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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 depict ...

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 challenging situations ...

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 ...

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 the serenity of this facility ...

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”.
Both “Shooting an Elephant” and “Animal ...

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 valley in Spain. It features a ...

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 in a monologue style where everyone in the ...

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 as one ...

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.
He knows better the truth of imperialism ...

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 how ...

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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 dwelling ...

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 the public properties ...

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 a way that alters ...

. This essay on Orwell’s work in question will seek to examine the striking theme of guilt and shame as depicted by the author in his writing, as well as the painful, contradictory nature of his own feelings versus actions. Orwell, at the time of writing, was a British policeman in the country of Burma in south east Asia dominated by the rule of the British Empire, and here begins the first contradiction given his subsequent reputation as a crusader against such a political system. The essay will examine three aspects of the essay in relation to guilt and ...

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 just examine Merrick’s ...

Shooting an Elephant- Response Essay

Introduction
George Orwell’s -- Shooting an Elephant provides an insight into one day experience of George Orwell as a young British policeman working for Indian Imperial Police in Burma. I was interested in Orwell’s work as it provides a look into the moral conscience of an individual deciding to either kill an elephant or let it live. The story makes me think how taking a life can be emotionally challenging for an individual, even though it can be legal and part of your job. After discovering that an elephant had gone must and finding the elephant in ...

Background- Six Blind Men and the Elephant is the story of six blind men who view an elephant differently. As described in the video (Kanika24fps), they touch the different parts of an elephant and form their own opinion about the same. They all have different views about the elephant and argue that their views are more correct than others. The story has a strong link with a religion. Like an elephant, there are different viewpoints on religion. This leads to arguments and fights. Instead of arguing, if all sit together, realise their limited knowledge and try to make it ...

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 ...

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

The novel Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell is a persuasive rhetorical story regarding his own experiences at the time he served as a sub-divisional police officer in charge of a town in Burma during the period when Britain was exercising imperialism over other countries. As the person exercising authority on behalf of the Crown, the narrator learns of an elephant that is wreaking havoc at a market and immediately goes to the scene prepared to manage the situation. Once at the scene, he realizes that if he does not manage to kill the elephant the public will make ...

“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, not ...

The ivory trade has been an international problem for decades. While ivory is an important commodity to many of the countries in Africa, the use of this material is threatening the survival of the African elephant. While trade laws and sanctions have been passed by the global community to limit the use of ivory, a number of African countries continue to be active in this trade. By failing to understand the ivory trade and the economic position of many of the African countries, humans have directly contributed to the near extinction of both elephants and rhinoceros.
Ivory has been ...

The first thought in reading the title of the short story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway is to wonder what the title means. Once the reader gets into the story and becomes caught up in the interaction between the man and his female companion, the title may slip away after the first and second mention as symbolism and the author’s presentation of gender characteristics. However important and interesting the other aspects of Hills Like White Elephants may be, it is proposed that the entire story is based around the premise of the representation of the hills ...

Response #1

Giddings, Franklin. The Relation of the Criminal to Society. Proceedings of the Academy of

Political Science in the City of New York 1(4), 1911, 559-62.

This article asserts that some of the acts that the legislature defines as crimes are not actions that can cause much harm to the society and future generations, but there are acts that are defined as crimes that pose grave dangerous. Accordingly, the author notes that if one assumes that every person who commits a crime is a criminal then it is hard to find a person who is not a criminal in the United States. In this regard, the article presents two kinds of ‘ ...

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 Indian Empire that was controlled ...

Doors in Lodato’s “Jack, July”

Of the many resources that a writer may employ to transmit his or her thoughts, metaphors are usually some of the most powerful. In this sense, Victor Lodato beautifully uses doors in his story “Jack, July” in order to represent the divide that the main character feels towards the rest of the world. They are constantly opening and closing, showing that he is wasting away the opportunities that life is giving him because of his drug use.
Throughout the story, doors open and shut, mostly remaining in this latter state. This shows the difficulty that the main character has ...

When one thinks of an elephant or a rhinoceros, one immediately thinks of an exceptionally large and powerful animal that are above the greatest strengths of mankind. But the truth is that despite their strengths and their skills at surviving in the animal kingdom, animals including elephants and rhinos. These animals are vulnerable to the greed and cruelty of mankind. Mankind continues to drive these creatures towards extinction because of their relentless poaching. For over years, different organizations have come out in support of putting an end to animal poaching. But, there are still those persons who continue to ...

It is not easy to please everyone at all times. Sometimes the people around a person and the society places enormous pressure to conform and fit into the norms and traditions followed by them that an individual has to compromise his or her beliefs and ideals just to fit in and to be accepted. Fitting in could sometimes involve proving that a person is manly enough, subscribes to certain religious beliefs and does things that do not stand out from the rest of the community. Compromise and ‘fitting in’ is a theme that is discussed by George Orwell in ...

