Compare And Contrast Back To My Own Country

Compare and Contrast Draft “Back to My Own Country” written by Andrea Levy and “Shooting an Elephant” written by George Orwell demonstrate the theme of people’s different backgrounds of culture and society. However, Orwell’s essay represents the differences between law and moral beliefs, demonstrating no moral freedom. Meanwhile, in Levy’s essay, she discusses her experience of freedom through learning and self-discovery. In “Back to My Own Country” the author talks about her whole life experiences. She uses her job as an example of why she dislikes the color of her skin and who she is. She also describes a situation where she says that her boyfriend and all her friends were white and she felt like she was white. She also describes the history of the Caribbean and the origin where she comes from. Learning about her culture soon makes her want to know more about who she is

The essay explores an apparent paradox about the behavior of Europeans, who supposedly have power over their colonial subjects. Orwell focuses on one important incident. (shooting the elephant) The whole essay is more than Orwell’s killing of the elephant: the whole incident was, he tells us, a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had before of the real nature of imperialism – the real motives for which despotic governments act.’ He cared how people would see him if he did not kill the elephant. The text structure was a way shorter essay. He sets the scene and describes one event. The timeframe is that he told his story in a much shorter period. In the beginning, he provides useful information that explains the event and how it took place over a few hours. The voice Orwell uses is a combination of formal and informal. Formal when he explains himself in Burma as a police officer. While informal when sharing his thoughts and