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October 1948. George Orwell was an English author, writer, columnist, and commentator. His exposition depicts the experience of the English storyteller, conceivably Orwell himself, called upon to shoot a forceful elephant while acting as a cop in Burma. Statement of the Problem: In the paper, the essayist don't endeavor to murder the elephant Orwell, realizing that the elephant is most likely no longer unsafe, has no aim of shooting the elephant. In spite of Orwell's abhorrence for shooting the

“Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell achieves two achievements : he shows us his personal experience and his expression while he was in Burma; he use the metaphor of the elephant to explain to describe what Burma looked like when it was under the British Imperialism. The special about this essay is that Orwell tells us a story not only to see the experience that he had in Burma; he also perfectly uses the metaphor of the elephant to give us deep information about the Imperialism. By going through this essay

connections to Burma go a long way back, all the way back to the first Anglo-Burmese war which was fought in the mid-1820s. It was then and there that Burma was subjected to the colonial rule of the British, and the lives of its people were forever changed. The rich became poorer, the middle class became poorer and the poor, needless to say became the poorest. The British intruded and forced themselves into the Burmese people’s lives with clear intent, they wanted to give the people of Burma something

Biographical approach we will understand that when George Orwell wrote this he had been in Burma only 15 years earlier, as a police officer. So as far as I understand this story is more of a biography than a mere fiction story. However, I also feel like this story can and should be analyzed in a Historical approach. When George Orwell wrote this story, it was several years after he was stationed in Burma, and I feel that he did this story as a way to look back and appreciate or remember what he

The effects of imperialism harm individuals for both the oppressed and subjugating nations. George Orwell, the author of “Shooting an Elephant,” worked as a police officer for the British government in Burma. He connects the story of him shooting an elephant with the evil of imperialism. The effects of imperialism leave him with the sense of guilt, and he began to hate working for Britain because of the injustices of it. Imperialism undermines the humanity of individuals in an oppressed nation and

an independent nation, Bangladesh has faced an Independent war, massive internal displacement, famines and frequent natural disasters. In addition, Bangladesh is hosting over 200,000 Rohingya refugees from Burma in the eastern region(AKM.Ahsan, 2011 p.139). The Rohingya ethnic minority of Burma are trapped between severe repression in their homeland and abuse in neighboring countries. Bangladesh has hosted thousands of Rohingyas fleeing persecution for more than three decades, but at least 200,000

“Shooting an Elephant “is an essay written by George Orwell in 1946. This is a primary source. Its intended audience is the general public, especially British and local people in Lower Burma. In the story, George described his contradictory psychology he had in Lower Burma which was once a colony of Britain. In Moulmein, the author was a police officer, who was one of the ruling class, facing the anti-European sentiment of the Burmese. His position made him a symbol of the imperial power, which made

Shooting an Elephant and A Hanging. The quote also makes one think about what being a part of imperialism really means; For example, in both stories George Orwell’s character is portrayed as an English figure of authority in the occupied area of Burma. In both of George Orwell’s writings the groups of people that are split from each other are the British and native Indians. Orwell used many Symbols throughout his two famous writings to describe

Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell portrays the fictional life of Orwell during his time as sub-divisional police officer in Moulmein, Lower Burma. The essay unveils the identity crisis as a British man, where rising imperialism of British in Burma is becoming more dominant. The essay started off identifying who George Orwell was. A sub-divisional police officer of Moulmein, who developed a feeling of being anti-European towards the Burmese people. By claiming that no one is courageous enough

Throughout the novel A Passage to India, by E.M. Forster, and Burmese Days, by George Orwell, the authors use race, culture, economics, and liberal humanism to discuss various colonial issues. These issues include controversies, power structures, injustices, and the idea of syncretism between the colonizers and the colonized. A Passage to India focuses largely on using culture and liberal humanism to explore issues of colonialism while Burmese Days mainly uses race and economics to explore these