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The theme of “Shooting an Elephant” is the conflict between the individual and the society in which he lives. The individual is forced to conform to the expectations of society, even when those expectations are in conflict with his own beliefs.

John Proctor is a husband and father who is struggling to make ends meet. He is also a man with a dark past who is struggling to find redemption.

Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime. He was not well known as an artist while he was alive.

The meaning of equality is that all people are treated the same, without discrimination.

The Boston Tea Party started on December 16, 1773 and ended on December 31, 1773.

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy.

Vincent Van Gogh lost his ear in December 1888 in a fit of madness. He sliced off his own earlobe and gave it to a prostitute named Rachel as a gift.

The Reconstruction era was a time of rebuilding in the United States after the Civil War. During this time, the country was divided into two parts: the Union, made up of Northern states, and the Confederacy, made up of Southern states.

The Oedipus complex is a psychoanalytic theory that suggests that every child has sexual desires for their parent of the opposite sex and feelings of jealousy and competition with their parent of the same sex.

Civil disobedience is the deliberate act of defying a law or refusing to comply with a government demand in order to protest against it. This can take the form of a protest against an unjust law or an unjust government action.