death that have a far more wide-ranging impact‚ such as imperialism. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant‚” an unnamed narrator‚ despite his initial reluctance‚ succumbs to collective pressures to shoot a marauding elephant in Lower Burma. Orwell comments on the dangers of collective pressure and the horrors of imperialism in order to explore the moral dilemmas of imperialism in the short story “Shooting an Elephant.” Orwell employs simile and connotation relating to a spectacle to describe
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George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant: a Summary George Orwell‚ from a first person narrative perspective of a British officer in Moulmein‚ Burma‚ writes an autobiographical essay titled Shooting an Elephant‚ confessing the inner conflict of a British police officer. From his experience in British-ruled India in the early Twentieth Century‚ his essay shows feelings in the area and the East against Europe‚ and faults of the imperialism. While he was there he is having to do something that caused ethical
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Shooting An Elephant – George Orwell Orwell begins his essay by describing the intense hatred of the Burmese for their European masters. In Moulmein‚ in Lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people‚ the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. Europeans were spit at‚ jeered at‚ and insulted. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. I feel his sympathies were on the side of the Burmese‚ and
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The character that I identify with the most is Orwell in “Shooting an Elephant” because of his struggle to do what is morally right when society wants him to be or do something different. I think I sometimes struggle to do what is morally right when an entire world pushes me to conform. For example‚ what if I know a friend has cheated on a test but I cannot say anything to the teacher because after all he or she is my friend. Or‚ when a coworker gets reprimanded by our boss for something I did and
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In today’s society school safety is a enormous concern to those attending school. According to studies conducted on students‚ it shows that a student performance in a private schools rather than in public schools due to the safer atmosphere. Private schools have more resources that contribute towards their funds for a security system at their school. One of the reasons why private schools have a more flexible budget to spend on the school’s security program is because they are funded by the
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George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell argues that imperialism ruins and hurts not just a countries’ economic‚ cultural and social structure‚ but has other far reaching consequences; oppression undermines the psychological‚ emotional and behavioral development of mankind. Orwell served his country‚ the British Empire‚ in Burma during the early 20’s as a police officer. The country was colonized by the most powerful economical leader in Europe.
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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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"Shooting an Elephant‚" by George Orwell is a first person view on living and working as a European police officer in Moulmein‚ Lower Burma. There was a bit of tension between the locals and the foreign law enforcement since the British had taken over the country‚ so Orwell was not thought fondly of. The climax of this essay was when a otherwise tame elephant starts rampaging because is had gone into "must" a term used on page 118 that means in heat. The owner loses track of the animal in the
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Although no one enjoys to hear about it‚ school shooting are sadly a realistic possibility throughout the world. Many innocent children and teachers have lost their lives and become victims of such hateful crimes across our country as well as the entire world. Furthermore‚ the majority of schools do take precautions in order to help prevent such tragedy‚ however‚ this is often times not enough. The mental scarring in which individuals who undergo the horrific event is highly traumatizing. Nobody
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witnessed multiple school shootings‚ including recent mass shootings in Newtown‚ Connecticut and Roeburg‚ Oregon. Growing up in the town right next to Newtown I was witness to the horrors and affect the shooting had on the community. Realizing how this shooting impacted not only Newtown‚ but also all towns in Southwestern Connecticut and around the world‚ opened my eyes to the crisis of school shootings. There have been stricter gun laws put in place‚ but as seen by the shooting in Oregon this fall
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