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George Orwell “Shooting An Elephant” Analysis
Shooting an Elephant is a narrative essay written by 1984 author, George Orwell. The essay’s themes include imperialism, oppression, and redemption. It’s told from the first person perspective of an Indian Imperial police officer—presumably Orwell himself—who has an epiphany while responding to a call about a rampaging elephant. Orwell masterfully uses narration and description to…
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Obesity: The Invisible War Ravaging The Pacific
Seventy-five years after World War II swept through the Pacific, culminating with the world’s first use of nuclear weapons against another country, an invisible war still rages in the region—the war against obesity. According to this 2012 study on obesity, our people are the winners—in terms of being the most obese—compared with all other racial…
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Happy Thanksgiving, and RIP To All The Delicious Turkeys That Gave Their Lives
Last Thanksgiving was my first with a new kidney, so naturally I was grateful to my anonymous donor. This year I’m just thankful to be alive and breathing. Okay, I admit that sounds totally lame—and vague as hell—but it’s really how I feel. Honest. Maybe because I’ve been through so much hell pre-transplant, I’m somehow…
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Be Grateful While You Still Have The Time To Be
Where else to start but from the beginning. Here goes. I’m S.E. and I’m a husband, a father, a brother, an uncle, a writer, and a veteran among other roles I’ve taken up. I grew up on a small island country in the Pacific called the Republic of Palau, population just over 18,000. It’s a…
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Sharing Writing Advice: Choosing a Point of View in Narrative Writing
Point of view is the perspective that a writer uses to narrate a story or any particular scene in the story. Most narrative writing employ either a first person or a third person point of view. Another point of view—second person—is less common but has begun to gain more popularity recently. Along with other main…
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Native Erasure: CNN Labels Native American Voters as “Something Else”
Just by Googling “Native American vote 2020,” it becomes obvious that the erasure of the Indigenous populations of America is still underway. CNN had a graphic that labeled Natives “Something Else.” The irony of the graphic is that they clearly labeled Asian voters, who are at 3 percent, and neglected to do the same for…
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