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wrote "Shooting an Elephant"
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George Orwell
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setting of "shooting an Elephant"
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Lower Burma
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tone of "Shooting an Elephant"
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self mocking
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theme of "shooting an Elephant"
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tyrrany of mass opinion
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Why do natives hate Orwell?
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b/c he is a Brit and they impose their customs and oppress the people
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What's Orwell's position?
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sub-divisional police officer
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why was the elephant in "Shooting an Elphant" on a rampage?
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b/c it was in "must"
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Who did the elephant kill in "shooting an Elephant"?
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a coolie, or common worker
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Why did Orwell shoot the elephant?
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B/c he didn't want to get laughed at by the natives since they wanted him to do it
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How long did it take the elephant in "shooting an Elephant" take to die?
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30 min
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who wrote Garden Party?
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Katherine Mansfield
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What did the man smell in Garden party?
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lavender
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who wrote Heat?
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Jean Rhys
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what is the setting of "Heat"?
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Rousseau, Martinique, West Indies
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what is the point of view in "Heat"?
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first person, unreliable, limited
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what is the metaphor of "Heat"?
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"our valcano was called the boiling lake"
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Who is Clive?
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Clive is a jolly young Englishman who decided to try life on the edge, went to a volcano, tried to save his fool of a guide and fell off said edge.
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What is the mountain called in "Heat"?
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Mt. Pelee
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What city did the volcano destroy in "Heat"?
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St. Pierre
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Why does mama say the mountain was destroyed?
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according to Mama the city was destroyed because it was sinful and had an opera house ( the modern day version of Sodom and Gamora)
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Who survive the eruption?
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an underground prisoner
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How many died in "Heat"?
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40,000
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Who is the author of "Sunrise on the Veld"?
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Doris Lessing
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What is the setting of "Sunrise on the Veld?"
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South Africa
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What is a veld?
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an open grassy area
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Why does the boy get up early?
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it's his birthday and he wants to go kill something
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How old is the boy who gets up early?
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15
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What kills the antelope?
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ants
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Why couldn't the antelope escape the ants?
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b/c he had a broken leg
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How does the leg get broken?
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not said, but boy thinks he shot it
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How does "Sunrise on the Veld" end?
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boy going to think about it
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What kind of philosophy is shown in "Sunrise on the Veld"?
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fatalistic
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Who is the author of "The Red Dress- 1946"?
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Alice Munro
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what is the setting of "Red Dress"?
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Ontario, 1946
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what is the point of view?
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1st person
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is the narrator boy crazy like lonnie?
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no
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narrator/mary differences/similarities
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both outsiders, boy’s don’t really like them, Mary doesn’t care what the boys think while the narrator does
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Why does the narrator want store bought clothes?
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to be like everyone else
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attitude towards dance with mason williams?
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expected him to dance very little
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who danced with narrator?
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raymond bolting
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what is raymond to the narrator?
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her savior and rescuer
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