Here are 5 steps to moving from a motif to a theme statement: which is the correct order? 1: Think hard about what the author might be saying about that motif. 2: Think of a question about the motif. 3: Choose an interesting motif. 4: Try to say that idea as a theme. 5: Go back to moments where you saw that motif, with that question in mind.

Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.

What do mcmahon’s references to thomas carlyle and john stuart mill do for his own image and credibility?

Expand the outline you wrote in lesson 1 about the american dream into an argumentative research essay. as in most essays, you'll need to include an introduction, body, and conclusion. you'll also need to support your claim with evidence