Burma

Myanmar: On The Edge of Genocide The violence in Myanmar, formerly Burma, against the Rohingya Muslims is debatable. Some may call it the fault of fake media, but some may consider it on the brink of genocide. The violence in Myanmar should be considered on the verge of genocide as innocent people are being killed, villages and homes are being destroyed, and people are being forced to leave their homes and families to escape. The first piece of evidence that shows that there is a genocide…

significant handicaps. It is never hurtful to keep trying and trying till the end. Myanmar is a country, the size of Texas. The country is divided into seven states based on seven major nationalities- Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Burma, Moon, Ya Khing, and Shan, and 135 different minor ethnic group. It is a country that…

one George Orwell. According to BBC history, “Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on 25 June 1903 in eastern India, the son of a British colonial civil servant. He was educated in England and, after he left Eton, joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, then a British colony. He resigned in 1927 and decided to become a writer.” Nineteen eighty-four centers around a man named Winston Smith, a Party member, who works for the government in the book erasing and rewriting history. The government…

Conformity and Non-Conformity Defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Conformity is the fact or state of obeying or agreeing with a behavior that is similar to a behavior of most other people in a society, group, etc.” In the following reading selections: “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, “They Call Him a Miracle Worker” by Michael Ryan, and “Salvation” by Langston Hughes, the authors illustrate how the characters of these essays felt pressured to conform to the expectations of others…

In the article “Who are the Rohingya” the writer described them as “the world’s most persecuted minority”. Among the Rohingya’s majority of them are Muslim, there is a minority of hindu. There were around 1.1 million Rohingya living in Myanmar. Myanmar is a Buddhist majority country, the Rohingya people are living in that country for centuries. Most of the Rohingya lives in the western coastal state of Rakhaine and have faced a huge lack of basic needs. Since they are being tortured by the…

The following post is a response to the article “Why Can't We Protect Elephants?” written by Maggie Shipstead for Sunday Review and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell. “Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure” (Connell). This quote is giving people the idea that there is only space for the strong in the world. They are the only ones who have any…

Gorge, Orwell writes about an elephant in his essay “Shooting an Elephant” where the main craters is a police man for the British emperor in one of the eastern countries. This police man has an internal power struggle with his duty and internal feelings of what he knows as right. In this country he imply about how the people there are cage and are oppressed by the British Emperor he is also concern with his duty and how the people view him. Even though the policeman is authority figure he takes…

Part 1: Exploring “Shooting An Elephant” by George Orwell 1. What words could you use to describe the character that Orwell makes of himself in this piece? He illustrates himself as vulnerable, powerless, weak and, someone who seeks for acceptance. He is also sympathetic yet confused. He is not able to speak for himself and dose what is expected of him. He displays himself as the victim of Burmese. Orwell was annoyed by the humility he was getting from the native. They made him feel pressured…

The values in a person’s life often result in a difficulty to make a decision in a time of conflict. In the two texts, “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell and “The Guest” by Albert Camus, it can be seen that the two protagonists struggle in making a decision due to their values. A personal reflective of myself can also display that I have also dealt with, where my values interfere with a conflict that I was facing. The values in conflict we face as an individual influences us to make a…

George Orwell is a very smart man and displays his intelligence in his short story “Shooting an Elephant,”. When George Orwell wrote “Shooting an Elephant,” he made one of the characters go through this exact situation in a brilliant manner. There are many very advanced strategies that Orwell displays in his short story. In George Orwell's short story “Shooting an Elephant,” he provides examples that uncover more in the story than what meets the eye and gives a bit more meaning than the average…