black Dravidian coolie (111)
black Dravidian coolie
(111)
ambivalence: “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him” (112) • “I had got to shoot the elephant” (113) • “but I didn’t not want to shoot the elephant” (113) • “it was perfectly clear to me what I ought to do…but I also knew that I was going to do no such thing” (113)
“it was quite probable that some of them would laugh. That would never do” (114)
analysis about the effect of colonialism on the colonizers 113
Elephant’s death (114-15)
“powerless to move and yet powerless to die” For all assignments:
Title page: with your name, title of your assignment, date, course, section number and TA’s name Works Cited: MLA style
Last day: Orewell
Unravels the thyranny/oppression dynamic of colonialism Analyzes the psychological impact of colonialism on the colonizers Suggest the limitation to the power of the colonizers (a mask they learn how to imitate) o Having power
A. Unit 9: Persuasion and Argument
A persuasive or argumentative essay is an essay that is structured around a direct attempt to convince the reader to agree with the writer’s opinion or to convince the reader to accept the writer’s arugment Key word is “direct”
Example of earlier essays that use persuasion and argument
Gladwell, Gopnik, Martin
(111)
ambivalence: “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew with perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him” (112) • “I had got to shoot the elephant” (113) • “but I didn’t not want to shoot the elephant” (113) • “it was perfectly clear to me what I ought to do…but I also knew that I was going to do no such thing” (113)
“it was quite probable that some of them would laugh. That would never do” (114)
analysis about the effect of colonialism on the colonizers 113
Elephant’s death (114-15)
“powerless to move and yet powerless to die” For all assignments:
Title page: with your name, title of your assignment, date, course, section number and TA’s name Works Cited: MLA style
Last day: Orewell
Unravels the thyranny/oppression dynamic of colonialism Analyzes the psychological impact of colonialism on the colonizers Suggest the limitation to the power of the colonizers (a mask they learn how to imitate) o Having power
A. Unit 9: Persuasion and Argument
A persuasive or argumentative essay is an essay that is structured around a direct attempt to convince the reader to agree with the writer’s opinion or to convince the reader to accept the writer’s arugment Key word is “direct”
Example of earlier essays that use persuasion and argument
Gladwell, Gopnik, Martin
