Shooting an Elephant

I know that Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was written in the 1950s and everything that happened at that time is different compared to our world today. The main character is a sub-divisional police officer who everyone in Lower Burma loathed, but no matter how much he was hated, he did not want to be a fool in the eyes of the Burmese people and gave into, what we call it today, peer pressure. Peer pressure is not an easy thing to overcome, since you are being told by someone precious to you

Shooting an Elephant George Orwell, the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, is a British author who wrote “Shooting an Elephant.” The setting is in Moulmein, specifically, lower Burma. Orwell faces an abundance of forms of oppression, such as, being hated, baited, and masked, in the view of the fact of the evils of imperialism. One of the various forms of oppression Orwell faces is being “hated” (322). They hated him, owing to the fact that he is an imperial officer. The British have a history of oppression

Hunger, A.J. SR “Shooting an Elephant” Background George Orwell is the author of the selection, “Shooting an Elephant.” George Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Civil War was fought between two parties for control of the country. One was the ruling party, known as the Republicans. The usurpers were the conquering party, known as the Nationalists. The Nationalists were lead by the reluctant leader, General Franco. He had been stiffed by the government and sent to a military

DISCUSS ORWELL'S USE OF PERSUASIVE TOOLS SUCH AS, SYMBOLISM, METAPHORS AND IRONY IN THIS ESSAY AND EXPLAIN HOW HE USES EACH OF THESE TO CONVEY HIS ARGUMENT OR MESSAGE In the extract, "Shooting An Elephant" Orwell conveys his message through the use of various persuasive tools. He wants the reader to identify when somebody assumes power. This technique is used to show that the powerful are also a captive to the will of people they control. Everyone involved in the situation becomes affected. In

George Orwell starts his essay Shooting an Elephant by clearing stating his point of view about British Imperialism. He says that it is evil and that he is for the Burmese and was against their oppressors, the British. Even though Orwell is a British officer at the time, he feels guilt and hatred for his empire, himself and the “evil spirted beast who made his job impossible,” the Burma people. Orwell writes about not just his own experiences with the elephant but the metaphors imperialism and

Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell In an attempt to demonstrate proof of his own innocence to himself, George Orwell explores his own personal idea and perception of guilt, innocence, right, and wrong in the short story Shooting an Elephant . He sways back and forth among the idea of who he truly and if what he represents may be right or wrong. I can also conclude that the his constant wonder of right and wrong and whether he is innocent or guilty also summarizes common human thought; this is

Orwell conveys how persuasion can influence actions since he was basically swayed into killing the elephant. Orwell applies his experience of shooting an elephant as a metaphor for his background with the practice of politically controlling another territory, or imperialism. His battle with the elephant proved what the actual motivation for why the government acts the way it does. While the elephant calmly eats, an interruption of savage

The short story, “Shooting an Elephant”, is about an English narrator, who is a police officer in Burma and is ordered to shoot an aggressive elephant. In the seventh paragraph, Orwell’s word choices help examine the narrator’s sense of powerlessness and cowardice among the Burmese villagers. These three selective words, magical, absurd puppet, and feebly reveals the uneasy authority figure in a forced situation. First off, the narrator describes his rifle as “magical” and this adjective is used

Earning respect from the villagers meant shooting the elephant, and not shooting the elephant; humiliation. This is the problem the narrator faced in the story Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell. The narrator was already hated for being an English police officer by the locals in Burma. Any hatred he received could be resolved through the rampant elephant situation that arises, although, this was not an easy case to handle. However, the narrator takes it on in hopes of earning respect from the

Respect from the villagers means shooting the elephant, not shooting the elephant; humiliation. This is the problem the narrator of the story Shooting an Elephant faced. He was already hated for being an English police officer by the locals in Burma. This hatred he receives can be solved through the rampant elephant situation that comes up. This was not an easy case. However, the narrator takes it on in hopes of earning respect from the villagers. The decision is a big one and the decision he ends