Cultural Cliques

"The Evolution of Hipster" is a student essay that relies on research to explain a particular aspect of popular culture. Choose a topic that focuses on some aspect of culture. Research the topic and provide both quotations and a bibliography of sources in your explanation of the cultural phenomenon you have chosen to explore.

Who might be the subject of your research essay?

George Orwell

In two essays George Orwell chronicles colonialism in Burma. In the 1920s Britain was still a world power at the head of a vast commonwealth - an empire over which the sun never set. Read the two essays, "Shooting an Elephant" and "A Hanging", that explore the author's experiences as a policeman in Burma (now Myanmar).

George Orwell, often considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, is the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. He coined such memorable phrases as big brother, cold war, thoughtcrime, thoughtpolice and doublethink.
When you are finished reading the two essays, "Shooting an Elephant" and "A Hanging", write a multi-paragraph post that compares and contrasts the views of colonialism - the colonists and the colonized - expressed by Orwell in the essays. Is there consitency? Are there discrepancies in Orwell's perceptions of the colonial experience?

Theme of Place

Write a multi paragraph composition that focuses on the theme of place. See the FaceBook page for sample essays.

Using the thread of continuity as your model - come back to the beginning in the end - compose an essay on a place that is significant to you.Utilize the names of surrounding buildings, founders or other associated things.
In your writing attempt to include examples of literary device and parallel structure.

 

 

Post your completed essay on your blog (Feb. 21)

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