“Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell in 1936. “Shooting an Elephant” is written chronologically and is a 1st person narrative. The tone of the essay is discomforting. The story takes place in Burma in the 1920’s. It depicts a situation in which the main character‚ a young Englishman‚ who is serving as a police officer‚ encounters a ravaging elephant while he is on duty. The anonymous narrator is a questioning colonialist that throughout the story struggles with three
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To The Hills of Kodaikanal By Pranav R Kalathungal Last March‚ I‚ along with my whole family went for a trip to Kodaikanal. Though we travelled in a comfortable airbus‚ the journey felt very boring. After two hours‚ we started playing some games and suddenly things started to get interesting. The games
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the perpetrators of imperialism for the past several centuries‚ it is to them that his message is directed. Purpose: Orwell’s purpose in “Shooting an Elephant” is to persuade his audience that imperialism is harmful to all parties involved. The harms of imperialism are illustrated with Orwell’s words‚ “I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” This evidences the harms of imperialism by showing that the actor nation or individuals become
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“Shooting an Elephant” To narrate is to describe an experience or a story that is linked in time. An effective narration “usually relates a sequence of events that led to new knowledge or had a notable outcome” (Aaron 60). George Orwell uses narration in “Shooting an Elephant” to support his thesis that imperialism is an immoral relationship of power because it compels the oppressor to act immorally to keep up appearances that he is right‚ just like his experience of shooting an elephant. Orwell was
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The Battle of San Juan Hill The Americans declared war on Spain on April 25‚ 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. This declaration began the Spanish American War in which led to the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba on July 1‚ 1898. The United States headed to Cuba with the intention of battling the Spaniards who had taken over Cuba and the Cubans. MAJ General Shafter led the V Corps which consisted of three divisions and one independent brigade. MAJ General Joseph Wheeler
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| The Haunting of Hill House: | The Union of Eleanor Vance and Hill House | | | | Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House" has been acclaimed by many to be one of the most complex horror novels ever written. Perhaps the biggest complexity within the plot is the relationship between the character Eleanor Vance and the haunted structure of Hill House. The two wayward souls meet when Eleanor agrees to participate in a group that is observing the affects of the supernatural
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3‚512‚281 people affected by the deadly quake in Bohol Hills. $759‚640‚000.00 of damage made. 36‚645 houses destroyed‚ and over 2‚000 aftershocks. This earthquake is a tragedy‚ and the people affected need our help. This earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. If you don’t know anything about earthquakes‚ just know that that is massive! Renato Solidum‚ the director of the Philippine Institute Of Volcanology and Seismology‚ stated that he thought the East Bohol Fault caused the monstrous earthquake
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In the story “Shooting and Elephant” by George Orwell‚ the essay is based on the authors experience with the Indian Imperial Police. The narrator had begun to question the presence of the British who were located in the Far East. Orwell was for the Burmese and against their oppressors the British. He described himself as being a “young ill-educated‚” who bitterly hated his job. I think that the narrator was writing this story to inform about how the natives hated the British as any country would
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threats) on ‘project objectives.’ Risks in a project also include proactive management of all stakeholder’s involved that can have an impact on these goals‚ positively or negatively (PMBOK® Guide‚ 2013). Risk Factors and Risk Appraisals for the Horse Hill Project Risk management in regards to decision making in the oil industry is conceptually difficult decisions that management faces because their characteristics are different in most cases (Walls‚ Morahan and Dyer‚ 1995). Organisations distinguish
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environmental action and protection. Some influential activists have been Julia Hill and Wangari Maathai‚ both being very inspiring through their actions. People should heed
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