What is one advantage of opening a story in media res?
a. this emphasizes the main themes the story engages.
b. this encourages the reader to read the story ironically.
c. this makes the reader wonder what happened before and what will happen after.
d. this focuses the reader's attention on the story's resolution.

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.

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence

How does the imagery used to describe the picture contrast with the imagery used to describe the news?