Hope B. Torres Prof. Thomas Bland English 151 September 23, 2014 Shooting an Elephant vs. Mexicans Deserve More Than La Mordida Shooting an Elephant and Mexicans Deserve More Than La Mordida are two essay that are being written to argue and make a point about important topics, the British Imperialists and “La Mordida” in Mexico. They are telling a story in which they both had to make decisions in being a part of something that, really, wasn't a good thing; shooting an elephant or giving the police money - they both caved into peer pressure. Both writers persuade us by using three types of appeals; ethos, pathos and logos. Both authors start off by introducing their backgrounds, this helps us with an idea of what the essay will be about. By using this way of introduction we are able to know the character and therefore, we are able to trust them and know that they are accredited.
“Overzealous officials” grill suspicious foreigners “to the point of near panic” (Khan 559). In worst cases, death has occurred Haitians seeking refuge, a man was not allowed to keep his medication while he was put in Krome (Danticant 569). The profiling does not only happen with officials, but many Americans often profile foreigners. Americans heightened suspicion on not only non-Americans, but on Americans with Middle Eastern traits. Americans know “racial profiling is both morally wrong and ineffective”, but they rather be safe than sorry (Chavez 563).
Andy Eakes 12/11/10 P.4 Mr. Jimenez If you lived in Concord, Massachusetts during the 1830’s and 1840’s you would have definitely heard of Henry David Thoreau, but you wouldn’t have thought as highly of him as we do today. You would’ve most likely thought he was crazy. During Thoreau’s time there was a huge dispute over the American and Mexican border, which led to a war that angered many people. The only problem was that nobody wanted to oppose the government. Everyone kept their thoughts to themselves.
Many of the problems that soldiers had with their commanders stemmed from race, where barriers existed regardless of the beliefs a person had. Nevertheless, racial turmoil was just as prominent in the United States, where problems continued to hinder a unified American front. It all began in 1954 when a court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, overturned the doctrine of, “separate but equal,” established in another case, Plessy v. Ferguson (Murphy; Ivers). Afterwards, protests began that led to and bonded with the anti-war movement, essentially creating a single unified front. Opposition to the government was becoming an American tradition that would only escalate with the coming of the Vietnam War.
Since Japan did the bombing in Pearl Harbor, many Americans believed that Japanese Americans could not be trusted. Japanese fought because there was “A Tremendous Hole” in the Constitution and they would not tolerate being treated as less than a citizen. By the end of the war in Europe, the soldiers in 442nd, consisting most of Japanese Americans, were told by President Truman “you fought for the free nations of the world…you fought not only the enemy, you fought prejudice-and you won” (Takaki 349). Yet discrimination still existed. African Americans found themselves being targeted by hate crimes and violence.
Looking first at the anonymous account, it is very descriptive of the events both leading up to the massacre and the massacre itself. The author has many accounts from what is believed to be the inhabitants of Boston at the time of the event and the author itself can be reasoned to be a journalist of some sort. Being a civilian of Boston, it is apparent that the author, was very irritated about the presence of the British troops stating that their being there was contrary to the people inclination, spirit of Magna Carta, and the Bill of Rights (Anonymous). It was believed that the soldiers were causing unnecessary trouble to the town and were both disrespectful and cruel to the people in return causing a negative attitude adopted towards them. In this case, the author considered the soldiers were to blame for the instigation of the massacre.
On January 21, 1950 Orwell died from tuberculosis (Abcarian 1406). Among his many accomplished works is the non-fictional story, “Shooting an Elephant,” which boldly established his stand on imperialism. This story is of the time when Orwell went to Burma and served in the Indian Imperial Police as an assistant superintendent in 1922 since he lacked means to attend an university (Abcarian 1406). During the time of imperialistic rule, the great empires dominated many subordinate countries to exploit their resources. These European empires believed it was, “the white man’s burden” to civilize the people they called heathens and savages of these countries.
“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell brings up a good question, what will a person do to not look foolish? This essay is an account of the author time spent living in Burma. Burma is a country in Southeast Asia and this was the time when the British Empire ruled most of the known world. The author is an Englishman so he was hated by all the locals. He hated his job because he worked for the government.
Ken Kesey One Flew Over The Cookoo’s Nest Essay Dane Klenk 10/20/11 Honors English Sparks Dane Klenk 1st page In Ken Kesey’s award winning novel “One Flew over the cuckoo’s nest”, he shows his anger for the lack of rights our government has given our society. He was angry at how our government had blatantly disregarded our right to freedom of speech, right to vote, and unlawful to discrimination with regard to race, religion and sexual preference. In essence, Ken Kesey tried to move society to stand up for equal rights. Ken Kesey expresses his anger through a mental institution, where Nurse Ratchet controls the patients like mindless puppets. He creates a symbolic world where Nurse Ratchet disregards the rights of her patients, subjects them to undeserved punishments, and controls every aspect of their day-to-day lives, and exacts her revenge on the would-be hero McMurphy.
When Eisenhower finally did something and sent the 1,000 paratroopers, a lot of the people in America were extremely annoyed, the west and north were angry that it didn't happen sooner and the south were angry that it happened at all, and disowned Eisenhower as a southerner. Eisenhower did not do this to help the blacks, but to enforce law. The causes and consequences of the Little Rock Crisis were on international television and were a huge eye opener for the rest of the world. Because of this, countries were putting pressure on America to stop this from happening. This is possibly the turning point for the black civil rights movement in