Essays on Elephant

One lucky elephant is an American film that was directed by Lisa Leeman. This film is about the human-animal relationship and focuses on the story of the founder of Flora animal circus Mr. David Balding- and an endangered young elephant from Africa. David names this elephant Flora, and the story unfolds about their journey to find a good ad nurturing home for Flora the elephant. David had rescued the animal when it was very young and decided to keep it in his circus where he used it as the star attraction. He had brought up that animal that he Continue reading...

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Analysis and Interpretation of “Shooting an Elephant”

“Shooting an Elephant” is an essay by George Orwell. It recounts his incredible experiences in India where he served as an imperial officer. Orwell appears to be narrating a tale on his individual life experience in Burma; however, the real theme behind his essay is to create an image of how colonialism influences the way of life of both the inhabitants in the colonized nation and the imperialistic officers. This essay expounds on how Orwell, through a broad utilization of symbolism, uses his actions and an elephant in a journey to Continue reading...

Introduction

Becoming a hero requires competence in what an individual attempts to do. One may lose the title of a hero simply because of their failure to accomplish the right things appropriately as desirable. A hero should develop the courage to face the difficulties presented by certain situations in their life. Based on the two stories in question, the characters fail to become heroes because they are defeated and do not face the situations, as they should. The paper focuses on proving that young Goodman brown and George Orwell fail to become heroes since they do not courageously face the Continue reading...

1.0 Introduction
The animal communication system is significantly different from the human communication system. The latter is more advanced as compared to an animal communication system. One difference between the two communication systems is that fact that whereas human beings can use different types of media to pass across their messages; animals only use a limited number of media to communicate. It is, however important to note that similarities exist between the communication system of animals and the human communication system. For instance, communicating through the use of touch is common between animal and human communication. This means that Continue reading...

The vision of possible partnership in this elephant sanctuary and wellness resort is an opportunity that any spa director cannot surpass. The fact that the resort will integrate different lifestyles, they also incorporate luxury accommodation for the guests, a spa program and an elephant sanctuary and a full operation museum.
The prospect of managing such a wide based sanctuary and resort facility is a dream that every director of a spa plans to achieve. I like the idea that possibly will increase the profits of the resort by a wide margin compared to any other spa. I believe in Continue reading...

My Experiences Touring Kenya’s Wildlife

My Experiences Touring Kenya’s Wildlife
Working as an environmentalist I have come to appreciate wildlife in Africa majorly the diversity that it has in the variance of creation. To sample a few of theattractions that drew me to Kenya includewilderbeastmigrationandthebig five (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and hippopotamus). I wasexcited to visit Africa with thepromise to feast my eyes on its wildlife. However, my visitwasalsodriven by environmental conservationinitiatives since there has beengrowingconcerns over poaching in Africa and Kenya to be specific. To thisend, I notethat elephants and rhinos havebecomethemainvictims of poachers for their ivory. Similarly, cheaters andleopardshave as wellfallenvictim Continue reading...

George Orwell is one of the greatest English writers. Orwell expressed his views in an independent manner and raised various significant issues that he witnessed in the society while serving in different roles. “Shooting an Elephant” is one of highly acclaimed literary works of the author. “Animal Farm” is a novel that was written by Orwell and is known for the portrayal of various crucial issues. This paper intends to discuss both of these literary works of the author along with presenting a succinct and comparative analysis of “Shooting an Elephant” and “Animal Farm”.
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Elephant management dilemma refers to the ethical problem of how the humans should act on the overpopulation of the elephants in the wildlife reserves. It is an ethical dilemma proposed by Ian Whyte in which the intervention of the humans is also in questioned. Elephant population is growing due to the management and regulation of the wildlife reserves. However, the growth of the elephant population also increase the dangers for other organisms in the reserves such as the destruction of their habitat especially the woodlands (Wray, 2004).
According to Ian Whyte, managing a reserve for biodiversity and managing for Continue reading...

Introduction

Hills Like White Elephants is a popular American short story by American author, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Hemmingway wrote and published the story in his 1927 collection of short stories titled Men Without Women. The story bears many autobiographical elements of Hemingway’s life as he struggled to build lifelong relationships. It is a popular story in American schools thanks to a captivating plot, setting, characters, use of imagery and its exposition of common societal themes.

Setting

The story is set at a train station surrounded by fields, trees, hills and a valley in Spain. The place is the Ebro River Continue reading...

Perception can be defined as the process by which interpretation and recognition are affected by the object to the subject. In this paper, I will be analyzing the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the causal and disjuctivism theories. Perceptual experiences are divided into three categories: hallucination, illusion, and veridical perception. The various philosophical theories of perception can be assessed using various principles. The three important principles include the representational principle, the phenomenal principle and the common factor principle. The common factor principle states that there is a commonality of underlying mental state amongst hallucination, illusions and veridical perceptions. The Continue reading...

