On August 9th‚ 2014‚ 18 year old Michael Brown got into a physical confrontation with Officer Darren Wilson. Brown attempted to pull Wilson’s gun out of his holster and shoot Wilson. There was a struggle between Wilson and Brown. In self-defense‚ Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown. After his death‚ there was a worldwide outbreak. The town of Ferguson believed that the only reason Brown was killed because he was black‚ and officer Wilson was white. Each day‚ the protests would start off peacefully
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the past year‚ there have been major controversies and civil unrest surrounding the number of minorities murdered by law enforcement without cause or reason. Keith Childress was killed in Las Vegas on December 31‚ 2015. Police explanation for the shooting was the victim had something in his hand and they thought it was a gun. The assumed gun that was in his hand was his cell phone. Again‚ on December 23‚ 2015 Kevin Matthews was brutally murdered by police in Michigan. Once again‚ police claimed
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George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant In his essay‚ George Orwell tells a story of what happened in Burma when he served as a police officer. At the time‚ the Burmese citizens did not look kindly upon the English police that protected their city. He describes several instances where he was ridiculed‚ taunted‚ and baited into precarious situations. He goes on to proclaim the cowardice of these citizens‚ and how they waited until the police were out of range before yelling insults towards them.
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Michael Cassio from Othello Michael Cassio is Othello’s lieutenant and is trusted by Othello for his safety. More than a lieutenant‚ Othello regarded him as his friend. Cassio was the person who approved of Othello and Desdemona’s marriage when no one supported their love. He was the only person trusted by Othello to convey his messages to Desdemona and vice versa. Moreover‚ he was a faithful‚ reliable and capable lieutenant. Michael Cassio was the hinge on which the play turns‚ because he falls
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Shooting an Elephant: Imperialism When the word“dictator” comes to mind‚ humans are dolorous and empathetic. A great proof of this fact was observed during the early parts of the 20th century when oppression and iron fisted rule was established as a social normalcy in much of the world. The oppressive days of totalitarianism have passed and were marked by the death of the infamous and grandiose era of imperialism. Nonetheless‚ it left a bad imprint upon the countries and people that were involved
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George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” 1. On page 517 of The Norton Reader‚ Shorter Edition‚ the first question asks‚ “Why did Orwell shoot the elephant? Account for the motives that led him to shoot. Then categorize them as personal motives‚ circumstantial motives‚ social motives‚ or political motives. Is it easy to assign his motives to categories? Why or why not * Orwell did shoot the elephant because he felt the pressure that came from thousands of native people behind him when he
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On August 9‚ 2014 Michael Brown‚ an unarmed African American teenager was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson‚ Missouri. This event led to protests that lasted for weeks to fight for Michael Brown’s rights along with African American rights. The police officer‚ Darren Wilson‚ who shot and killed Brown was declared not indicted by a judge which caused even more anger in Ferguson. Many people showed their anger by setting several buildings and businesses on fire. I believe that different
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struggle for the American dream has been talked about time and time again through history‚ and Michael Moore has dedicated a huge amount of his adult life to documenting such topics. Michael Moore has been acknowledged for his controversial style documentaries such as his film on the attacks in New York City on September 11th and also his Oscar award winning film on the Columbine High School shootings. These projects of Moore ’s are sometimes misunderstood for their satirical content and questioned
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traditions and the way we go about completing specific tasks. We inhabit a world that has a multitude of language and cultures which bring about various ways of practicing both politics and economics. In his book Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World‚ Michael Lewis takes us with him to places like Iceland‚ Greece‚ Germany and Ireland to show us how the culture there influenced the bad decisions that brought about the financial collapse. He calls it the new third world because the region took a step backwards
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“On the whole human beings want to be good‚ but not too good‚ and not quite all the time.” -George Orwell Shooting an Elephant‚ by George Orwell is a story how a young Orwell‚ while stationed in Colonial Burma‚ became disillusioned with Imperialism. On one occasion he was faced with the dilemma of having to destroy a wild elephant that had gotten loose in the town he was stationed in. Throughout the story the reader will be able to see two alternating voices of Orwell. The first voice is a justification
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