Shooting an Elephant

The Expectation (A Discussion on Three Messages from George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant) George Orwell was born in colonial India but was educated in England. When Britain created and empire, Orwell had been working for the police of the British Army in the location of Burma. Orwell realized there was something wrong with certain ways of government and that their is cultural conflicts. “Convinced that human decency and common sense were the basis of a just society, the author repeatedly found

In Shooting an Elephant, a short memoir written by George Orwell about his time in the British Burmese Police, Orwell uses the phrase “stuck between” to describe his innermost and obvious disdain for empire and inequity. At the crux of Orwell’s quandary, he feels “stuck between [his] hatred of the empire [he] serve[s] and [his] rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tr[y] to make [his] job impossible” (Orwell 906). This foundational duality seeps into other situations that Orwell finds

In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the narrator is irresolute towards his role in British Imperialism. While his role in the governing body makes him despise the British Empire’s systematic mistreatment of its subjects, he also resents the locals because of how they torment him. Furthermore, this ambivalence shows the decline of imperialism as the narrator cannot support his own side, reflecting the corruption of the British regime. Orwell juxtaposes the narrator’s authoritative occupation

In George Orwell’s short story, “Shooting an Elephant”, it follows a man that is being bombarded by the pressure of the situation that has been presented upon him. In 1936 Moulmein, Burma, a man is sent there as a sub-divisional policeman to be the officer of the town, but he being the only man of European decent in a town full of “yellow faces”, it isn’t surprising that he is being picked on by them. As we dive into the story, we can feel the slow burn of hatred in Orwell’s tone as the character

In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, Orwell paints a picture of an event he faced in Burma. As an unexperienced British officer of the British Raj, he was ridiculed and disrespected by the community. Robert Carr says in “Concession & Repression: British Rule in India 1857-1919”, “The period 1857-1919 in the British Raj can be seen as one of concession and repression” (3). The essay displays more than just a simple storyline, it was life changing. Towards the end of the story Orwell ends up

The Symbols of “Shooting an Elephant” In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell takes place in English controlled Moulein, Burma Orwell describes an experience he went through serving as an Imperial Police officer that showed him the faults of English rule. Orwell uses symbols to represent the flaws of English Imperialism including the dead coolie, the elephant, and Orwell himself. To start off, the dead coolie represents the mistreated Burmese people that get walked over and tread on by the English

Orwell did no good by shooting the elephant. Many would agree with this statement. However, any utilitarian in Orwell’s position would have done the same thing. Orwell demonstrate his utilitarianism rational through his actions and thought process. By using the definitions provided in White’s “Why Doesn’t Batman Kill the Joker?” it can be proven that Orwell is indeed a utilitarian and not a Deontologist. The main character in “Shooting an Elephant” is George Orwell. The essay is an autobiography

Pressure to Perform (An analysis of George Orwell’s Shooting An Elephant and it’s three messages) Throughout history the most famous poets have devoted their entire lives to literature and in doing so, have become very well known. George Orwell easily became one of the most famous poets of the modern century. Although he did not grow up as an avid writer, he quickly made a name for himself. The officer would write one of a kind stories about his own experiences and the lessons learned from them

In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell illustrates a life-changing incident that reflects more than just “shooting an elephant.” through the narration of both his present and younger self. Orwell describes the setting of the killing of an elephant in Burma and divulges the vivid sensations that he goes through during the short, but dramatic event. Orwell demonstrates various literary techniques to convey the emotion and the situational irony of the whole scene, which ultimately leads to a satirical

essay, Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell illustrates his experiences as a British police officer, and reflects it to the nature of imperialism. He hates his job as a police officer in Moulmein because an “anti-European feeling was very bitter” due to British Empire’s dictatorship in Burma. Therefore, Orwell, a white man is being treated disrespectfully by the Burmese which allows him to hate his job and British Empire, the root of everything. However, the incident of shooting of an elephant gives