{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682766","dateCreated":"1296849072","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cecyrodriguez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cecyrodriguez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33682766"},"dateDigested":1531973943,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an elephant","description":"Cecilia Rodriguez
\nThe story already begins with an abnormal picture and with conflicts already building in. You can already feel sympathetic with him because he was stuck in a job he didn\u2019t really enjoy, and to top it off, everyone made it miserable for him.
\n\u201cEarly one morning the sub-inspector at a police station the other end of the town rang me up on the phone and said that an elephant was ravaging the bazaar.\u201d Anew conflict appears in the next part of the story where an elephant is loose and going around harming people. His job then becomes more complicated, because the person who could\u2019ve controlled the elephant was in another place and it would take him an entire day to get back. This is a very good example of what are the rising complications of the story.\u201d I rounded the hut and saw a man's dead body sprawling in the mud.\u201d
\nSuspense can then be sensed when a dead man\u2019s body is sent in and he has to witness the horror. He then decides to take an elephant rifle. Suspense builds up, because you don\u2019t know how the elephant and him are going to react now that they have to confront each other. George initially doesn\u2019t want to hurt the elephant but a great example of rising complications is shown, because he is now expected to do something more than what he was initially planning to do.\u201d It is always unnerving to have a crowd following you.\u201d
\nYou can then feel sympathy for the elephant, because he is just there, minding his own business while people are planning on killing him. It is something we can relate to in life. Maybe not as dramatic as in this story, but similar. Maybe you are just planning to go for a walk, but there are people out there planning to hurt you, by pulling out a gun trying to take your money away, because they feel its something they need to do.
\nGeorge isn\u2019t planning on shooting the elephant but as the crowd gets bigger you can sense rising complications starting to drop.
\nThe conflict becomes deeper, because George then ahs a conflict with himself. Person vs. himself. He doesn\u2019t know how to respond when the people expect from him to shoot the elephant. It is something he was to struggle within to make the decision of projecting someone he really isn\u2019t, in order to be more accepted by the natives. \u201d But even then I was not thinking particularly of my own skin, only of the watchful yellow faces behind.\u201d
\nHe starts prioritizing what they want to see, instead of taking notice of what really seems morally correct to him.
\n\u201cIn that instant, in too short a time, one would have thought, even for the bullet to get there, a mysterious, terrible change had come over the elephant.\u201d
\nSentences like these, really emphasize the suspense that is being created and developed exquisitely. Shooting An Elephant
\nGeorge Orwell really proves to show all the elements of conflict writing, making it a believable, extreme, and audacious story.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33686730","body":"Great Cecilia,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296853642","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33674448","dateCreated":"1296842003","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"luisuarez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/luisuarez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1302804674\/luisuarez-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33674448"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an Elephant WIKI","description":"In this narrative, which is about a police officer called Orwell, we can encounter a lot of conflicts within this story. This is because Orwell is said that he needs to confront an elephant that is \u201cattacking\u201d a civilized county. In this story, I believe that there are two types of conflict. The first one, is \u201cMan vs. Wild\u201d. This is obviously because, in the story Orwell encounters an elephant. Therefore this story can be considered as a \u201cMan vs. Nature\u201d; because as the document showed tells us \u201c\u2026confront the challenges of nature\u201d. Orwell is challenged by the elephant who is attacking civilization, and since he is a police officer he must take care of the problem. Thus, conflict of that type is found on the story, making Orwell act against the nature of the elephant. In the other hand, we also see another type of conflict in this story. This type of conflict is called \u201cMan vs. Himself\u201d. In the story, Orwell is persecuted by his mind if whether he would kill or not the elephant.
