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    Shooting an Elephant

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    Vladimir Lenin. George Orwell immediately begins the essay ’ ’Shooting an Elephant" by claiming his perspective on British Imperialism‚ and how this imperialism affected himself‚ his empire‚ and the Burma people. Though George Orwell is a British officer himself at the time in Burma ‚ he claims that he is fully against the oppressors ‚ who at the time are the British. His personal experience‚ that he writes about with the elephant is metaphorical to imperialism and how he views the social issue. The

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    Creative Spark Talk – Taking Imagination Seriously Earlene Espy PHL/458 October 28‚ 2014 Dr. Christopher Jackson Creative Spark Talk – Taking Imagination Seriously Janet Echelman is a self-proclaimed artist who never formally learned the craftsmanship of being an architect‚ engineer‚ or sculptor. However‚ her story is one of determination and perseverance through adversity that fuels inspiration to make imagination a reality. Ms. Echelman was an honored speaker at a 2011 TED Talk conference

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    was often taunted and teased by the 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

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    George Orwell’s story‚ Shooting the Elephant‚ the narrator is faced with a strenuous decision that is against a somewhat formidable foe. The foe is not some lunatic of a man‚ but a raging elephant. The elephant has been causing amok in the town. The narrator‚ who is also a police officer‚ is called down to investigate the havoc that is being caused. Upon hearing about the troubles the elephant had caused the Burmese population and seeing for himself what the elephant has done‚ he is faced with a choice;

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    about Christine Chubbuck‚ mostly from people who are using the DSM-5 handbook to try to find some sort of inherited illness to blame her actions on‚ especially bipolar‚ aspberger’s and manic depression. This is the way we try to understand things like this in modern society. We try to find a chemical imbalance‚ we suggest that if she were medicated the outcome all would’ve been different‚ we suggest that she was born with a mental problem that drove her to her actions... but I think Christine was just

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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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    ELEPHANT FACTS

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    THE ELEPHANTS There are two types of elephant‚ the Asian elephant and the African elephant. Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. It can weigh up to 6.000 kilograms and measure up to 3.3 meters at the shoulder. Elephants can live to be over 70 years old. Elephants are herbivores and can spend up to 16 hours a day collecting leaves‚ twigs‚ bamboo and roots. An elephant’s skin is 2‚ 54 centimetres thick. Elephants have poor eyesight but an amazing sense of smell. Both female

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    The book that I read was called Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. I think Nicholas Sparks wrote this book because he wanted to create another love story for his readers to read and to give his readers a book that was somewhat different from his last books. From reading Nicholas Sparks’ books in the past‚ you know the books are fiction but some part of you will think that the story is real and can happen in real life because he is so detailed about what he writes. The author’s purpose of this book is

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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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    Charlie’s choice that he is mentally retarded Charlie’s miraculous transformation from mental disability to genius sets the stage for Keyes to address a number of themes and issues. Charlie’s lack of intelligence has made him a trusting and friendly man‚ as he assumes that the people in his life—his coworkers at Donner’s Bakery—are as well intentioned as he is. As his intelligence grows‚ however‚ Charlie gains perspective on his past and present. He realizes that people have often taken advantage of

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