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    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 residences of that small town. After he started research of effect after wild elephant run through people’s huts, he even didn’t think to shoot…

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    experiment. Some other people use Sodium or other words, for Sodium on the periodic table this chemical is called “Na” other people use that to make the Elephant Toothpaste. The call it Elephant Toothpaste because it’s supposed to look like toothpaste and since it's so big and it looks like toothpaste so the first thing people thought of was Elephant Toothpaste. Is that it was so deadly and that it would burn your skin off, then a scientist in Europe, discovered this amazing experiment. However,…

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    Rose For Emily Reflection

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    story are sitting at a restaurant waiting for their train, they begin to talk and the man brings up their past. She mentions how the hills look like white elephants which I found very ironic because the “white elephant” in the room is that they still have feelings for each other. “All right. I was trying. I said the mountains looked like white elephants. Wasn’t that bright?” They are trying to find a happy medium between the two of them because it is obvious the way they feel about each other.…

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    power. Whether it be for more territory or for the natural resources 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…

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    Elephant Poaching Theory

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    in the theory. Although their opinions should be considered because this is what they study, there has been a surprisingly stringent closed-mindedness when it comes to even considering the theory. If innovative ideas are not encouraged, then the elephants are doomed to suffer as ineffective and half-hearted solutions are implemented. Even journalists seem tinted by these intolerant scientists who condemn the theory without actually looking into the multiple lenses through which this complex…

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    make the right decision if other people have an opposite point of view. In some cases people expect a different outcome from you. It is hard to make each person happy when two groups’ values are dissimilar. In Shooting An Elephant, Orwell had to decide between killing an elephant or not killing it. He followed the opinion of the people and gave up everything that he believed to meet their needs. Vicente was a homeless man who had experienced a miracle when a…

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    that his people called an elephant. The king listened intently and became extremely curious, wanting to learn more. All three of the king's loyal servants happened to be blind, but he trusted them more than others. Since the king was unable to get away from the castle himself, he sent these men out to investigate this creature and report back to him with the details. Making his way to the outskirts of the kingdom, the first blind man came to a village where an elephant was said to be and had…

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    George Orwell Stereotypes

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    unfathomable chasm of disparity between individuals. Within the essays of “Shooting an Elephant”, “Learning to Read and Write” and “Just Walk on By”, in some sort of way they demonstrate how difficult for one to counteract misconceptions and stereotypes when such negative connotations are deeply ingrained in society; ultimately one is more susceptible to fall into becoming the stereotype. The essay “Shooting an Elephant” written by George Orwell is a personal account of his struggle for…

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    The girl states that the hills “. . . look like white elephants,” two big unmovable objects. I believe said unmovable objects is the symbolism indicating that their relationship had reached a pinnacle or crossroad. The train station can be viewed as the point of determination or time for an ultimate final decision…

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    Gautama and the Elephant. Analysis of these short stories and comparison to basic Christian and non-theistic views will show the similarities of the passages and how close to the truth these selections could possibly be. The Thoughts of Brahma appear to be very similar to the Christian Genesis…

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