\n \u201cIt is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant \u2013 it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery \u2013 and obviously one ought not to do it if it can possibly be avoided.\u201d
\nIn this quote, we can see that he really doesn\u2019t want to kill the elephant. Because as Orwell says, \u201c\u2026one ought not to do it if it can possibly be avoided\u201d So Orwell is having a conflict with himself because even though he took the Winchester 44 to the site, he committed himself to kill the animal. \u201cBut I did not want to shoot the elephant\u2026. it would be murder to shoot him\u2026 I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to\u201d This shows the internal conflict the Orwell has, because we can see that he clearly didn\u2019t want to kill the animal. But he changed his mind due to the pressure that the crowd of nearly 2,000 people excreted over him. He killed the animal, basically to satisfy the desire of the crowd, not because he really wanted.
\nSome potential risks that both these problems can cause to Orwell, are that of being attacked by the elephant, or the elephant destroying the \u201ccity\u201d. Obviously, the risk of having an elephant is imminent, and it can be dangerous because even a tamed elephant can \u201crebel\u201d and disobey. In the other hand, the mind of Orwell might have a negative effect on him, because he may have start doubting on what to do. If his mind would\u2019ve started playing tricks on him, and he would\u2019ve doubted, maybe his life might\u2019ve been at risk. So the risk in this case, it\u2019s that he might do something unnecessary and risk the lives of the crowd. Also, in this story we can see that suspense is built. And this is because we never know, until he does it; we don\u2019t know whether he is really going to do it. So suspense is built throughout the story, because we are given with a conflict, and we don\u2019t know how he is going to act.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682448","body":"Thanks Luis,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848766","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33666984","dateCreated":"1296836422","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"marinacoccaro","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/marinacoccaro","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33666984"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an Elephant","description":"We can observe many types of conflicts while reading \u201cShooting and Elephant\u201d by George Orwell. He lived in India in a time in which British people were discriminated and excluded from society, so feeling empathy for him is not something unusual as you start reading the text. People like him suffer all kinds of discrimination where he lives, and being a British officer is not an easy task around there. \u201cIn Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people \u2013 the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town, and in an aimless, petty kind of way anti-European feeling was very bitter.\u201d He carefully describes the conflict Indian men felt for foreigners, even more for Europeans. \u201c\u2026If a European woman went through the bazaars alone somebody would probably spit betel juice over her dress.\u201d Making fun of Europeans never sounded so fun according to Orwell. He also describes a conflict of man versus nature. When a wild elephant escapes to the town lives, a whole a new type of conflict is presented George Orwell, which is against himself. The decisions he is about to take will not only influence society, but it will help him define who he truly is, his true identity. First of all, he sometimes got disappointed with himself due to the fact he was part of an unfair regime that oppressed the Burmese. But he actually starts questioning his true morals when he asks for a riffle to protect himself against the elephant. He doesn\u2019t want to kill such a serene and peaceful creature, but at the same time he has to protect his village, and most of all, let all the people that were cheering for him to take such an action proud of him. For the first time he was the center of the attention, and wasting the opportunity to be liked by other people would certainly be a foolish decision to make. He was not being seen as a tyrant, but as a hero. \u201cBut I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with that preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have. It seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him.\u201d There is another conflict present, which is man against nature. Orwell doesn\u2019t want to interfere with the elephant\u2019s life, and feels like is none of his business to sacrifice such an animal. He was responsible for ending with the life of an animal that, who knows, could not even have been considered a threat to the Burmese. \u201cWhen I pulled the trigger I did not hear the bang or feel the kick \u2013 one never does when a shot goes home \u2013 but I heard the devilish roar of glee that went up from the crowd. In that instant, in too short a time, one would have thought, even for the bullet to get there, a mysterious, terrible change had come over the elephant.\u201d He describes the killing of the elephant so vividly, it seems that he will never let got of such memory. In the end, the conflicts he passed through in his life taught valuable him lessons, and made him aware of feelings he had never let out before.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682426","body":"Thanks Marina,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848736","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33651242","dateCreated":"1296799370","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Josermq","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Josermq","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33651242"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an Elephant Response","description":"Jose R. Martinez
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\nShooting an Elephant Response
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\nGeorge Orwell\u2019s \u201cShooting an Elephant\u201d is a classic example of the risks and conflicts a person must deal with when residing in a place where one is not accepted. The story takes place in Burma, while it was part of the British Empire. George is working as a police officer, and must put up with many circumstances. Here, we find the first type of conflict present in this story, Man vs. Society. Orwell must bear with the \u201cAnti-European feeling\u201d present in Burma. George describes himself as an \u201cobvious target.\u201d Even though he is a police officer, people are still willing to \u201cbait\u201d him when they assume it is \u201csafe to do so.\u201d Quite frankly, the fact that he is European and a Police does not help much with the situation.
