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Mohandas Ghandi's Defending Non Violent Resistance speech and George Orwell's "shooting and elephant"
Title: Mohandas Ghandi's Defending Non Violent Resistance speech and George Orwell's "shooting and elephant"
Category: Literature / Biographies
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Mohandas Ghandi's Defending Non Violent Resistance speech and George Orwell's "shooting and elephant"
Wide spectrums of attitudes arise when comparing and contrasting the writings of Gandhi and George Orwell. The oppressive British system of government in India provides the motive for Gandhi's "Defending Nonviolent Resistance" speech. George Orwell conveys peevishness of the same system--the British government by the shooting of an elephant and the repercussions of the event. The overall attitude in Orwell's Shooting an Elephant leans toward resentment of both government and murder, while the overall …showed first 75 words of 959 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 959 total…When comparing the attitudes Gandhi who at one time worked under the system with full allegiance, goes before the system and rejects it completely, while Orwell works under the system but does not question it under authority. When contrasting their overall attitudes towards the system, Orwell continues to work as a British official, but deep down inside, knows the oppressive nature of the system. Orwell's attitude is hypocritical, while Gandhi chooses to fight the system.
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