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The essays "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell, "My Name Is Margaret" by Maya Angelou, and "Shame" by Dick Gregory explore the natural desires of individuals amidst pressure from common everyday life. In "Shooting an Elephant", Orwell describes a young man serving in the imperial police in Burma. He is hated by the public due to his Anglo-Indian background and participation in British imperialism. The young man is tested when an elephant loses control and stampedes through the entire town leaving human and material victims. The man is willed to shoot the elephant through public pressure despite his own desire to leave the animal alone. He agonizes over his choice to kill and his giving in due to the surge of power he felt amidst the acceptance of the public. Angelou, in "My Name Is Margaret" writes of a young African American "debutante" who spends her time embroidering doilies and learning about China plates at a house of a middle-aged white woman. Margaret struggles between......

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