Orwell's essay entitled "Shooting an Elephant" is a recollection of a rather poignant event in Orwell's life. He describes in detail an event that happened while he was living in Moulmein, a part of Burma. Orwell was forced to shoot a domesticated elephant that had broken loose during an attack ...

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende is a novel about a family and it travels through four generations. The setting of this story is in Chile and it describes the life of the Trueba family. The Truebas are a high family in the Latin American government. The story begins on a Holy Thursday. ...