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 morbidity ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on both authors and texts

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: Jig and Paul being characters of different stories by different authors revolt against norms of the American patriarchal society in the first half of the 20th century.

The topic of homosexuality and alienation of the main character in “Paul’s Case”

Examples and explanations
Summary of the issues discussed in the story and conclusion
Difficulties of communication
Examples and explanations
summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion
Summary of use of form and content of the story
Issues discussed in the story
Discussion of the issues
Summary of discussed issues
...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on author and text

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: In his short story, Hemingway discusses such issues as gender role, drugs and alcohol and so forth.
Difficulties of communication
Examples and explanations
summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion
Summary of use of form and content of the story
Issues discussed in the story
Discussion of the issues
Summary of discussed issues
Conclusion.
Hills Like Elephants. The main idea of the story and its conflicts.
"Hills Like White Elephants" written by Ernest Hemingway was first published ...

The two short stories "The Cask of the Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell depict psychological portraits of the protagonists’ criminal behavior. However, while both characters commit a crime, their motives, as well as the patterns of thinking and behavior are absolutely different.
Montresor, the protagonist of “The Cask of the Amontillado”, commits a murder as a revenge that is a result of his pride and jealousy to his victim Fortunato. Montresor is portrayed as a criminal, who is so absorbed with the revenge that he does not mention why exactly he retaliates. ...

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, these items are ...

A Comparison of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Johnson’s “Black Woman”

A Comparison of Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and Johnson’s “Black Woman”
The short story, Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, and the poem, Black Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson, both focus on the struggle a woman experiences when contemplating an abortion. While both were written around the same time—“Hills Like White Elephants” in 1927 and “Black Woman” in 1918, each features characters that offer differing, distinct views of the issues surrounding the decision. This is in no small part because their lives are dramatically different, thanks to issues of race and socioeconomic status.
The ...

According to the text “shooting the elephant”, the narrator who was a colonial policeman in British Burma was responsible for the smooth operation of the colonial administration. The narrator was tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that law and order prevailed in the colony. The policemen, who were the agents of the oppressive administration were hated and despised by the native residents. This made it difficult for the policemen to enforce the law amongst the people. Despite being a policeman in the colonial administration, the narrator shows sympathy to the suffering prisoners in jail. Moreover, he was compelled to ...

Essay #1 (Rough draft)

The purpose of this documentary essay is to provide significant insight of the movie ‘Born to Be Wild’ alongside exploring the criteria of the documentary which are entailed as rehabilitation of species into their natural habitat, destruction of natural habitat, nuanced animal behavior, and spreading awareness about saving animal lives. It is an American documentary, which was released in the year 2011. The documentary is based on the heartwarming efforts put forward by two women for the protection of wildlife. The story is entrenched with the essence of love, dedication, and the commendable bond between humans and animals as ...

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 Burmese ...

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 high school, when ...

Analysis of the People Dynamics of the Construction Project of New Century Global Centre, Chengdu, China

Introduction
Chengdu was designated by the Chinese government to become a major convergence point for trade between China and the rest of the world. The New Century Global Centre in Chengdu is the world’s biggest building and was constructed between 2010 and 2013 as a major project by the Chinese government in the Sichuan Province. The building has a floor space of 1.7 million meters square and covers a floor area of over 170 hectares.
The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the human dynamics of the project management that transpired in the construction of the ...

The majority of scientists are in agreement that global warming is occurring and is caused by human activities over the last two hundred years or so. Global warming is caused by the build up in the atmosphere of gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and others which have been created by the burning of fossil fuels in order to produce electricity, and for use in industries and motor vehicles. Another contribution to global is the removal of vast areas of natural forest from the planet. . The majority of carbon dioxide exchange between the atmosphere and the earth ...

I. Google Search
A. http://www.mymsaa.org/about-ms/overview/
This is a website of Multiple Sclerosis Association of America. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease wherein the myelin sheath sof the nerves are damaged causing symptoms such as numbness, fatigue, mobility problems and more (Mymsaa.org).
5 Facts

A steroid (Cortisone) was first to treat Multiple Sclerosis relapses in the year 1951.

The French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot gave MS its name in 1868.
The myelin sheath or the protective covering of nerves is damaged in MS.
“Lesions” or “plaques” are the inflamed or damaged areas in the brain and spinal cord.
Worldwide, about 2.5 million individuals have Multiple Sclerosis. (Mymsaa.org)
No specific author was indicated in the page. ...

What is a Human Being? What Am I?