The play was about a small muddy, beat up town. There was a drifter named Red who traveled around with a circus. His elephant, Mary, was minding her own business and noticed a melon rind in a ditch. She was about to walk away from it when Red whipped her. The elephant was probably tired and hungry, so in rage, she picked Red up with her trunk and beat him against a stand. This act killed Red. When the townspeople saw what happened, they decided to hang Mary with the use of a crane. The entire play was done Continue reading...

There are some choices that one is forced to do and live with. In George Orwell’s essay “shooting an elephant,” he recounts some life event when he was forced to choose between two evils. Several years later this episode still haunts George. This story takes place during five unhappy years of the writer. He hates his life and when a dilemma faces him, he is forced to kill a valuable animal at work in order to save his pride. In his own thinking, George is justified in killing the animal. His character in the essay has been demonstrated Continue reading...

George Orwell was a police officer in the British authority in Burma, in the story of Killing an Elephant; he clearly shows how he opposed the idea of imperialism. He begins the story by telling us how he had made up his mind that imperialism was evil and he wished to get out of his job. He says he was against the British oppression on the Burmese. He hated his job more than he could tell and through it, he could see the dirty work of the British Empire at close range.
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Introduction

“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell was recognized by the literary magazine in 1936 even though with no conclusive evidence of whether it was fact or fiction. All in all, the essay serves its purpose in literature which is to question our morality every time from that of our counterparts who may include peers, family or colleagues. The text emphasizes that social pressure and the feelings of belongingness are major predictors of our actions in our day to day lives (Orwell and Jeremy, 36-41). In his essay, Orwell narrated his story with a sense of comparison and analogy to Continue reading...

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Shooting an Elephant
Any piece of literature is better understood and better enjoyed, when the reader takes the effort to analyze its elemental components. The aim of this essay is to analyze the essay, ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell, and understand the author’s usage of ethos, pathos and logos appeal to convey his theme. The essay describes how a European, posted as a police officer in Burma, during the British imperial rule, killed an elephant which was acting wild. The essay dwells more about the reasons that led to the shooting of that great beast, rather than Continue reading...

Badi'al-Zaman Abū al-'Izz ibn Ismā'īl ibn al-Razāz al-Jazarī or simply al-Jazari – was an outstanding engineer and inventor, mathematician, astronomer of the Islamic Renaissance who lived (1136–1206) during the reign of the Turkish Artuquid Dynasty. In Arabic Islamic sources he is named literally as a “Kurdish inventor Ismail, the son of Rezzaza from Jazeera” alongside with a name of “Man of Honor”. Al-Jazari gained world fame generations ahead as an inventor of strange mechanisms that advanced far beyond the XII-XIII centuries during which he lived and made great scientific discoveries, but personally he was "more interested Continue reading...

A global language pertains to a language that is widely spoken and learned by many people. To be considered a global language, it has to be spoken internationally and acquired as a second language. It must also be recognized as the language used when dealing with organizations all over the world and when communicating with other nations. Among these languages are English and Russian, which are considered as two of the major languages in the world today.
Both languages belong to the Indo-European languages, which is why there are similarities between the two languages. While Russian uses Cyrillic alphabet, Continue reading...

Introduction

Do non-human animals have minds? This paper explores the possibility of the validity of the philosophical viewpoint that suggests that humans are not the only animals on our planet that have minds; that other animals are capable of conscious thought. It attempts to determine the consensus of informed opinion on the subject, in order to arrive at what might be considered to be the majority and hopefully correct answer.

The Research

Mountain (April 2013) published a feature entitled “Scientists Declare: Nonhuman Animals Are Conscious” which clearly came down on the side of deciding that those creatures do have minds. In his Continue reading...

The ever-rising debate about animal rights and the relationship between wild species and human beings has gained yet another converging point with the documentary “One Lucky Elephant.” Director Lisa Leeman chose for her film a less common approach on the subject that ultimately enables the viewer to see the entitling pachyderm not as just another overdramatized anthropomorphic being but rather as the captivated wild beast that it really is. This added to the emotional nature of the tale itself raise a series of questions about the discussion that are worth considering. But first it is imperative to make a Continue reading...

Introduction

George Orwell in the story narrates the entire process of killing an offensive elephant during the time he was a police officer in Burma. The story indicates how the narrators held a hesitant feeling towards Burmese. One may argue that he hated the Thyestean imperialism and he was angry at the evil spirited and yellow faced Burmese. One day the narrator was informed that the elephant, as usual, has lost control and he had to stop it from causing more injuries and damage. He requested for a rifle and armed to kill the elephant that has been crabbing to Continue reading...

