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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…

The book Newtown by Matthew Lysiak tells the story of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. What happened on the day of December 14, 2012, in which so many lives were lost? The morning of December 14, 2012 started out like any other day. Families said goodbye then headed off to work or school. The only difference on that day was that another person left their house, with killing on the mind. Adam Lanza, age 20, left his house that morning equipped with a shotgun and 70 rounds, a rifle…

jeopardized. Most of these incidents involve mass shootings, where many innocent lives of both students and teachers have been lost. On February 14th, 2018, the United States witnessed yet another one of these tragedies when a high school in Florida suffered the loss of 17 students and staff. As a student attending a high school with a population of over 1400 students and staff, my safety feels threatened more and more each time I hear of a school shooting on the news. At this point the…

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.…

Local High School Receives a Shooting Treat In an interview with Diane Sawyer, it was discussed that nearly one school shooting happens in America a week (ABC News). This is a commons issue we see today. The thought of school shooting is an issue that is frightening to any student and one that is never expected to become reality. Sylvania Southview High School experienced a shooting threat; leaving many parents worries and many students nervous. Before the start of school on Monday January 16,…

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…

people get shaky and unorganized while others use pressure to fuel their performance. Competitive shooting has been my passion for years and my match at the 2016 Junior Olympic Rifle Competition in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is my most memorable experience. My shooting career depended on my performance at this match, and I never expected to do as well as I did. Shooting may appear easy, but in reality shooting goes far beyond anyone’s idea of difficulty. The Olympic Training Center is a modern…

The opening paragraphs of George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant establishes the author's attitude. He does this in a way by using 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…