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    In George Orwell’s passage “Shooting an Elephant,” he is portrayed as a timid, yet a pressured British officer in the Burmese society. Orwell's position concerning human motives is based on his self-perseverance of living in an imperialistic country. Throughout the entire essay, Orwell actions as an officer are only carried out to satisfy the people in the colony. In the first line of the essay, he states his claim of hatred that is prevalent to the reader “I was hated by large numbers of people-

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    In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” a sub-divisional police officer described his position being in Moulmein, in lower Burma which was very anti-European. He described how the native treated Europeans and how he was treated by them each day. He was taunted, baited, and treated so terrible by the people it was hard to keep his cool. He said “imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner his job was done the better”. Then it’s described the narrator’s side on this, which was for the Burmese

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    On Friday, May 8, 2018, a calamitous event eventuated. Ben Orsciono, a beloved English teacher, was murdered by a hate group in Charles Gordon Senior Public School, California, USA while working during after school hours. This murder begot myriad outrages, most of which stimulated from a rationale even more eloquent than an assassination. The opined intention of the slaying is a quandary thought as resolved a long time ago. What engendered the public's ripostes? Racism. A foreigner, Ben Orsciono's

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    Rangefinders have become a huge part of hunting. So what makes up the best hunting rangefinder? Well, it is obvious that knowing the range of your target is a huge benefit, especially when shooting long range and archery. The further out a shot is, the more the projectile will drop, but if you know your weapon and the distance to the target, you can effectively shoot at incredible distances. Here we will take a look at what you should look for in a rangefinder for hunting There are several things

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    Conflicting Values George Orwell writes an autobiography story called Shooting an elephant, he wrote the story in 1936, 50 years into British rule. In this story George talks about how two values collide in conflict and he is forced to decide which one he values more. The two values that come into question are the value of the animal's life and the value of being accepted. The event that is forcing George Orwell to choose what value he has a stronger belief in is a must elephant that has tormented

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    Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell merely trying to not look like a fool, an inner battle testing his morality and mind. The story taking place in Burma, the protagonist, a British police officer named George Orwell. Orwell is picked on and loathed by the Burmese, constantly enduring their tricks and pure despisement. The story truly starts when he is called into do something about a stray elephant who is raging at a bazaar. Once he arrives at the scene him, a Burmese sub-inspector and some Indian

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    Human nature is a quality controlled by free will. We can choose to do good or bad, help or harm, save or end, raise up or belittle. In the essay “Shooting an elephant” by George Orwell, he shows how human nature is governed by choice. Each part of his story can be taken as an allegorical reference to concepts concerning human nature. “When the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” This paradox is somewhat enlightening yet gruesome at the same time. Orwell is referencing

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    Raju the Elephant Rescued After 50 Years of Abuse from Owner and His Reaction to Freedom Will Bring You to Tears How would you feel if you had been chained up, abused and forced to perform for others, or be beaten, for 50 years? This video is heartbreaking and while it's hard to watch, the rescue of Raju the elephant, and his reaction, will having you crying tears of joy. You will see as rescuers fight to free Raju and how these abusers attempt to stop them. But they carry on determined to not give

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    Shooting An Elephant

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    What aspects of our Human nature George Orwell's “Shooting an Elephant” revolves around Orwell himself, a British colonial officer in Burma, and the decisions he makes. One day orwell receives a call asking if he can deal with wild elephant ravaging in the streets. When Orwell sees the elephant he notices that it is of no harm and does not need to be killed, although a large crowd of native Burmans pressure him into shooting the animal. Although Orwell knows it is wrong to shoot the elephant, he

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    British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, based on Orwell’s experience as an imperial officer in Burma. The shooting an elephant show the themes of the principle, the performance, and the colonialism of Orwell in the story. First, Orwell’s service in the British Empire places his reasoned principles and his basic intuitions in constant conflict. He recognizes that the empire is tyrannical and

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