English 225 Introduction To Film

The film “The Elephant Man” is an iconic and powerful humanistic filmmaking endeavor. Released in 1980, the film relates the story of Joseph Carey Merrick, the real-life figure who was born with a horrible deformity and had to deal with issues of humanity and discrimination in 19th century London. Through the use of compelling performances, assured and minimalistic direction, and a stark, Victorian Gothic aesthetic, director David Lynch forces the horrors and sadness of deformity onto the audience in a way that leaves the viewer tear choked with sadness and sympathy. Most people who watch the film are touched Continue reading...

English 225 Introduction To Film

The film The Elephant Man is an iconic and powerful humanistic filmmaking endeavor from one of the most interesting directors of the 20th century. Based on the true story of Joseph Carey Merrick, the film depicts a man with severe deformities experiencing life as a human sideshow in 19th century London, and his attempts to find peace and solace amongst the curiosity of man. Director David Lynch forces the horrors and sadness of deformity onto the audience in a way that leaves the viewer tear choked with sadness and sympathy. Most people who watch the film are touched in Continue reading...

Back in the 1980s, there lived a man but this man did not look like you and me. This man did not look like a man at all, he looked like an Elephant. Everyone faces trials in their lives, but few could be as difficult as that were handled by John Merrick “The Elephant Man.” The 1977 play, The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance that tells the story of John Merrick, is a show that tells about a man with severe physical deformities, but much larger questions are raised by the play as well. The Elephant Man does not Continue reading...

‘The Hanging’ (1931)

‘Shooting an Elephant’ (1936)

‘Why I Write’ (1946)

Having read these three essays by Orwell and noting the dates they were published, I would have to say that what is important to Orwell does change to a certain extent, but some important things remain constant. The main thing that changes is his political awareness. In ‘Why I Write’ he states that.

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it.

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The suffering of others can take its toll on everyone involved - both the oppressed and the oppressor. In Martin Luther King's essay "Three Ways of Meeting Oppression," King notes that people can be disheartened by oppression, but they must not let these hardships get them down. The perseverance of this oppressed person that King describes can also be found in the elephant of George Orwell's short story "Shooting an Elephant." In this story, we see an elephant refusing to die, even as the reluctant police officer continues to shoot it. This is representative of the oppressed peoples' refusal Continue reading...

“Living Like Weasels” – Annie Dillard

A Rhetorical Analysis
Both these pieces of writing centre around an encounter with an animal, but in each case the author’s real purpose is slightly different than to merely describe their encounters with an elephant, in Orwell’s case, and a weasel, in Dillard’s. Orwell’s true purpose, apart from the inevitable element of self-revelation, which any non-fictional account will probably entail, is to create pathos in the reader, faced with the description of the shooting of the elephant, and to point out the invidious effects of imperialism. Similarly, Dillard’s piece is, in a real sense, Continue reading...

The history of poaching may be as old as that of the human beings involved in the practice. Initially invented in the form of hunting as a source of food for humans millions of years ago, this act was practiced by several communities. This is because hunted animals could easily be turned into meals compared to other sources of food. It is this act of domestic hunting that progressively developed into poaching; which is an illegal act and which is majorly aimed at financial gains to those who carry it out. Most cases that are graded as poaching are Continue reading...

George Orwell’s short story “Shooting an Elephant” provides quite a good analysis of the actions of the man who is torn between conflicting feelings and has to make an important decision in front of a big amount of people. The main character of the story works in Burma as a police officer. What is important to know as a background here is the political situation in Burma in the beginning of the 20th century. In the previous century during 62 years Britain Empire did not cease its attempts to conquer Burma, finally making it a part of the Continue reading...

Imperialism is the domination by a stronger group of a weaker group’s territory, customs, values, laws and institution (Hobson 44). The imperialists change the way of life of the conquered people to an extent that the conquered lose almost every aspect of their indigenous way of life. The people mostly associated with this concept are the western Europeans and especially the British. Imperialism has been seen to have far more negative effects on both the conquered and the imperialists. This has been demonstrated by George Orwell’s essays. George Orwell was an imperial police man in Burma.
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Introduction

The natural disasters, health, medicine and the environment form the bases of the history of vulnerability. In the present world, the young population is more vulnerable based on some issues like early parenthood, homelessness, lack of education, and engagement in crimes. In most cases, vulnerability is associated with poverty because poor people are at greater risks of experiencing vulnerable conditions. A vulnerable population is that at higher risks for poor psychological, physical, or social health. These groups of people have greater-than-average risks of developing health issues. The major health issues associated with a vulnerable population include chronic diseases, high Continue reading...

