Shooting an elephant ”Shooting an elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell and published in 1936. The text is told by a first person narrator, who tells us about being a policeman in Burma and about his doubt, whether to kill an animal or not. The man who tells us the story is an unhappy young policeman who lives in mental isolation. He hates British imperialism, he hates Burmese natives, and he hates his job. He feels like a target for the Burmese people. The natives are treating him
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Statement of Authenticity: I, Gregory Mandl, hereby declare that my work is my own and all sources used for information have been acknowledged appropriately. Index: Page 1-2: Why the current trend in human population growth is a danger to our planet. Page 3-4: How we can solve the problem concerning the current trend in human population growth. Page 5: Ethical issues concerning population control. Page 6: Personal view on the issue. Page 7: Bibliography. “Is the current
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Animal Farm A review by: Dimitrios Pastirmatzis "Animal Farm is an allegorical and dystopian novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945"(1) Animal Farm is a book written in England on the 17th of August of 1945, when the Soviet Union was in the midst of the Stalinist era and is critical of the situation that was developing there. In George Orwell's views the Soviet union was turned into an inhumane dictatorship built around a single man and enforced through sheer
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Once upon a time in a quiet town, there lived three vertically challenged pigs. The three pigs were ready to move out of their parents’ home, not out of selfishness or teenage rebellion, but to begin a strong, independent life as college students. With their extensive knowledge of engineering, they set out to go make a difference in the world. There was one problem though: they were broke college students in need of a place to stay. The pigs decided to create eco-friendly houses to accommodate to
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Analysis of “A Hanging” by George Orwell “A Hanging” by George Orwell is a short story based on the author’s experience while working as a police magistrate. In the story he talks about the experience of witnessing an execution. The prisoner is escorted to the gallows by the warders for his hanging. Once there everyone is ready for the execution to be done so that they can all go have a drink. Using descriptive words so that one feels and experiences what he experienced Orwell argues that Capital Punishment
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Response to “Politics and the English Language” In this essay, George Orwell brings to light common mistakes that are found in contemporary English style of writing and argue that we, users of the English language, have the power to fix these problems through adjusting our own writing habits. The mistakes that Orwell brings up are not the typical mistakes of grammar, punctuation or spelling. No, he attacks the very way that a whole generation of English writers has grown accustom to writing
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by obtaining a diary from a local shop, and also in the process Winston obtains an ink pen. Furthermore he illustrates his hate for Big Brother and the Party by writing “Down with Big brother” in his diary. The Party is run by Big Brother and George Orwell describes Winston’s hate toward the party and his desire for freedom. In addition to this, Winston feels the need to join the brotherhood. O’Brien, a person who Winston believes to
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Both 1984 and We depict a dystopian world where everything is controlled and everyone is watched. These books present societies where, no matter what, the governments can never entirely control the sexual desire of its citizens; although they are written 25 years apart, they both contain an ill-fated affair between an orthodox male character, who in the case of D-503 in We, fully believes in the regime, or like Winston Smith in 1984 who does not necessarily agree with the ruling party, but has surrendered
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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is about an advanced society that relies on conditioning its citizens in order to achieve stability and constant universal happiness. When an outsider visits the “World State”, he reveals that true happiness is impossible without passion and individualism. The residents are conditioned from conception through manipulation of the eggs, hypnopaedic suggestion, and laboratory experiences which prepare them to grow up to be constantly happy and eager to fuel the economy
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In the story of Shooting an Elephant the author George Orwell uses many themes that can be related to yourself in life. In the story, the protagonist is himself and he explains the empire of the British that controls Burma and the Burmese natives. He is a police man in lower Burma, and is forced to shoot a ravaging elephant that is tearing up the town otherwise the town people would joke and laugh at him. The overall theme of this story is peer pressure from the people and also the power of imperialism
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