Shootings

Mass shootings happen a lot more frequently in the world than most of us probably know. However, every mass shooting that has been documented and investigated have the same main question behind it; Why did the attacker choose to do this? Many times, our assumptions are all we have. Investigation analyses the entire situation as much as it can to make sure our assumptions, if needed, are as accurate as possible. However, there are a lot of theories and social situations that pertain to mass shootings

audience with the basic framework in preventing, reacting to, and recovering from a school shooting. By analyzing the crisis of a school shooting, this paper will lay out the practical steps in preparing schools, communities, and local agencies for a tragedy that has already shook many communities across the nation. This paper will also follow the steps necessary to implement and evaluate a school shooting preparedness plan. In concluding this paper, school staff, local agencies, and families will

What aspects of our Human nature George Orwell's “Shooting an Elephant” revolves around Orwell himself, a British colonial officer in Burma, and the decisions he makes. One day orwell receives a call asking if he can deal with wild elephant ravaging in the streets. When Orwell sees the elephant he notices that it is of no harm and does not need to be killed, although a large crowd of native Burmans pressure him into shooting the animal. Although Orwell knows it is wrong to shoot the elephant, he

Every author puts a great deal of effort in making their work successful, meaningful and symbolic however, some authors do an excellent job in achieving this goal and on the contrary some might be unsuccessful to achieve the goal. In the essay, “Shooting an Elephant”, the author George Orwell has worked extremely hard to express and relate the meaning of the symbols to the story. The protagonist character George Orwell is the British imperial police officer in Burma and is hated by Burmese people

Like Donald Trump, who has viewers and followers which compel him to do (say) sensational things, George Orwell’s 1936 short story “Shooting an elephant,” features a protagonist compelled to questionable action by the mob. A police officer based in Burma who was not liked or accepted by the Burmese people is compelled to kill an elephant that is causing harm to everything in its path as in killing a man and destroying a hut. He took his gun thinking he would use it to frighten the animal but as

“Shooting an Elephant” Orwell was born in 1903 during the British imperial time and the Orwell family was not a wealthy family. Readers can easily see that his younger days were less satisfying due to the harsh time of the British imperial time. Although his family was not wealthy, he found his gift for writing at an early age of five or six years old. He published his first book called, “Awake Young Men Of England” at the age of eleven. He continued his writing career in his adult years and succeeded

When thinking about school shootings names like Columbine and Sandy Hook pop up. Those are the most tragic by far, however everyone always asks why such a horrible crime happens, but no one has never stopped and researched why such hate crimes like these happen. Instead people resort to Channel 2 or Fox 5 for answers, not realizing that their story isn’t the full truth. I’m strongly opposing school shootings; looking for answers myself. If there’s one thing I’ve picked up from the media is how they

The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis at John Jay College of Criminal Justice researched and found that the U.S. had nearly as many deaths by school shootings as 37 other countries combined. (America’s Long) Out of the 101 school shootings that have occurred worldwide since 1974, 97 were instigated by males. (Robertz, Frank J) Research says that school shooters are mostly men who are motivated by violent psychological issues, disruption in families, and childhood torment. Initially, men with

Shooting an elephant written by George Orwell brings to light the evil of imperialism. Being a police officer in the lower Burma, Orwell hated his job. The reason was because the people in Burma ridiculed, insulted and laughed at him whenever they felt safe to do so. Orwell opposed imperialism, and thus was able to feel the hatred of the people of Burma, but still resented them. The story starts with Orwell receiving a phone call about a tame elephant destroying bazaar. He carried with him an old

Orwell shines light on this topic. In his story Shooting an Elephant, Orwell talks about being a British police officer in Burma. The Burmese people really didn’t like the British people at this time. The entire time the British occupied this Island, there was a power struggle. In George Orwell’s narrative essay Shooting an Elephant, the three main messages are imperialism, peer pressure, and fear. The first message in George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant is imperialism. Imperialism is when