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    While reading the essay Shooting an Elephant‚ first published in 1936 by Eric Blair under the pen name of George Orwell‚ one gets captivated by the intricate web of rhetoric that Blair weaves throughout the piece. Surely‚ the reason this essay keeps the attention of the reader so well is because Blair writes with an unmistakably strong exigency. It is this need of his to tell the world the truth about imperialism that enables him to write something so captivating. Blair found himself in Moulmein

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    “Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell’s “Shooting An Elephant” the narrator was faced with a tough decision‚ whether or not to kill the Elephant. Throughout the story The narrator explained his resentful feelings towards the british police. He also did not like the Burmans also known as the “natives”. Throughout the story Orwell uses a harsh‚ demeaning‚ and unforgiving diction to convey a nervous and scared tone. Throughout the story the narrator or “ murderer” as Orwell would like to say‚ clearly

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    _SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT BY GEORGE ORWELL:_ _Commentary_ Political‚ social & ethical issues raised in Orwell’s essay "Shooting an Elephant" create a controversial storyline in which the events metaphorically symbolize the colonial imperialism of the time. Set in Burma‚ 1936‚ the context is based around the anti-European attitudes existent post the Anglo-Burmese Wars. Orwell’s positions‚ as police officer for the despotic British governments‚ required him to hold authority over the Burmese‚ consequently

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    on the line depending on which way to turn. In the short story “Hills like White Elephants‚” Hemingway exemplifies this fact of life and relays this message to his readers by telling the vague yet compelling story about an American couple and the compromise that puts a strain on their relationship. Jig and the man stopped at a junction on their way to madrid‚ where they are forced to deal with the constant elephant in the room- Jig’s

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    will not be stable and it will not exist in the future. It is one of the main keys and one of the very first steps for a steady relationship. This concept is well is illustrated in the story “Hills like white elephant”. The characters in “Hills like white elephant”‚ Jig and the American man‚ had problems in their relationship. People have a hard time with relationships‚ even when they

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    In “An Elephant Crackup?”‚ Charles Siebert partly attributes the belligerence of the recent generations of elephants‚ the animals considered to be among the most intelligently advanced‚ to the lack of a matriarch‚ a powerful female figure. He takes an example of the case of the last elephant survivors at Queen Elizabeth National Park‚ where the elderly female elephant was the one who “gathered the survivors together from their various hideouts”‚ “led them back out as one group”‚ and “held the group

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    Ernest Hemingway – Hills Like White Elephants According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ a white elephant has a more figurative meaning: "A burdensome or costly possession. Also‚ an object‚ scheme‚ etc.‚ considered to be without use or value." It’s easy to see how this could be seen in context of an unplanned pregnancy that at least one of the parents wants to terminate. At first when I read through Hemingway’s short story‚ ‘Hills Like White Elephants’‚ I thought that it was merely a conversation

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    ‘Hills like White elephants’ by Ernest Hemingway revolves around a conversation between a girl and an American man. The story is written in simple sentences and when one reads the story one does not really notice the subtleties present. Hemingway’s iceberg theory is relevant to this story because though the story seems to be simply about a man and a woman having a causal conversation there are undertones of more serious and pressing issues. It is set at a train station in between Barcelona and Madrid

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    Butterfly Foundation. The photo shoot supposedly revealed Jen‚ “one of the world’s rarest beauties with all her flaws”. Reist correctly states‚ Marie Claire inaccurately pins her ‘flaws’ as ‘impediments’ and immediately tags Miss Universe 2004 as ‘the Elephant Woman’ for owning hips. (Cite) Outrageous! Hawkins‚ size zero‚ pouncing around‚ nude with supposedly all her ‘flaws’ is meant to make me feel better? Well‚ no. It’s not like every woman possesses this slender figure. Magazines need to lessen their

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    "How to shoot an elephant" and "Empty Seat" caparisons In "Shooting an Elephant" The main characters biggest conflict was to shoot an elephant. This was something he did not and typically under the circumstances would not have done‚ but felt compelled and pressured to do so. If it weren’t for the watching Indians this story may have turned out differently. He felt as if he had to do it‚ cause by not doing it would have been like him demonstrating his and his native country weakness. Being in a

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