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    2017, pp. 191-197. The author in this narrative works as a police officer for a town in Burma. He is hated by the towns people and is often harassed for serving the British Empire. The Burmese trip and insult him while young Buddhist priests torment him. Although, he works as a police officer for the British, he secretly opposes them. Though with the constant abuse from the Burmese he inevitably starts to resent them. One morning Orwell received a call asking if he could take care of a wild elephant

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    World War II was an interesting, yet tragic event in history. In the historical fiction, Elephant Run by Roland Smith, it describes the main character, Nick, and his life in Burma after his apartment in London is destroyed by German bombs. In the novel, when Nick is sent to Burma, the Japanese suddenly invade, Nick’s father is taken prisoner with Nick forced to work as a servant. Nick and his friend, Mya, plan a dauntless escape to retrieve their families. All of the characters display their own

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    Burmese Days: An Example of Imperialism Nineteenth century industrialization brought new riches and power to Western Europe, driving the expansion of opportunities and the building of empires in undeveloped territories. Although the developed countries brought many modern technologies to under-developed nations, they also brought fierce racism and European arrogance. Burmese Days by George Orwell was written in 1834 as a satirical view of English imperial life in Burma. Orwell provides a realistic

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    Burmese Pythons Taking over with no natural predator, the Burmese Python. These very large pythons have been effecting our Everglades drastically. Once native to the swampy marshes of Southeast Asia, these snakes are now migrating over to Florida. Being so large and having no natural predator, they have really made a strong change in our Florida wildlife. These dangerous pythons have altered the population of animals in the Everglades by so much that people are beginning to worry about what will

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    Have you ever heard of a Burmese Python? The Burmese python is a magnificent and powerful animal. These snakes do not have venom, but they catch their prey and squeeze very hard. The Burmese python is twenty-three feet and can weigh up to two hundred pounds. Chemical receptors in their tongues and heat sensors along the jaws compensate for their poor eyesight and allow them to hunt in the dark. To kill their pray, they first grasp it with their back-curving teeth. When the animal tries to pull away

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    ears to a duel between an alligator and a huge Burmese Python. The alligator clamped his jaws around the snake. The snake wrapped its body around the alligator. The tourists

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    There are a large number of species that have become, in some way, introduced to areas outside of their native ranges. Some of these species have large ecological impacts and can even cause economic problems or harm to people. Other species, however, are less obviously problematic. Attempting to eradicate even a single invasive species is generally a highly expensive process that can take a very long period of time. Although one can instead choose to simply suppress a species instead of entirely

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    Book Report on George Orwell's Burmese Days The book “Burmese Days” was written by George Orwell and published first in 1934. Orwell took the inspiration for this first novel of his from the experiences he gained during his service as an imperial police officer in Burma in the late 1920s. There he was confronted with extreme forms of imperialism, causing racism and also chauvinism. These are also the main topics of the novel and although they are wrapped up in the story of a single man’s fate

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    The first day in the United States is one of the best day and most thrilling days in my life. My father and my older sister move to Malaysia to get a job and support our family due to financial difficulty and lack of job opportunity in Burma. After a few years, my father and my sister were able to enter as immigrant and they were sent to the United States as immigrants through United Nation. After being apart with my father and my sister for more than a decade, my parents decide to move completely

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    Environmental Policy There’s a Snake Eating my Dog! The environmental stepwise process is a process people take to implement, assess, and interpret environmental related policies. The first step is to identify the problem, this is rather simple because there are lots of problems in our day-day lives. Next you have to Pinpoint the roots of the problem, followed by envisioning a solution for these problems. Now, a particular issue could have multiple causes, and thus multiple solutions. The you

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