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\nWe then find another type of conflict present in this story, Man vs. Himself. While George was standing at a distance from the elephant, but with his gun in hand, he felt very confused. He didn\u2019t know what to do. First of all, he knew that shooting an elephant was like \u201cdestroying a huge and costly piece of machinery.\u201d Destroying a costly piece of machinery, in this case the elephant, is not the smartest idea when he is not accepted where he is living. As a result he was very confused. First of all, he did not want to shoot the elephant and risk his reputation. Secondly, he did not know what the Burmans wanted him to do. They might have wanted him to shoot the elephant, but he wasn\u2019t sure of that. This created a conflict within him, as he did not know what to do. In the end, he decides to shoot the elephant. Fortunately for him, it didn\u2019t bring him much trouble. The elephant on the other hand, was not so lucky.
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\nThe main potential risk that George might face in this situation would if be the locals were to react in a hostile way, if he decided to shoot the elephant.
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\nThere are several key components in the suspense and in the rising of complications present in this story. One key component present in the suspense of this story is the internal conflict that George is dealing with while confronting the elephant. Therefore, not only does he physically have to deal with the elephant, but he also has to think about the reaction that the locals might have based on the decision that he will take. Another component that is part of the suspense in this story is risk. George risks his reputation and his life, by shooting the elephant. He took the risk that the locals might go crazy on him, and also, he took the risk that he might shoot the elephant and miss. All of this adds to the suspense and makes you want to keep reading.
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\nOne factor that is very important in the rising complications present in this story is the combination of factors that Orwell must deal with at the same time. He must take into consideration the response that the locals might have, plus the possible reaction of the elephant, and he must do this in a very short lapse of time.
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\nIn conclusion, this story is the classic example of a story where a man goes into a new place, where he is not accepted. There, he must face conflicts, and must deal with them, while taking many other factors into consideration. In the end, he is able to deal with the various situations that he is presented with, and does it quite effectively.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682414","body":"Great Jose,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848707","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33650936","dateCreated":"1296797959","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ellagicacid","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ellagicacid","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1343664898\/ellagicacid-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33650936"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an elephant","description":"\u201cShooting an Elephant\u201d, a grim short story by George Orwell, is teeming with various conflicts. The two main types of conflict encountered in this piece of writing are "Man vs. Himself" and "Man vs. Society". We uncover the \u201cMan vs. Himself\u201d conflict when Orwell talks about his job that he detests and his internal conflict about his hypocrisy. He is all for the Burmese people and yet he is one of their oppressors. \u201c...and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better. Theoretically \u2013 and secretly, of course \u2013 I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, the British.\u201d (paragraph 2). He understands the Burmese for resenting him but at the same time he is angered by their hostility. \u201c All I knew was that I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible.\u201d (paragraph 2). His second conflict (\u201cMan vs. Society\u201d) is much easier to spot and decipher. Orwell, a European official versus the disrespect and mockery of the Burmese people. The Burmese detest him and try to make his life miserable. \u201c In the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves.\u201d
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\n Even easier to spot is his second internal conflict; whether or not to shoot the elephant. His own morals (he definitely knows that it is the wrong thing to do) versus the peer pressure of the immense crowd that gathers behind him. He debates with himself for a while: he knows he shouldn\u2019t, that the elephant isn\u2019t really doing anything wrong but he feels obliged to give the crowd a show, to not disappoint them. In the end, the way he looks to the crowd and his reputation outweighs his sense of right or wrong. He shoots the elephant and it has to endure hours of agony before it dies. The stretched out time for the death of the elephant and the detailed description of its pain helps build up the suspense, as does the dithering beforehand on whether or not he should actually shoot the thing. He looks back at the crowd several times, unsure what to do as the supense continues to rise until he feels obliged to shoot the elephant.
