwinism‚ or survival of the strongest nations and/or people‚ played a large role in the domination and subjection of countries

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    Through the exploration of the texts Maestro‚ by Peter Goldsworthy‚ and The Falling Man‚ by Richard Drew‚ the emergence of imagery deciphers and projects the varying meanings of each text. Through distinctively visual language features in the novel Maestro‚ images are created which help convey the major theme of the text; relationships. This is contrasted by the visual techniques in the image of The Falling Man‚ capturing a moment of terror in history. Both texts similarly consist of the raw and

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    Shooting an Elephant

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    S. Zamb. November 29‚ 2001 “Shooting and elephant” Erick Arthur Blair better known as George Orwell was born in Mohitari‚ India on June 25‚ 1903. India into a family of the “lower-upper middle class. George Orwell’s education brought him to England where he was unable to win a scholarship to continue his studies. With a very few opportunities available‚ he followed his father’s path into service with the British Empire. Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police from 1922 to 1927. When

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    Shooting an Elephant

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    “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell writes about his experiences as a British police officer in Burma‚ and compares it to the nature of imperialism. Orwell hates his job because imperialism has negatively affected him‚ as well as others around him. Orwell’; the white man is being treated very disrespectfully by the Burmese. Giving him a reason to hate his job as well as the British Empire; the root of everything. The situation of shooting of an elephant gives him

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    Water for Elephants

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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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