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George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” showcases the emptiness of imperialism and its detrimental effects on the colony being governed. By highlighting a seemingly trivial situation – the need to shoot an elephant while working as a police officer in Burma – Orwell skillfully employs his language to depict the drawbacks of imperialism and immerse his…

Life today has changed remarkably from life in the 1800s. During the colonial period, less than 11. 1% of births occurred within the first nine months of marriage. A reported 95% of Americans today have had premarital sex. In today’s society, premarital sex is not considered a sin to most people. In the 1800s, it…

What makes a short story different from one another? What makes them similar and, at the same time, well written? These questions may seem unlike. However, the key lies in the factors these short stories share. The quality of a coherent short fiction should have five basic elements, character, setting, conflict, plot and theme. Though…

In this really short verse form. “My bosom leaps up when I behold” . by William Wordsworth. the talker begins by declaring that he is moved by nature. and particularly by nature’s beauty and how he is excited when he sees the rainbow. He feels so aroused inside his bosom when he sees a beautiful…

Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869-1935 “One of the most prolific major American poets of the twentieth century, Edwin Arlington Robinson is, ironically, best remembered for only a handful of short poems,” stated Robert Gilbert in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography. Fellow writer Amy Lowell declared in the New York Times Book Review, “Edwin Arlington…

Rules are what separate a person from ongoing whatever they want and being a bad person with doing good. From a more easily transitioned to showing evil we see on page 40 “His voice rose to a shriek of terror as jack snatched his glasses off his face. ” Jack has no rules therefore he…

Odysseus, 69, died April 4th, 1152 BC, by disease, when sailing on the ocean. Odysseus was born in Ithaca. He was the son of Laertes. He and his wife Penelope had a child named Telemuchus. As the king of Ithaca, Odysseus led his troops went on the fight which lasted for 10 years, the Trojan…

The Life Story and Work of Mark Twain People do not always like to read nonfiction books or novels because they are too long and sometimes they will feel like the story will never end. The shorter and more understandable the stories are, the easier to read. Samuel Clemens, or better known as, Mark Twain,…

Aristotle defined friendship as “One soul dwelling in two bodies.” In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the connection between Huckleberry Finn and Jim exemplifies this kind of bond. Through his novel, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemmons) emphasizes the important advantages of friendship in society. Nevertheless, some argue that Clemmons wrote this book with…

Calculation question: Imagine that you are a company that produces light bulb for home usage. You have recently developed a new technology. With this new technology, the light bulb lasts 30% longer than the light bulbs that you can commonly find on the market, which is sold at $1. 5 each. In addition, this light…