Shooting

The descriptive detail of “Shooting an Elephant,” is so powerful that it persuades the reader, through its descriptions. A successful visual will transfer the perspectives and emotions of the narrator to its audience. The quote “But even then I was not thinking particularly of my own skin, only of the watchful yellow faces behind,” makes the reader feel a sense sympathy for the police officer (Orwell 624). The writer’s choice of wording, “yellow faces,” makes the reader self-consciously judge…

The number of school shootings are increasing everyday. Now, it’s estimated that at least on school shooting will take place every week. New York Times posted a statement stating, “In an analysis of 235 mass killings, many of which were carried out with firearms, 22 percent of the perpetrators could be considered mentally ill.” (Bank, Justin) Mental health does play a major role inn shooting because of the lack of realizing the health issues and gun control. For mental health issues, they’ve…

George Orwell is a very smart man and displays his intelligence in his short story “Shooting an Elephant,”. When George Orwell wrote “Shooting an Elephant,” he made one of the characters go through this exact situation in a brilliant manner. There are many very advanced strategies that Orwell displays in his short story. In George Orwell's short story “Shooting an Elephant,” he provides examples that uncover more in the story than what meets the eye and gives a bit more meaning than the average…

Summary & Analysis of "Shooting an Elephant" Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, is a complex piece of literature. The writing revolved around British imperialism and a British officer, Orwell, shooting an elephant (Orwell). The physical shooting of the elephant intertwined with British imperialism metaphorically (Orwell). Shooting an Elephant is a descriptive and intelligent piece of work, one that should be given more light to it. To begin, Geroge Orwell introduced himself as a British…

In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author is faced with a very conflicting situation that overall changes how he views himself and how others view him. Orwell believes that confession does not ease one’s guilt about a misdeed; this idea is shown through the tone of penitence and the metaphor of imperialism. Years after committing a wrong action, Orwell confesses his wrongdoing, but feels no weight lifted off of his shoulders. He feels just as guilty writing about it as…

School shootings have been going on since Pontiac's Rebellion but there have been more than that one but those are one of the many that the people remember. A school shooting is when a “teen or a adult comes into a school and shoots up a school and hurts people some people count as a gun going off in a classroom” but that is not the definition. Why people do school shooting, how much they have went up, and how can prevent it from happening/ the sign of someone think about doing it. Some of…

short stories that have been studied are Shooting An Elephant and No Witchcraft for Sale. Both of these stories contain special accounts of the narrator’s experiences. Three messages from these two short stories are: Don’t let peer pressure make your decisions, know who your enemies are, and believe in yourself. One message that these two short stories have in common is don’t let peer pressure make your decisions. This is particularly evident in Shooting an Elephant. The narrator of this story…

regrettable? In the essay, “shooting an Elephant” George Orwell described an unsettling personal experience that occurred while he was employed as a British police officer in Burma. Even though Orwell was an authority figure with military supremacy, Orwell was still being ill-treated and made a mockery of by the Burmese. Orwell is soon involved in a predicament with dealing with a must elephant that killed a coolie. Now, Orwell is helplessly torn with the idea of shooting a harmless elephant…

A massacre is a brutal slaughter of a large number of people. The shooting was at the Columbine high school in Littleton, Colorado. Two teens went on a shooting spree, killing 13 students. This shooting affected many lives in Colorado. Because of this shooting, school safety has become the main concern for the students. The school administration has required all schools to practice lock down drills, having anti-bullying zones, zero-tolerance policies and the practice of A.L.I.C.E. On April…

this is shooting and I love it. Hitting a 150 yard target is like winning the lottery and it’s a great feeling. I would like to let people who have never fired a firearm to try it and it might change their opinion on weapons. Take target shooting as an example, I have hit the bullseye many times and it’s an adrenaline rush. Due to some bans, some fun parts of target shooting like explosive rounds with powerful explosives were banned a while ago. I like hunting and competition shooting because me…