Part 1. What is the something else that DeSoto argues is necessary for a capitalist economy to produce wealth? Choose and explain one example or counter example used by DeSoto to make his case.
Capitalism refers to an economic system that is based on the functionality of free market; open competition; profit maximization motive and the means of production are owned and produced by the private sector or by cooperatives that limit the government or state control of resources. In this social system, the capitalist class own most of the properties and are paid to produce the goods and Continue reading...

1. What would you do if you found an elephant in your back yard?

If I found an elephant in my back yard I would be really surprised and excited. An elephant! Who would have though?! I’ve only seen elephants at the zoo but seeing one in real life, right in front of me – that would as if jumping into the “Aladdin” cartoon! The first thing I would do is try to figure out what mood his is in. Happy or sad really makes the difference, wouldn’t you agree? If the elephant seems ready to smile down Continue reading...

Poaching, or the illegal removal of animals or plants, is a prevalent problem world-wide motivated mostly by economic gain (“Poaching,” n.d.). Endangered species are at particular risk for extinction from poaching (“Tiger Poaching,” 2006 ). For example, rhinoceros, tiger, and elephant body parts are in such high demand, their population levels are being decimated. So why is there such a high demand for these animals? Their horns, organs, or body parts are highly valued in traditional medicine in Asian countries. It is believed these items can treat a wide range of illnesses including curing cancer and restoring virility. In addition, Continue reading...

The narrator places himself as a British police officer to represent the symbol of the imperial country. The police officer describes how he is agitated by the British authority to the Burmese people. He feels that the Burmese are oppressed by the British imperialism to the extent that he believed “I had already my mind that imperialism was an evil thing” (p.3). This indicates that people lived in poor conditions such as poverty due to the forces of imperialism and although he was British, he could not support the Britain oppressive authority. He said that he was “for the Continue reading...

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), the ecosystem under study, is situated in the foothills of the Himalayas i.e. the Shiwalik range and falls within Nainital and Pauri Garhwal districts of the state of Uttarakhand. Corbett National Park (CNP), 520.82 km2, and 301.18 km2 of adjoining Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary along with 466.32 sq.km of buffer zone together forms 1288.32 km2 of the tiger reserve (Barthari 12). CTR lies between 290 25’ N to 290 40’ N latitudes and 78 05’E to 790 5’E longitudes (see Fig. 1).
Figure 1: Location map of Corbett Tiger Reserve.

CLIMATE

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While I was reading the story I expected Mrs. Mallard to be sad because of the worsening illness, however, she expressed the different feeling of freedom and independence from her husband’s death. As per the story’s title, the story of changing her feeling about her husband’s death happened within only an hour. She enjoyed freedom right after the storm of grief. Her attitude towards his death clearly showed that she has been waiting a long time for her husband’s death during the married life.
Although it is a short fiction that does not provide a Continue reading...

Changes in my perspective regarding project management

Project management is a task that is constituted by proper integration of a number of interrelated activities. The different portions that are combined to build up a complete project are referred to as the work breakdown structure. Initially, I viewed project management as one huge task that a project manager has to carry out single-handedly. Considering of my perspective, the project manager would be involved in all the stages that a project had been scheduled follow. Provided the project manager has the vision and motivation, the project would terminate successfully in respect of time and objectives. However, after the Continue reading...

Introduction

My life in the simple village in the state of California began from the most humble and captivating beginning. It happens by the wonders and the alignment of nature to have been brought up by two humble parents in the middleclass economic status in the country social class. The challenges that were presented by the epitome of the challenging issues of life led to the paradigms which posed a challenge to our up comings in the social arena.
The life in the Californian village remains an autobiography visible to the general society on which it poses a great overview Continue reading...

In Short-Story Characters

Loneliness is a human condition that people almost universally wrestle with, at least during some point in their lives, which is why it is such a compelling subject for writers to depict with their characters. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “lonely” is defined as “being without company, cut off from others, not frequented by human beings, sad from being alone, and producing a feeling of bleakness or desolation” (n.d.). A person may feel lonely when all his friends are going away to college but he is still in his hometown working at the same job he has had through Continue reading...

Research Designs

A research question is a set of words that describe a phenomenon that a researcher wants to study. It is also the questions that a researcher aims to answer through the findings of the research. For one to develop a good research question in any given field or subject, they need to consider some important aspects. First, the researcher must have adequate knowledge in the field he intends to research. The researcher must also have access to past literature in that field. The researcher has to know the past researches done in that field, identify the information gaps which Continue reading...