Burma Road

Values are something all people posses, some people live by them, others just make them up on the fly. Values are something all people learn to appreciate. What does one do with those values when a conflict arises? Most people like to think they follow them at all times, even if it is in a stressful situation, but that is not always the case. In “Shooting An Elephant” and “Singing Silence” both characters have values that are dealt with in different ways more so than similar. In both stories…

repercussions on the respect and morality of, not only the people of Burma, but also the people of the imperial power. Imperialism causes an anti-Europeans sentiment, which leads to resentment by the oppressed, and also causes the oppressors to be imprisoned by the system of imperialism, which leads to guilt and the need to prove themselves among the oppressed. Imperialism results in resentment. The anti-European feeling is obviously prevalent in Burma, yet no one raises a riot because the…

Shooting an Elephant is a short story written by George Orwell in 1936. Around this time, ideas pertaining to imperialism were starting to spread throughout the world. Great advances in technology lead to the immense growth in industries which sparked new ideas of international affairs. The justifications for imperialism include the ideas of Social Darwinism, economics, geopolitics, technological advances, and nationalism. George Orwell contradicts the justifications for imperialism found in the…

Kincaid: Respond to the ideas in “Exploratory Writing,” p. 503 Christopher Columbus was the one who "discover of the island", and Annie knew that island was her home. I think she knows really clearly that she came from the slaves: "but we, the descendants of the slaves,' because her ancestors had gone from Africa. Of course Annie has her own view about Christopher, and I absolutely understand why does she wrote: "The Great Man Can No Longer Just Get Up and Go." I feel bad about the teaching…

that killed a man in a market in Burma. He also has to uphold his British culture while showing the locals that the British are powerful. In Lessing’s “No Witchcraft for Sale”, the main character has to deal with two conflicting cultures, the Farquar’s, and his African roots. “When a nimble Burman man tripped me up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter.” Orwell was an officer in Burma, the Burmese people hated the…

To Kill A White Elephant Many people at times don’t think before they act or speak. They don’t make the choice to reevaluate their thoughts and actions. Some don’t care about other views and opinions and when it comes to making rational and important decisions. Some do take the time to think about making their important decision especially when it comes to a white elephant. In “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway presents a story of a girl named Jig, who has to make a decision at a…

Prompt Commentary “He was an intelligent man and an able servant of his firm, but he was one of those Englishmen—common, unfortunately—who should never be allowed to set foot in the East” (Orwell 855). (This was an entry from Burmese Days) Much of the dialogue involved blistering criticism on Burmese people. Among those countless insults, the narrator’s input nabbed my attention. Orwell had expressed his political beliefs covertly through dialogue. For example, the quote says most…

Making sure not to embarrass his family he published the book in his pen name George Orwell. The next year he published “Burmese Days” in this selection he detailed his overseas experiences in Burmese Days. This gave dark look inside the colonialism in Burma. This peaked George’s fascination politically, and it grew aggressively after the novel was published December 1936, married Eileen O’Shaughnessy and took a trip to Spain. In Spain, he joined one of the groups that were against General…

Since the government is running out of money and going down hill this problem can only get worse. Over the past 5 years, Burma has made great strides, opening itself to the outside world and in liberalizing its economy. However, the job market is consistently down and the population is steadily rising. Consequently, this causes corruption with people and they have to fight…

George Orwell, the victim, used to be a police officer in Britain for five years, during those five years a traumatic chain of events occured leaving Orwell with a haunting guilt feeling for killing an innocent elephant. Destroying the market and some village huts, Orwell found the elephant going crazy. Killing one man, as the police officer George reacted quickly. Although the incident is very controversy George had multiple acts of selfishness throughout the entire situation. George had no…