AP Literature and Composition Q1 Formal Essay Topic: Read George Orwell’s “Killing an Elephant.” In a well-organized essay‚ explain how Orwell’s attitude towards British imperialism into Africa is similar to that of Conrad’s. In answering this prompt‚ be sure that you analyze both authors’ use of language in explaining not only what they have to say‚ but how they say it! Be sure to provide plenty of evidence from the text to support your response. Requirements 1. MLA Format
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readers’ own lives. I have chosen four essays that I have read this term from which I have learned from. The four essays I decided on are: “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ “What Really Scares Us” by David Ropeik‚ and “Delusions of Grandeur” by Henry Louis Gates‚ Jr. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell writes of his experience in British ruled India in the early Twentieth Century. At the time‚ he was a young‚ inexperienced soldier
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requiring him to join the army in the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien is tested both physically and mentally. He has the option to flee to Canada or go to the war. Each option would result in abandoning family‚ friends‚ and fond memories. In his essay “Shooting an Elephant‚” reminisces about a bad decision he made earlier in life‚ just like Tim. Reflecting on his experience‚ Orwell has also identified the reasons why he did it: “I could get nothing into perspective. I was young and ill-educated and I had to think
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George Orwell’s essays – related text ‘Marrakech’ explores the notion of ethnocentricity through a Eurocentric perspective‚ in which one is isolated at the consequence of differing morels. Orwell succeeds in doing so through various anecdotes “What does Morocco mean to a Frenchman? An orange-grove or a job in government service.” In essence this displays the failure of a migrant to withhold a deeper connection to the land. Orwell emotively describes the crippled elderly women who “answered with
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color of their skin they are all equal. On the other hand‚ George Orwell uses a lot more themes such as imperlisim and conqueror or conquering. These two themes are shown in the writing “Shooting An Elephant” in where he wants to fit in to a society where the only way to conquer that is to shoot an insane elephant that escaped‚ as much as he didn’t want to do it due his values and morals he did it to look good in front of the village and the citizens.
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opportunity to elephant hunt in South Africa‚ and you are seeking out the oldest‚ most mature elephant‚ which is typically a male with the largest body size and largest tusks for your trophy. It’s a little after 2:30pm‚ your preferences are walking and stalking‚ hunting from blinds or special vantage points from which you can observe and ambush your selected animal. After about 6 hours of waiting you hear a low trumpeting and the breaking of branches‚ as you move closer‚ you see the elephant eating. The
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Orwell condemns it and thinks of it as only a façade of power. In ”Shooting an Elephant”‚ he conveys the ironic‚ powerless and evil nature of Imperialism through the experience of himself as a young British officer shooting the elephant against his own will in order to maintain the image of the imperial power in Burma. This is shown specifically through the relationship between the British and Burmese‚ the portrayal of the elephant as well as development of the inner conflicts of the protagonist.
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reading the essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ it gives away many symbols and a very important life lesson. The essay has many symbols‚ but three stick out like a sore thumb. These include the gun‚ the Burmese people‚ and the elephant. A main symbol that is easily noticed is the gun he uses. A small powerful rifle against a huge elephant. Orwell even noted “an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” (324). The gun isn’t mad to kill a giant beast like this elephant. It was all he had
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One day there was a rampaging circus elephant going through the town‚ and Orwell went with his old .44 Winchester so he could go scare it away. During the elephants rampage throughout the town it destroyed a hut‚ killed a cow and raided some fruit stalls. Later on they realized the elephant trampled a man to death and that’s when Orwell went and got an elephant rifle from a friend because he thought it was needed at the moment. Orwell tracked down the elephant and the whole town followed because they
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Reaction to shooting an elephant This time tables are turned for Orwell. In A hanging Orwell was the oppressor but in shooting an elephant I felt that Orwell was oppressed by the Burmese people as he mentions that "In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people" and he emphasizes on that fact by adding "As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so" and was also oppressed by the empire as he was forced to do a job that he doesn’t
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