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    Being a person of high authorities can sometimes form a burden on you. This correlates to, “Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell, which is about a police officer in Burma. The police officer is a European, so he faces plenty of hatred in Burma. However, one day an elephant goes into “must” state and it is up to this police officer to stop the elephant. The police officer is not justified in his actions as he shoots the elephant to maintain his pride, the elephant is already in peace and there…

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    He wanted address us his negative experiences in Burma to reinforce his perspective that imperialism is harmful on both ends. The author was being pitiful attitude, the tensions between the British and the Burmese was strained. In terms of the effectiveness of his argument, it seems that his aim for writing…

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    Give 3 facts about George Orwell: Orwell's parents were members of the Indian Civil Service After college he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma now called Myanmar He wrote his first called “Down and Out in Paris and London” What is George Orwell’s real name? Why do you think he wrote under a pseudonym (pen-name)? Eric Arthur Blair, because he didn't want people to know his real name In what year was Animal Farm published? 1945 Historical Background: What is democracy? How did…

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    Burma Persuasive Speech

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    On January 27th, 1998 a baby boy was born into this world. He was born neither accomplished nor discredited. He was A boy who would soon grow to be consistent, concise, and courageous. A boy who would soon develop an ideology based on hard work, dedication, and human achievement. He is Someone who has not always had it easy, but he has actually had a rather challenging, distracting life. Time and time again, his old friend resiliency saved him from being engulfed in the difficulties of the world…

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    A Hanging Symbolism

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    A Hanging by George Orwell is a short story focusing on a hanging taking place in a Burma Jail. The story is narrated by a jail guard as he witnesses an all too common hanging taking place against a Hindu prisoner. On the surface, Orwell is trying to show the audience the horrible mistreatment and inhumane actions of guards and prison staff again the prisoners. The slightly deeper theme of the story is appreciation, respect of human life and how Orwell feels about a man deciding the fate of…

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    Naypyidaw Case Study

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    On Sunday November 6, 2005, the Myanmese military government officially relocated the national capital from Yangon to Naypyidaw in a rural mountainous valley in southern Mandalay Division. The next day, Myanmar’s Information Minister, General Kyaw Hasan announced that the country’s capital would be a newly established city in Pyinmana District. On March 2, 2006, the new administrative capital in Kyatpyae Village of Pyinmana District was publicly named “Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Daw). Capital city often…

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    “To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eye of others” (Criss Jami). To appear positive to some people, they have to appear negative to others. Each person has his or her own opinion; therefore, just because he or she satisfies a person, does not mean the others agree with them too. For example, in “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the speaker ponders whether he should kill the elephant to please the people. Whether he shoots it or not, not…

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    Plenty of people would see Orwell as a brave person for killing the elephant and saving all those people. In reality, he was just scared and ended up doing what the crowd expected him to do. As a policeman, his duty was to protect the crowd from the wild elephant, but killing the elephant just because people were cheering for him to do it was the issue. Looking at how Orwell handled the situation tells a lot about him at this age. Like how during his younger days, Orwell made poor choices,…

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    Burma Descriptive Writing

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    The cloud mist lifted and the landscape unraveled from beneath. Roads slithered across the great expanse of the Earth. They coiled around subdivisions, a series of homogenous fixtures when viewed from above. The checkerboard squares of green terrain waned amidst the approaching urbanization. Even from 10,000 feet in the air, the giveaways of the West were discernable — a Wal-Mart here, a baseball stadium there, the occasional backyard swimming pool. Subtle chatter, inclined bodies, oohs and…

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    raided some fruit stalls…”(324) As a result, the evil of imperialism has taken over all of their belongings. They are already poor because of the taking over of England. Orwell even mentions that these things happened in the poor quarter of Moulmein, Burma. The elephant is killing their food and shelter. Orwell shows the parallelism between the elephant and the British empire; the British has invaded their country just like the elephant has invaded the town. They have already lost so much to the…

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