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    During the time of imperialistic rule‚ rich empires were able to take over those of lesser value and benefit from their resources. This is the exact situation going on in Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell; the British had taken over the Burmese. Through Orwell’s use of stylistic and rhetorical strategies‚ he conveys the inferior attitude he has towards himself and the trapped‚ conflicted attitude he feels towards his position in Burma‚ which both stem from the negative aspects of imperialism

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    Virginia Tech Shooting and Campus Security During the spring of 2007 on the Virginia Polytech Institute campus‚ a student named Seung-Hui Cho had shot 2 students in a resident hall before entering classrooms and shooting 32 other students and professors (Glum). This event had created a call for necessities in protecting not only the Virginia Tech school but all large campuses in America. Director of Virginia’s 32 National Campus Safety Initiative S. Daniel Carter stated‚ “That one incident sort

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    The Stellar Lives of Stars Stars are giant nuclear reactors. In the center of stars‚ atoms are taken apart by tremendous atomic collisions altering the atomic structure and releasing an enormous amount of energy that makes stars hot and bright. Nuclear fusion is an atomic reaction that fuels stars. In fusion‚ many nuclei combine together to make a larger but different element‚ and the result of this process is the release of a lot of energy. Stars are powered by nuclear fusion in their cores

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    M. Gogean What you give up to fit in? Many people sacrifice their beliefs and values to be accepted in society and to win the societies approval. George Orwell in “Shooting an elephant” and Langston Hughes in “Salvation” deal with the issue of “fitting in” in very different ways. George Orwell describes to us in “Shooting an elephant” the struggle that his character faces when to win the mobs approval and respect when he shoots down an innocent animal and sacrifices what he believes to be

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    Paul Russell ID: UM3267BPM7972 Market Research Thesis Report On the Hospitality Industry In Dubai‚ UAE. A Final Thesis Presented to The Academic Department Of The School of Business and Economics In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For The Masters Degree in Project Management Atlantic International University June 2008 Foreword My motivation for this report is driven by my passion for the Hospitality industry and its

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    Sanchez April 18‚ 2016 Shooting an Elephant v Group Minds Every decision made‚ will affect us‚ wether it’s in a negative or positive way. Everyone at some point in their lives will experience some form of peer pressure. Peer pressure is a very influential when we are making decisions. Peer pressure encourages other people to change the way they are or values to please those who are influencing us‚ which can be a group or an individual. In comparing and contrasting the essays “Shooting an Elephant” by George

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    1. Orwell shoots the elephant because the two thousand native people standing behind him expect him to. They want revenge for the man it killed‚ the meat the carcass will provide‚ and the entertainment of watching the shooting. “The people expected it of me and I had got to do it” he writes. There is a suggestion that if he decided not to shoot the elephant‚ both he and the empire would suffer a loss of prestige‚ but the main concern in Orwell’s mind is the “long struggle not to be laughed at”. He

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    normally‚ fail to obtain the attention needed because they have spoken of those “crazy” things beforehand but never followed through. Not until it is far too late that they actually receive the attention necessary for their “crazy talk.” School shootings normally occur in rural schools rather than schools located in big cities. The reason behind this is because students who do shoot schools are

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    explain the most seemingly complicated and abstract concepts. In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell argues two things. One of these things is small; the other is large. However‚ both are explained by one seemingly insignificant event. The small thing is shooting an elephant‚ and the large thing is how a person’s pride often forces them to give into the pressure from others. At the surface‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is about‚ well‚ shooting an elephant. Orwell narrates the whole

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    Orwell Analysis Paper Prompt 3 “Read carefully paragrphs 11-13 of Orwells Shooting An Elephant. THen write a well-organized essay explaining how the author uses stylistic devices and rhetoical strategies to convey his attitude toward the shooting of the elephant. Elephants were once‚ and are currently‚ considered prized possessions in some parts of the world. The taming of these majestic creatures dates all the way back to BC and‚ since then‚ elephants have continued to hold high value

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