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\nAs for empathy, I understand how Orwell feels. Everybody knows how it feels to be peer pressured, to have all eyes on you and being expected to do something. But as far as sympathy goes, I feel nothing for Orwell. I was disgusted that he cared more about how he looked to the Burmese people than an innocent life.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682376","body":"Thanks Ella,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848673","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33650704","dateCreated":"1296797025","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"eli-picado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/eli-picado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1283475869\/eli-picado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33650704"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an Elephant Response","description":"In the text \u201cShooting an Elephant\u201d, by George Orwell, the reader can distinguish different types of conflict in the plot. The author mixes three types of conflict in his work. The first type of conflict that is introduced in the text is man against society. The main character is an Anglo-Indian that works as a police officer in an Indian town. British people face severe discrimination at this time in the India towns, reason why the main character carefully considers each of his actions, so that they fit what the Indian society dictates. The reader can see the conflict between the main character and society when he describes how it is to walk by the streets as a British police officer. These are his words: \u201cIn the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves.\u201d The next type of conflict that is introduced is man against nature. One day in his work as an officer, the main character faces some disturb in the town caused by a fugitive elephant, which is apparently gone \u201cmust\u201d, or wild. The man against nature type of conflict is the one that almost entirely drives the plot, because it is because of this one that the next type of conflict is introduced: man against himself. The main character has to control the elephant and he has to make a decision, shoot the elephant or not. Here is where, pushed by the standards society dictates, he has to battle against himself in order to choose the best solution, what causes some battling against himself in the main character. For example, when he decides he is not shooting the elephant, a look at the crowd\u00b4s countenance makes him hesitate. This is his description: \u201cI looked at the sea of yellow faces above the garish clothes-faces all happy and excited over this bit of fun, all certain that the elephant was going to be shot. They were watching me as they would watch a conjurer about to perform a trick.\u201d Suddenly, his resolution weakens, and he has to face his decision against the crowd\u00b4s expectations. Orwell\u00b4s wise choice of intertwining different types of conflict in his plot builds suspense and makes the reader interested in the resolution of the story. It\u00b4s hard to feel empathy towards the main character after he shoots the elephant, because he did it even when knowing it wasn\u00b4t necessary. However, is easy to understand his actions when knowing a little more about the predicament and the risks he is facing; making it possible to feel empathy towards him, because there is no safe way out of this situation. If he didn\u00b4t kill the elephant, he would have to face the shame and humiliation the Burmans would cause him. Also, there was a risk that the elephant decided to attack the town again. By killing the elephant he also faced risks. He has problems with the owner of the elephant, but this didn\u00b4t really brings consequences for him. The biggest risk he faces, I believe, is that killing the elephant might bring a huge weight on his conscience. He knows the elephant is innocent and that it was calm by the time he shoots him, but he stills decides to kill it because of really trivial and unimportant reasons; like maintaining his reputation. In both situations he faces the risk of being rejected by half of the Anglo-Indian population.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682344","body":"Thanks Elizabeth,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848640","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33648654","dateCreated":"1296792197","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"alabuda","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alabuda","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33648654"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"conflict ","description":"Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell explains two powerful conflicts; a man vs. himself and a man vs. society. George is a British person living in the East where he is disrespected because of the \u201canti-European\u201d (Paragraph 1) society. The natives still feel the results of the conquests of Britain and the protagonist feels guilty himself,\u201d the grey, cowed faces of the long-term convicts, the scarred buttocks of the men who had been Bogged with bamboos \u2013 all these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt.