Burma Road

To begin my speech today, let’s me tell you a story: The story begin with a sparrow and an elephant are under attacked by a very aggressive snake, can you imagine what is their reaction in that situation? Which one will be the winner? Firstly, we take a look at the elephant. Elephant is a very giant animal and has a very thick skin which make the poisonous fangs of the snake become useless. So the attack of the snake doesn’t matter. In that situation, the elephant only need to pick up his feet…

Introduction Rohingya people, one of the world most persecuted minorities. It is a minority race which is mostly Muslim that live in Myanmar, a country that its main religion is Buddhism. The conflict between the Rohingya and Myanmar has been occurred for a long time, which can be traced back to the 20th century during the time period of World War II. The Rohingya people have been living in Myanmar as early as 12th century according to historians and the Rohingya people. The amount of Rohingya…

Kaka Dixit (1864-5.7.1926): Hari Sitaram Dixit, a high caste Nagari Brahim of Khandwa, did B.A., LLB, and became a leading solicitor of Bombay. He was the Secretary of the Indian National Congress of 1904 at Bombay. In 1906, on his visit to England he had an accident in London whch caused him an injury in the leg with constantly pained. Nana Chandorkar advised him in 1909 to go to Shirdi and seek Sai Baba’s blessings. The same year he went to Ahmednagar with some work and was a guest in the…

Conflicted Tones in “Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell’s essay, “Shooting an Elephant”, the narrator kills an elephant, despite his reluctance to do so. An escaped elephant runs through a village and he follows in an attempt to corral the beast. The narrator carries a gun with him as a safety precaution, but has no actual plans to kill the elephant. However, the Burmans surrounding him push him to kill. This causes him to feel a large amount of cognitive dissonance. Orwell conveys this…

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” describes Orwell’s time spent in Lower Burma under the control of British Imperialism as a police officer. A rifle, shooting an elephant, and a mask are all symbols Orwell uses to represent how imperialism affects him as in officer of the Imperial Police. Orwell’s hunting rifle is used to represent the difference in power he had with and without the gun in his hands. Orwell never wanted to harm the elephant, his .44 Winchester rifle was only to be used as…

Also in Shooting an Elephant and in A Hanging, there is a death scene. The main character is the cause of the death, and kills them because it is their duty. Each time, leading up to the death scene, the character realises how innocent that the victim must be. This is exemplified with the elephant being unknowing and slowly dying and with the dog that is friendly to the prisoner. Now, in 1984 the novel ends with seeing the corruption, and no longer feeling the stress of the political powers.…

Burma’s Police officer George Orwell was hated by a lot of people in the town he was serving. As follows, everything he was doing was under the view of a big number of people. That is why shooting an elephant was a hard decision for him, but he was justified in doing that. By the following conditions, George Orwell was in the main role after the wild elephant, in that day. That horrible situation lied on his shoulders, and he should do something that can change a lot his relationship with…

Much as the Imperial officer falls into obedience to the authority of pressure, this relates the studies conducted by Stanley Milgram. Stanley Milgram was a psychologist studying people’s obedience and seeing how far someone would obey orders from a perceived authority figure. He had random test subjects believing they were administering voltage shocks to someone in another room when answering questions wrong; subjects, however, were unaware that the person they were shocking was a confederate…

rhetorical and stylistic devices to convey how he views himself as well as his position in Burma. During this time, Imperialism was a very real thing and had an effect on outsiders in Burma. Orwell’s attitude of worthlessness is seen throughout the first two paragraphs of the essay about himself, as well as the place he is in. In paragraph one, Orwell introduces the fact that he is a British police officer in Burma and receives hate for that reason. By using words toward him like hate,…

name sake for the pleasure of the community? The first cause and effect situation in Shooting an Elephant cannot really be avoided. George Orwell was born in India, but he is of English descent. He was educated in England, and he later returned to Burma where he served as a police officer. This background knowledge sets up all the hatred that the villagers had for him. The cause and effect relationship here is if you are European then the oppressed villagers will have hatred for you. Orwell…