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    which made transportation of goods much easier throughout the empire. Foreign countries had to make deals with the Ottoman Empire in order for them to practice the trading in the country's harbors. This type and method of business had a great positive impact on the country's economic system, it led to the country being flourished, poor people ratio was decreased and the empire started making its own unique golden currency. the empire also paid great attention to the army system, and they created…

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    INTRODUCTION The Berlin Treaty, which was signed in 1878 between Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, United Kingdom, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Italy, revised the Treaty of San Stefano in the same year, was the turning point for Armenian Question and Eastern Question. As a result of this treaty, the situation in the Balkans was settled to a large extent by European Powers in accordance with their interest. However, the Armenian Question was suspended for the next decades. The decision…

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    In this story Elephant, is about a man out of his natural region and out of place in a different country with different ethnicities. In this story there was a man who was peer pressured to kill an Elephant who wasn’t being destructive anymore. The man who was pressured to kill this animal was pressured even though the elephant wasn’t in musk anymore. The three main messages in this story's is that he has no real intentions to kill an elephant, this story suggests that we sometimes do things we…

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    British Imperialism In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell first reveals his opposition to the imperialism, then he uses parallel between the British Empire and a Burmese elephant to convey a message about imperialism: although imperialism is justified by the European Empire, in actuality, its nature is horrendous, and it is the British Empire that has destroyed its own freedoms. At the very beginning of his essay, Orwell brings up his point of view towards British imperialism. He claims that…

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    Throughout the essay, the narrator describes uncertainty about the identity of the true oppressors. The description of the Indian man characterizes the struggle that lies within the main character’s moral as the main character also disclose, that, “these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt”(602). These two defending dialogues reveal that he is conflicted. In this explanation of the dead man, the main character advert to the excruciation and death of Christ. Later in the story, the…

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    wasn 't learned about as much as it was first insinuated to be. The Empire was hardly a subject lectured. This is proven by the knowledge of the education system in the time of the nineteenth century…

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    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…

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    the British Empire’s imperial rule over Burma, and the Burmese’s disrespectful actions towards his authority being enforced of the Empire. Orwell displays this conflict and tension as we see his use of symbolism and irony throughout the essay. As a matter of fact, Orwell’s symbolic use of the elephant shows both sides of the confliction between the British Empire and Burmese people in different sections of the essay. During the elephant’s “must”, and rampage was occurring, it had “put its…

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    The British Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen. The British were motivated to conquer and colonize any place where they could benefit economically. This emphasis on money inspired Gandhi to attack the Empire through civil disobedience and attack their economy as the desire for Indian independence grew. The British maintained control over their large empire through a structured military presence, which would suppress any uprising in an instant and by any means necessary, no…

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    Admittedly, the British empire had began changing their attitude towards the colonists and it wasn’t for the best. Colonists were being treated a great deal worse than the relationship beforehand, and it had taken them for surprise causing a shift in attitude in the colonists behavior…

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