\u201d (Paragraph 2) The feeling of being laughed at and mocked at all times partially pushed him towards the decision he was not willing to make. George was in a conflict with society due to being a British. People did not accept his presence in any way; neither as a policeman, nor a human being. The feeling of fitting in was very important to George after all these humiliations he\u2019s been through. When George is called to check upon the elephant he is confident that he will not kill the creature. He is very surprised when he notices that almost 2,000 natives are following him to see the show; and here the battle within him began. His conscience tells him that it is wrong to kill the huge animal. Yet, George knows that if he will not give the natives what they want they will continue to disgrace him, \u201cTo come all that way, rifle in hand, with two thousand people marching at my heels, and then to trail feebly away, having done nothing \u2013 no, that was impossible. The crowd would laugh at me. And my whole life, every white man's life in the East, was one long struggle not to be laughed at.\u201d (Paragraph 7). As the result of the peer-pressure, after a long fight with himself, George decides to change his mind and go against his believes, \u201eThey did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching. And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all.\u201d (Paragraph 7) He wants to prove to the native that the white man is worthy of their respect and attention. Not only is George constantly fighting with the society of Burma, but he also fights with himself. He is having a mental conflict inside of his mind that keeps on making him hesitate, \u201cBut I did not want to shoot the elephant\u2026seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him.\u201d (Paragraph 8). At the end, George decides to kill the elephant, ending both of the conflicts. The people are satisfied and George hinds the peace within, \u201cAnd afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed; it put me legally in the right and it gave me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant. I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.\u201d (Last paragraph) George Orwell solves his conflicts in a very capturing, interesting way that readers appreciate.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682212","body":"Thanks Agnieska,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848528","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33647476","dateCreated":"1296790065","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mariangel94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mariangel94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33647476"},"dateDigested":1531973944,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Shooting an Elephant - Conflict","description":"\u201cShooting an Elephant\u201d by George Orwell displays various kinds of conflict. First, it presents the conflict of man versus society, since in Burma Europeans were not very accepted, and he was a British officer. At one point he states how much this struggle against the Burmese society affected him, \u201cIn the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves\u201d. Yet, this wasn\u2019t the only conflict he experiences; he also debates with himself about the good and evil of European Imperialism. Although he is serving the British nation and enforcing imperialist ideas, he \u201cwas all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, the British.\u201d This causes a conflict for Orwell since he was stuck between the hatred he had for the job he was doing and the anger he felt towards the Burmese. The prominent conflict, however, is the internal struggle George has when he is sent to take care of an elephant that had gone \u201cmust\u201d. A working elephant went crazy, and ran around town destroying everything that got in its way. George goes looking for the animal, and realizes that his gun would not kill the beast, so he sends for an elephant riffle. He asked for this riffle in order to protect himself, but a crowd started to form behind him since they found killing an elephant amusing, and this pressures George. \u201cI had no intention of shooting the elephant \u2013 I had merely sent for the rifle to defend myself if necessary \u2013 and it is always unnerving to have a crowd following you,\u201d states George in the story. When he finally finds the elephant, his conflict grows since the elephant is quite peaceful and he does not want to hurt the animal or have a problem with the owner, but on the other hand he cannot let the two thousand people behind him down. The tension of making this decision builds up in his mind, and suspense rises while he reasons whether to kill the animal or not. He does not want that crowd to \u201claugh at [him]\u201d and therefore considers shooting the elephant necessary, but also feels \u201cthat it would be murder to shoot him\u201d. When he finally chooses to kill the elephant, he makes the following reflection, \u201cHere was I, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd \u2013 seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind.\u201d He knew he was giving in to these people\u2019s wishes, but did it in order to feel appreciated or admired at least once by the Burmese, overlooking the pain and agony he would inflict on the elephant. The internal conflict George Orwell experiences creates a good deal of empathy in the reader, for most of us can relate to the decision-making process he undergoes, even though we do not agree with the choice he makes.