In this world, people are quick to react first and then ask questions later. In the past few years that have gone by we seen a lot of unarmed black males killed by white police officers and how the police officers got a “pat on the back” and let go. This caused an uproar among the black community and it caused them to come together and protest that justice be served. It all started back in 2012 when George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But before Trayvon there
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Station, I was overcome by memories. I am from the city Pleasant Hill which is no more than half an hour away from Hayward. In 2009 when Oscar Grant was shot, everyone had heard about it. For the entire week you couldn’t talk to someone without the shooting being mentioned. At the time I was only in 6th grade starting high school. I did not know anyone directly related to Oscar Grant, however during this tragedy everyone felt connected to him personally. His case is what sparked many protests in the
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Why did he shoot the elephant? There are many different reasons as to why George Orwell chose to shoot the Elephant in the short story, ”Shooting an Elephant”. In the following essay, there will be a wide and deep response of why George Orwell chose to shoot the elephant in the end. The first and primary reason for George Orwell shooting the elephant is simply Orwell being afraid. He was originally not intending to shoot the elephant; he merely brought the rifle for his own protection. “I had
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through diplomacy or military force” (Oxford Dictionary). In the essay “Shooting An Elephant” by George Orwell, imperialism is portrayed as a corrupt act in which the British Empire imposes itself on Burma. Orwell use rhetorical techniques to describe how imperialism can create grotesque effects on both the British and Burmese. In Orwell’s essay, characters such as the police officer, the local Burmese people and the elephant display the brutal reality British imperialism. The British police officer
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page 9 Section 6: Works Cited page page 10 Introduction The literary piece “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, highlights the apprehensions of a colonial officer's obligation to shoot a rogue elephant. The author does not want to shoot the elephant, but feels pressured by a crowd of indigenous residents, before whom he does not wish to appear indecisive or cowardly. “Shooting an Elephant”, by George Orwell, utilizes characterization, point of view, and plot to illustrate the moral
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Nupur Dixit Mr. Randolph English II – C Period December 14, 2013 Shades of Colonialism The continuum of history plays an important role in human thought. History and Colonialism, to the superficial thinker, is a collection of individual actions, social change, periods, regions, civilizations and other events that are long gone. However, as Prof. Montrose points out, history is not just about the past. All that happened in the past was happening in the present at that time. We are living in
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and Guleri. The mother is about 60-65 years old, because she has Manak, who is about 25-35 years old. Perspective: I want to compare this story to ‘’Shooting an Elephant’’, both stories is about pressure, and getting pushed to do something, that they really doesn’t want to do. In ‘’Shooting an Elephant’’ a man gets pushed to shoot an elephant even though he doesn’t want to do it, and in Stench of Kerosene a man
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George Orwell’s, “Shooting an Elephant,” for in his essay he was a white British police officer that was hated by the Burmese people, because of the British rule over Burma, and the assumption that white people are violent and hateful. In addition, because of the British rule the Burmese people assumed that all British officers and British were alike due to their unfair ruling. In this essay the narrator George Orwell was assigned to go kill and what it seems to be an untamed Elephant, but due to his
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Mockingjay: Destroyer of all Fear The never ending tasks given by the Oppressors. The Oppressed feel as if no one is on their side. Hope has disappeared from every corner, but people are sick and tired of being sick and tired. These people who have been shut down their whole life and have been told what to do since day one have begun to realize they have some power of their own together. In Suzanne Collin’s “The Mockingjay” the districts are fed up with the Capital’s actions and are ready to pursue
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Imperialism Affects the Oppressed as Well as the Oppressor Hidden within a great book come many different messages, but one important example in George Orwell's Shooting the Elephant shows imperialism affects the oppressed as well as the oppressor. Because it is an immoral relationship of power, it compels the oppressor to act immorally to keep up appearances that he is right. George Orwell realizes that the British Raj which he serves is "an unbreakable tyranny" (Orwell, paragraph 2) yet despises
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