George Orwell Shooting An Elephant Analysis

Mischievous Teenagers In 1903, Richard and Ida Blair’s son Eric Blair was born in Motihari, Bengal. Blair attended English preparatory schools throughout his childhood. After completing his primary education, he later attended Wellington and Eton colleges on scholarship. Knowing that he could not attend a university due to financial constraints he made the decision to join the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. During his service as an officer, he endured ridicule from the Burmese people, because he represented the British who had taken Burma. British imperialism was prevalent throughout Burma and the indigenous people often targeted the police whenever the opportunity presented itself. After his resignation from the police department, he changed his name to George Orwell. Orwell went on to write his essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’. His story is about when he was asked to handle a situation involving an elephant on a rampage. This was a tame elephant that destroyed part of the town and killed a man during the process. He struggled with his decision, but ultimately decided that killing the elephant was his only option or he would look like a fool. Like Orwell, I
Finally, about five weeks into my 10th grade year I met two girls who seemed to be experiencing similar difficulties. We rapidly developed a friendship and before I knew it, we were the best of friends, or so I thought. One of my friends had invited me to a party after the first football game, but in order to get into the party I had to bring alcohol. Divulging this to my parents wasn’t the best idea, so we concocted a story to tell them. My parents were told I would be staying at a friend’s house after the game. Another equally important challenge stood in my way, which was how to obtain alcohol. Although I knew lying was wrong, giving in to peer pressure to impress my friends was the only choice I felt I