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682186","body":"Thanks Mariangel,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848506","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33640270","dateCreated":"1296782377","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"fabig1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/fabig1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1229012865\/fabig1-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33640270"},"dateDigested":1531973945,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Conflict within a Conflict","description":"\u201cShooting an Elephant\u201d is a filled story about how white people in general were not accepted in India and struggle everyday in order to be accepted and not lose it whenever they were \u201cbullied\u201d or bothered by the citizens in the country. The story tells us of a police officer who tries to do his job, but is put to the floor by the citizens because of the gap between their races and differences. They do not accept him, even though he accepts them and is against the British, he is annoyed everyday and cannot do his job correctly. Then the story takes a shift as he is called to a village that is being attacked by an elephant. When he arrives at the scene, at first he does not spot the elephant, but as he sees a dead man, he calls for a rifle. The rifle in his hand gives him a sort of acceptation for the people that always hate him and make his life miserable. At this point I can feel the tension in his head that is starting to drive what he does, he has a enormous crowd of people following him just because of his gun. I feel empathy for him because in the story he keeps on repeating of how he was so young and he was not sure of what he was doing. I also feel sympathy for him because he wanted to in a sort of way redeem himself and be able to live a normal life like everyone around him. Also, the conflicts and the way that the author puts it make you not want to stop reading. I know this because I was going to read half and half, and when I noticed I was already done. It is quite interesting how the author changes the direction of the story in a way but keeps it connected to the main point of the story. The way that he describes the situation that the character is makes it that much interesting and hair-pulling. He also makes sure to increase the conflicts for the main character without being to obvious which makes it a great story for me. What I mean with this is that he does not just add random tragic events that could happen to everyone, the conflict is within each event and does not actually affect him directly; it\u2019s more of an indirect conflict. This is a short story but is filled with a lot of meaningful events that have to be seen more than from one viewpoint in order to be able to find out the real conflict that the author is trying to hide as to make the story more interesting and nerve breaking. I also feel like the author is trying to portray himself as the main character, like if these events really happened to him, which is also a reason why this story is also so interesting, he was actually there and could feel and detail everything that occurred that day.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682132","body":"Thanks Fabian
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848460","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33638928","dateCreated":"1296781181","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Jenny-37715","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Jenny-37715","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1282875040\/Jenny-37715-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33638928"},"dateDigested":1531973945,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Conflict in shoooting an Elephant","description":"In \u201cShooting an Elephant\u201d, there are two types of conflicts, Man vs. Society and Man Vs. Man. George is a European officer who lived in a society that was very \u201canti-European\u201d (Paragraph 1). The disrespect he received in that community, always made him mad for he said, \u201cthe sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves\u201d (Paragraph 1) Since he was European, he thought he was superior to the natives, which made him be very intolerable to the their insults. His aversion to the mockery and the society caused him to make a decision that he regretted. When, George was trying to decide on what do about the elephant, ha gazed upon \u201can immense crowd\u201d (Paragraph 7) that caused him to feel intimidated. He knew his decision was what would determine the treatment he would receive. If he got to close to the animal and it gets scared, he would be \u201cpursued, caught, trampled on and reduced to a grinning corpse\u201d. (Paragraph 9) He was aware that the people already disrespected him because of their beliefs and he didn\u2019t want to loose the little respect he had. Eventually, he ends up shooting the elephant to prove his courage and his right to deserve respect from the people.
\n Man vs. Man is seen when George was battling between what he felt was the right thing to do and the desire to be accepted. George was stuck between two very different feelings. He knew that killing the elephant was not a smart thing to do and most importantly, he did \u201cnot in the least want to shoot him\u201d. (Paragraph 6) He said, \u201cIt seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him.\u201d However, he also saw the natives who didn\u2019t like him, actually giving him support and cheering him to do something for the very first time. He said, \u201cThey did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching. And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all.\u201d (Paragraph 7) At the end, George chose to be accepted over his principles and killed the elephant.
\n The readers can feel empathy towards Orson because we have all been in a situation where we had to do something we didn\u2019t want to because we knew its wrong, but we did it anyways to be accepted. We are emotionally attached to him because we are familiar what he is feeling. The story has a lot of suspense the story to focus on his feelings and thoughts which captivates us since we get caught up in the storm of his mind.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33682076","body":"Thanks Jennifer,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296848409","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}