There are facts of humanity that can be seen with our eyes, by using body scanners, and by using microscopes. We are complex. We are orderly, and if you break us down to our separate molecular weights, one can even break us down into how many different atoms we are a collection of. The molecular geneticist’s point of view is even more fascinating, and explains just how complex and ordered human life is. Through coding of DNA, it becomes clear that each individual human being is, in fact, very extraordinarily unique. The question “What is a human being,” suggests that ...

Logical fallacies is a term that depicts the mistake of the reason of premise followed by a conclusion. The error is basically due to wrong reasoning either because of false inference, emotional belonging, mistake of reasoning or conscious / unconscious masquerade. The study of fallacies enables us to unleash the false reckoning and the reason behind the reading. From academic perception, the information greatly attributes in the development of authentic research that is constructively aligned with associated research and information.
In the course of our day to day activities there are chances that we commit many fallacies without noticing. However, ...

Identity and Creative Practices

Thesis statement:
Identity is a broad term comprising many sub-types. There is identity as to gender, identity as to race, social identity, identity as to stereotype and many others. This paper will elaborate on all these forms of identity while giving tangible examples and borrowing from the works of scholars like Stuart Hall who wrote a lot on social identity. Three images have been chosen to elaborate further on the same.

There is no exact meaning of identity. The meaning of identity depends on what a person thinks it is, or the context that they are discussing it. Stuart Hall discusses ...

Letters to the EditorThe New York Times229 West 43rd StreetNew York, NY 10036fax: (212) 556-3622

RE: PROTECTION OF NATURAL COMMUNITIES
Human generation is at the verge of perishing following the worrying trend of destruction of natural communities. Implementation of anthropogenic activities of man with little care on an immediate or future impact on the environment has deteriorated major biomes of the world including forest woodland, wetland, savannas, prairies, riverine, coral reef, lacustrine, and deserts. In the event that the above biomes are converted to desert, there will be a shortage of water, oxygen, much-needed ecosystem services and food, and death of wildlife. As a result, industrial productivity will tremendously reduce due to lack of raw ...

Ernest Hemingway’s short story, Hills Like White Elephants, appears simple enough upon the first read. It features an American man and his female lover, Jig, as they wait for a train to Madrid, Spain. They sit and drink beers as they wait for the train, and discuss some aspects of their lives. However, a second and closer reading of the story reveals that something much more important and life-changing is occurring in the relationship of the American and Jig.
The first clue that things are not all right between the lovers is in their initial conversation, which has a bickering ...

Introduction

The Florida manatee is part of the species Trichechus manatus latirostris and their closest relative on earth now is the elephant. Florida manatees are part of the scientific order Sirenia and the family Trichechidae. They are a migratory species and move from ocean waters of Brazil to those of the Gulf of Mexico. The shift due to climate change has caused them to migrate further north.

They have a low basal metabolism causing them to move slowly as they look for warm water such as the warm natural spring fed rivers of Florida (Reynolds & Clay 2000), the warm water effluent ...

Play has been recognized as an activity that helps parents to engage with their children as well as offering an opportunity for physical, cognitive, emotional and social well-being of the youth and children. The benefits derived by parents and children from play are enormous despite the reduced amount of time play often available to families (Barab, Gresalfi & Ingram-Goble, 2010). This paper addresses varied activities that my family can use to participate in as a family and thus make family time better. The purpose of this play quest is to describe each of the play activities and how the time ...

According to Turing, thinking is a function of man’s soul and only human beings have souls. According to Turing, only God has the ability to confer a soul to whoever He deems fit. God has the power to do some things. Thus, He may decide to confer a soul to an elephant coupled with a brain that is appropriately improved so as to enable it to minister to the needs of its soul. By doing this He exercises His power in conjunction with a mutation which enables the elephant to have an improved brain (Turing 435). These souls ...

1. Who Suffers from Gender Discrimination?
There are two groups of people who suffer from gender discrimination. Women suffer from gender discrimination because they are paid less than men for the same job. Women may also be excluded from jobs, promotions, and they may not be as respected as men in the workplace. On the other hand, all of society suffers from gender discrimination. Gender discrimination hurts society because it keeps half of all people from reaching their full potential. When women are left out of leadership and positions of influence, their good ideas and unique perspectives are also ...

The observation started at 1:00 PM and ended at 3:00PM on the 8th of April, 2016. The child observed, Nika, was three years and one month old. She was in a playroom of the kindergarten with a boy of the same age.
At the moment when the observation began Nika was choosing a toy from a toy box. She was picking up dolls, cars and other objects and putting them aside. In a minute Nika put a toy sofa, armchairs and two bathtubs carefully on the carpet. Then she took a small baby doll, placed it into one of ...

