Review Of Langston Hughes 'Salvation Story Shooting An Elephant'

Salvation story was wrote by Langston Hughes. It is based on a true story of a twelve years old boy that grow up in a family with deep faith and religious beliefs, which were inherited by him. Usually, the boy went to the church to listen sermon, pray, and sing. His Internal contradictions between the decision to be saved and the reality were important facts to learn a new lesson of life.
He grow up inside a family with deep faith and religious beliefs, which had been inherited to a new generation. The usual practice of religion were a very common task for this boy, but he had lack of deep acknowledgments of the Christian religion do to his family not explaining things how really were. To differentiate between Jesus Christ legacy, and the fanaticism
As result, the boy learned a new lesson from life and it was to never lie to make others happy and to follow your own instincts, principles and convictions, otherwise you will pay a high cost.

On the other hand, the story "Shooting an Elephant” was wrote by George Orwell base on his personal experience in Moulmein, in Lower Burma .He served his country, "British Empire as a colonial administrator. The author described the effects on the oppressed Burmese Indians and theirs oppressor British Empire. The internal conflict of British men, his feelings and convictions linked to his pride from of the angry crowd. Shooting an Elephant is more than a personal experience story, is a reflection of the dilemmas of morals standards in real life and the costs that it represent as a human been and his nature as well .

Orwell, as a police officer felt the pressure of the Barman's Indians who were crowded around him, whether to make the decision of shooting or not the elephant that killed the Indian. In this situation the British man need to take a fast decision shooting or not the