Shooting an Elephant

In the story “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell offers a description on both the external and internal conflicts that he experiences during his service as a police officer in Burma in the 1920s. The author’s main objective in the story is to present a vivid picture about his living conditions in Burma. He also expresses his discontentment about the British Empire in regards to their imperialism policies that they were imposing on the people of Burma. The story revolves around three themes that

The setting of Shooting an Elephant takes place in Moulmein between 1824-1885 when Britain was taking control of the Burmese people. Orwell was an Imperial Policeman in charge of trying to resolve a problem with an elephant in must. Conflicted about the situation, he tries to decide what to do with the creature. A whole crowd of two thousand people followed him to see if he would kill the beast. His need to fulfill the Burmese expectations of him became his deciding point with the matter. Just like

pleased and wishes to keep his reputation high. In the short story, “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell, who writes from his own experiences, describes the life of the narrator, a policeman in a foreign country, Burma. The narrator feels forced to shoot a wild elephant that has destroyed parts of a village. He does not want to shoot the elephant, but because the Burmese around him seem determined and excited to see the elephant die, the narrator feels compelled to do what the natives request to

Resentment of various types pervades “Shooting an Elephant,” from the beginning to the end. As a conspicuous agent of the foreign presence, a stranger-master, the narrator finds himself, “for the only time in [his] life,” automatically “hated by large numbers of people.” This hatred takes the form, in its non-crisis mode, of “an aimless, petty . . . anti-European feeling . . . very bitter,” expressed in opportunistic acts like spitting betel juice on the dress of a European woman crossing the bazaar

Touchton AP English Language 25 August 2014 Orwell Essay In George Orwell’s essay, “Shooting an Elephant,” he reflects on his experiences as a young British imperialist officer in a position of high authority in Burma; during this time, his understanding of where the true power lies in imperialism is altered. The narrator, a young, more naïve Orwell, is called in to handle a situation in which a ravaging elephant has escaped and killed a native Burmese man. Young Orwell is forced to choose between

the essay “Shooting an elephant”. The essay talks about a police officer in Lower Burma and his name is Orwell, he was a very easy target to be laughed at. Orwell did not like his job also he was not well educated. One morning a police department called him saying that an elephant was ragging. The elephant destroyed the stock and bamboo huts. Following that, the elephant also killed a cow. Supposedly the elephant also killed a human. The people from Burma were shouting to kill the elephant. Orwell did

Imperialism is a single entity that is still present at this time. In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell shares his experiences of oppression and imperialism by the British as it unfolds in front of him. How does this tie into modern day circumstances, some may wonder. Three Metaphors like being an actor in a leading role, strings being pulled like a puppet, or a conjurer performing a magic trick are just a few Orwell mentions and can be compared to working in an environment with oppressed feelings

ramifications for a lifetime. In the story, “Shooting an Elephant”, by George Orwell, the author uses his experience and reevaluates himself as a British police officer of Moulmein, Burma. He is hated by the village because he is a British man. Orwell goes up against a situation in life. He is confronted with difficulty such as an elephant in need to be killed because Orwell does not wish to face humiliation from the natives. Orwell uses the elephant as the central symbol of the story in order to

The story “Shooting an Elephant” is told by an ongoing and first person narrator, who was committed to events he was faced with and obtained insight and wisdom from these adventures even though he struggled internally and externally. Throughout the process of shooting the elephant, Orwell’s attitude drastically changes as he pulls the trigger and the massive beast plunges to the ground. Orwell says “When I pulled the trigger I did not hear the bang or feel the kick-one never does when a shot

‘Shooting an Elephant’ Short Story Review Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, is a short story about British colonialism in South Asia, during the 1900s. Orwell was inspired to write this story from his own experiences as part of the Indian Imperial Police for the British Empire (Eilers). Most readers often forget that law enforcers do not follow orders blindly and that they do contemplate the orders that are given to them. Orwell’s accounts gives readers a unique perspective of the dichotomy