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The Power of Society and Imperialism in George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”
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This is a 7 page paper discussing aspects of imperialism and the power of society in George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”. George Orwell’s 1936 essay “Shooting an Elephant” tells the story of when Orwell worked for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. The story begins with Orwell’s obvious distaste and disgust with the imperial system in which he is a part, its treatment of the natives, and his own reactions to the natives who in turn resent the European presence. When faced with a decision to shoot an elephant which has caused considerable damage and killed its mahout but has since calmed, Orwell reveals that he realized that he was expected to shoot the elephant based on the natives “pressing” him to do it and on his role as the white officer. Rather than going with his instincts to walk away and leave the animal unharmed, Orwell instead fulfills the expectations of him and shoots it but thereby acting on his own anxieties and the pressures of those around him and coming to the conclusion that he actually has no control over his actions and remains a puppet in imperial hands and is no more free than those around him. The power and pressures of society and his inability to act on his liberal feelings shows the readers and Orwell how difficult it is for people to overcome their internal struggles in the presence of heavy influences and perhaps act out of character or perform violent acts against their own better judgment. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Power of the Artist: Salinger and Morrison
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A 4 page paper which examines a quote from Alice Walker, concerning the power of the artist, as it relates to J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” and Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.” No additional sources cited.
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The Power, and Pain, of Freedom: Chopin’s The Story of an Hour
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A 3 page paper which examines Kate Chopin’s short story The Story of an Hour as it involves the power and pain of freedom. No additional sources cited.
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The Prelude by William Wordsworth
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This 5 page paper provide a comparison of two separate books of The Prelude by William Wordsworth. This paper looks at Book Four and Book Nine of Wordsworth's poem and considers the thematic development and growth in the poem. No additional sources cited.
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The Presentation of Family and Friends: A Comparison of Children's Picture Books in Israel and the United States
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This 15 page paper provides an overview of the following topic: The Presentation of Family and Friends: A Comparison of Children's Picture Books in Israel and the United States. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Pride Of Beowulf
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The tale of Beowulf is interesting in both it's context and content. The poet seems to parallel the pagan Germanic past with the pre-Christian world of the Old Testament with the aim of demonstrating the prefiguration of the Christian world in his native heritage. This is reflected in Hrothgar's advice to Beowulf to protect himself from bealonid by choosing eternal counsel. This 5 page paper argues that it is Beowulf's pride, his excessive seeking after worldly satisfaction, against which Hrothgar specifically warns and which conquers Beowulf in the end. No additional sources are listed.
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THE PRINCE’S HANDBOOK
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This 5 page paper discusses chapters: 7,15-18, 25-26 of Machiavelli's novel, The Prince. This paper gives an emphasis on the qualities necessary in a prince as accorded by Machiavelli. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Principles of Goleman’s “Emotional Intelligence” Applied to “The Little Prince”
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This 3 page paper uses Goleman’s work on emotional intelligence to examine Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic novella “The Little Prince.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Problem of Free Will and How It is Treated in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
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In sixteen pages this paper analyzes writings by Plato, Aristotle, Pico, Machiavelli, Sartre, Freud, and Kane as well as William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Jean Racine’s Phédre in order to determine how free will is treated in Henrik Ibsen’s social drama A Doll’s House, with a categorization of the play as an example of either determinism, compatibilist, or libertarian also included. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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The Problem of Free Will in Sophocles's Oedipus Rex
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This 5 page paper examines the problem of free will v. determinism in light of the Greek tragedy. The paper supports the premise that the characters all have free will and their decisions take them to their ultimate fates. No additional sources cited.
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