I have had several stories about Hinduism. Since I have never been to any of their services, I expect some if not all of these stories I have heard before to be true or something close to the truth. I am told that Hindus worship or sorts of animals from snakes to elephants. So I expect to see several images of such animals in the temple. I also expect to be segregated since I think I am from a different culture. In terms of prayer, I expect that we will be offering our prayers to one of these gods ...

Why the knowledge of Prophet’s life is necessary for a better understanding of the Qur’an?

Muslims hold the belief that the Qur'an is God’s word as given to the prophet Muhammad over a period of twenty two years. Understanding the Prophets life is thus important in distinguishing the different components of the Quran namely, God’s word and the words of the Prophet.

Explain the following terms/names:

Sirah
The life of the Prophet was transmitted by people and was compiled into books referred to as Sirah (Sumar, 89) These books thus document Prophet Muhammad’s virtuous life on earth.

The Year of the Elephant

This is an Islamic name referring to the time between 570 CE when it is believed that the ...

An example of natural selection influencing evolution involves the African elephant. Because this species has ivory tusks that are highly valuable, hunters have radically altered the distribution of this species since 1930. Some African elephants, it turns out, do not develop any tusks, and in 1930, about 1 in 100 of them did not have any. The ivory hunters left these specimens alone because there was no ivory to harvest from the carcass. However, a lot of elephants who had tusks were killed by the thousands – without reproducing.
This means that, over time, the alleles that would tell the ...

A painting of the Virgin Mary by Chris Ofili an artist in the year 1996 raised concern and protests from many in London, Berlin and New York. The large painting on a yellow background showed a black woman in a blue robe and it employed mixed media like oil paint glitter and polyester resin together with elephant collaged pornographic images and the name Virgin Mary was on it. The work was termed blasphemous to the church as it mixed the sacred Virgin Mary with profane pornography. Chris Ofili himself had been raised in the Catholic Church and when asked about this said ...

The Middle Ages were the period of European history dating from the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 476A.D. up to 1453 and started when the Ottoman Turks of the Middle East captured Constantinople. The Catholic Church grew more powerful and influential during that time. Governed by bishops and archbishops under the papal authority from Rome, the church became more dominant in the medieval society. Nuns and monks lived together in a house called monastery, devoting their lives in the service of God. In this period of turmoil and instability, many people turn to God in order to survive. ...

Wonderland was a village that nobody wanted to be associated with unless he or she had a unique magic. As the name suggests, this village was full of wonders and everything, people, animals, birds, trees and stones, was extraordinary. Every person who lived in this village had to be in possession of a certain charm in order survive. Village elders introduced a law that ensured any child born without magic would be killed because chances of survival for such a child were limited. Many expectant women ran away from the village in fear of their children being murdered. I personally do not believe in ...

1. ‘How does the rainfall of grasslands like this compare to deserts and forests?’
Grasslands are located between the forests and the deserts the distribution of rain is different in the three zones. Grasslands receive moderate rainfall ranging between 500 to 900 mm annually while forests receive high rainfall and deserts receive low rainfall.
2. ‘How does the behavior of communal (group) calving help the survival of Mongolian gazelles?’
Mongolian gazelles communal calving helps them to move together in groups hence are able to resist predators that locate them from afar considering the grasslands do not ...

While Ernest Hemingway is commonly associated with living the masculine ideal, in many of his stories he shows a more tenuous grasp of gender roles than one might think a man nicknamed “Papa” who spent his life pursuing such adventures would hold. Hemingway drove an ambulance in a civil war that did not even involve his country; he was a huge fan of bullfights; he was an even bigger fan of hunting. However, such characters as Lady Brett Ashley, whose very name shows a diagonal meandering across gender lines, is a woman who acts like a stereotypical man in terms of her sexual appetites and emotional ...

An analysis of the relation between the narrative elements and theme in the short story “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway
“Hills like White Elephants” is one of Ernest Hemingway's most popular short stories. It deals with one of the most debated social issue in the society. The writer presents the social issue of abortion through the characters Jig and the American. The writer uses the characters, the setting, and the symbolic references to bring out the theme in the story. Hemmingway skillfully weaves an ambiguous web that leaves the readers to draw their personal conclusions about ...

Analysis of Jeffery Harrison’s “Our Other Sister”

Jeffery Harrison is one of the few poets who is alivein this twenty-first century and is studied in American Literature. His poetry is unique and more often than not he does not follow the norm of poetry; his poem “Our Other Sister,” is one of those poems, while most poems make a statement his tells a story.
Throughout literary history poetry is place in different periods and categories; Jeffery Harrison is a modern day poet who sometimes deviates from the custom of other poets; sometimes he writes without using capital letters at the beginning of his sentences of punctuation at the ...