Coolie

detail how he hated his job and he was against the corruption and inhumanity that was going on. Until one day an incident happened, which Orwell was called to take care of an aggressive elephant that had escaped and killed “an Indian, a black Dravidian coolie” and Orwell saw what he described as “the real nature of imperialism – the real motives for which despotic governments act.” (Orwell 621) Sometimes we make choices in life, so we are liked and not…

In 1862 Morrill Act was passed by congress in an attempt to keep polygamy from altering or hindering the very fabric of American Democracy (Abrams, 2015). That act was put in place because Mormons and Chinese immigrant had a different view that was hostile to the growing democracy and federalism implied by congress that perpetuated certain family norms not to be polygamous (Abrams, 2015). In September 24, 1890, the Church of Latter Day Saints bowed to the government and withdrew from the…

7:00 am- I open my eyes and a thin beam of early-morning light shines into by enormous bedroom. A breeze blows the drapes on my bay window revealing the sun still low in the sky, which cast feeble shadows about the room, decorated with exotic souvenirs and artifacts from my adventures all over the world. I step out the door to a deck with a huge, sparkling pool and a trail leading back towards the rocky cliff overlooking the ocean. I follow the trail out to the cliff and study the tropical,…

"DIASPORIC IDENTITY: A CASE STUDY OF INDIAN DIASPORAS" "Displacement has no replacement and this is the reality of diaspora" The dictionary meaning of the term diaspora refers to a large group of people with similar heritage or homeland who have since moved out to all places of the world. The term is derived from an ancient Greek word which means " to scatter…

In the beginning of the Gold Rush in 1848, Chinese immigrants, mostly poor China-men sought a better economic life in the United States. When Chinese American first arrived in California they were welcomed for their exotic customs, interesting clothing and strong accents. Soon, the white working class grew old of the Chinese because of the potential threat they posed for their livelihood and work, which lead to discrimination against the Chinese. Politicians that ran for office in California…

At this point in time, race is something that is unescapable. When a child is born race is one of the first things implicated onto them. The classification and separation of different people has been around since the early expeditions of the Indian Ocean region and has become more prevalent and advanced as time has gone on. In the book, Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting by Vijay Prashad he focuses specifically on “the peoples who claim the heritage of the continents of Asia and Africa” (Prashad, x)…

elephant was, but everyone was unsure (Orwell). He had almost called quits before they heard screams near a hut (Orwell). Orwell entailed "I rounded the hut and saw a man's dead body sprawling in the mud" (Orwell). The man was an Indian Dravidian coolie, and he had not been dead for long (Orwell). The elephant had stampeded him and grounded him into the mud (Orwell). This was some sort of turning point for the narrator, as he sent someone to get an elephant rifle…

He asserts, “Besides, legally I had done the right thing… afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed: it put me legally in the right and gave me sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant,” (Orwell). He is attempting to use the fact that according to the law he had done the proper thing to condone going against his own conscience…

George Orwell’s short story “Shooting an Elephant” offers insight into the ideals of leadership within a foreign environment and how it is the majority who influence the leader, not the leader who influences the majority. In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell demonstrates the power that a crowd can have over an individual by manipulating their ego. In many ways everyone is sycophantic; it is part of human nature, and it is what causes many people to push away their morality when it is needed…

“The empire on which the sun never sets,” also known as the British Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen. Through the use of imperialism, specifically colonization the British were able to spread their dominion over one fifth of the worlds population. Advanced military technology ensured that the British could enforce their will, culture, and economic policies on people deemed unfit to govern themselves. George Orwell shows the dark side of imperialism through the use of…