Burma Road

that lesser developed countries have, large and developed countries have always annexed other land to appropriate these resources for their own use. In the short story, “To Kill an Elephant,” George Orwell is a member of the Imperialist police in Burma. While strongly against imperialism and Britain's command in parts of Asia, Orwell still performs as the imperialist powers would want him to. He is a very subservient pawn that blindly follows commands from thousands of miles away. He is only…

I feel like not matter how much I study the culture and the language it will never be the same unless I go experience it for myself. One thing that I am really excited to witness first hand is the food, and the Buddhist temples. I have always been a big fan of the food but I am sure that it is so different than what we have here in America. I hope to one day be able to visit Thailand market on water, and eat great food. Being Mexican and growing up in Mexico I understand how different American…

George Orwell was already hated by many people in Burma, and when he had stumbled upon the chance to handle the nuisance the aggressive elephant created, he saw an opportunity to redeem himself. The narrator states, “They did not like me. But with the magical rifle in my hands, I was momentarily worth watching.” (George Orwell 147). It transpires that he didn’t wish to be humiliated more or back out of the situation that was ongoing. At the moment when he was in the midst of the situation…

Have you ever been faced with an ultimatum so difficult, as if your life depended on it? This essay explores the story written by Frank R. Stockton, titled: “The Lady Or The Tiger”. It is a love story between a daughter of a barbaric king, and a lowly common man. The barbaric king, who was not pleased with the two lovers, imprisoned the lowly man. The barbaric king had a way of punishing his prisoners by throwing them into an arena where they either open a door to a tiger waiting to kill the…

American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang about various characters dealing with stereotypes, and prejudices. Two main characters that seem to struggle with this are the monkey king and Jinn. The monkey king is the king of all monkey's on his island. He is looked at as a god and respected by every monkey on the island. But when he is invited to a dinner party for all the gods, he realizes that nobody else has respect for him. By everyone else he is looked at as a dirty monkey.…

Adrianna Geisler ENGL1010 Essay #1 8 Sept. 2015 Reading Response Essay for “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author is trying to show how imperialism can have strong effects on someone. In addition, Orwell describes his personal decision to shoot an elephant after the animal kills a man. He does not initially intend on killing the animal, but anti-imperialism and the pressure of the crowd really get to him. Orwell states that the only reason he…

A report published last Thursday by the International Crime Initiative (ISCI), an organization affiliated to the Queen Mary University in the UK and partnered with Harvard University, is once again turning the world’s attention to the Rohingyas, a Muslim ethnic minority from western Myanmar. Titled “Countdown to Annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar” and written by a team of scholars, activists and journalists, the research is an in-depth analysis of the policies implemented by successive Burmese…

Where is the Change? An essay inspired by Shooting an Elephant I would like to thank George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant for providing inspiration for the essay you are about to read, and for teaching students around the world an important aspect of the human condition. I sat on the edge of the river bank, watching the ripples float past. As I looked out into the water it was then that I saw it, floating past with the grace of a swan. The only evidence of its path being the trail of…

The elephant in the village of the blind The elephant in the village of the blind is a traditional Indian story about a village where everyone was blind. A traveler came to the village with an elephant. The villagers did not know what an elephant was and the traveler asked them to see for themselves. Since none of the villagers could see, they had to touch the animal and draw their conclusion on what the elephant could be. Several villagers went and touched the animal. They all formed their…

The British in A Passage to India believed that they “were necessary to India; there would certainly be bloodshed without them” (Forster 103). The Indians, on the other hand, did not feel the same way; they were being oppressed in their own country and they could do very little about improving their lack of power. The English’s strong control is epitomized when two English visitors go on a trip to the Marabar Caves with Doctor Aziz, the main character. One of the English visitors is allegedly…