'Shooting An Elephant And No Witchcraft For Sale'
Messages in Short Stories
(Three Messages from, “Shooting an Elephant” and “No Witchcraft for Sale”)
George Orwell was born in India and was extremely familiar with elephants. He joined the police force in 1923 and resigned only after five years. His story, “Shooting an Elephant”, is his most famous writings and is based on one of his experiences during his career as a policeman. On the other hand, Doris Lessing, wrote the short story, “No Witchcraft for Sale.” Lessing wanted to influence her readers through her creations, and she completely succeeded. This story explains an experience of social injustice and challenging ideas of race. “Shooting an Elephant”, by George Orwell and “No Witchcraft for Sale”, by Doris Lessing, represents …show more content…
In this story there is a highly dangerous snake that can hide in trees and spit poison into the eyes of humans. The cook, whose skin color is black, really enjoyed the company of the family he worked for. There was a little boy who the cook watched age and played with. As the boy got slightly older he went out to play by himself. As a result, he got sprayed in the eyes by this deadly snake. His eyes were completely swollen and his mom way panicking because she thought he'd never be able to see again. The cook ran out and got a plant that could cure the boy. He brought it back and saved his life. Once the word spread that he knew the cure, the town wanted it right away. Gideon was very skeptical about giving them the cure because he didn't want to lose his importance. However, what is more important? Curing others? Or his popularity? In the long run, he did end up giving the flowers to the scientist, however he wasn't extremely happy about it. The story states, “He handed them to the scientist without looking at him, and marched off by himself (page 1335).” Clearly, he wasn't happy about giving up his secret, but he realized what was more
(Three Messages from, “Shooting an Elephant” and “No Witchcraft for Sale”)
George Orwell was born in India and was extremely familiar with elephants. He joined the police force in 1923 and resigned only after five years. His story, “Shooting an Elephant”, is his most famous writings and is based on one of his experiences during his career as a policeman. On the other hand, Doris Lessing, wrote the short story, “No Witchcraft for Sale.” Lessing wanted to influence her readers through her creations, and she completely succeeded. This story explains an experience of social injustice and challenging ideas of race. “Shooting an Elephant”, by George Orwell and “No Witchcraft for Sale”, by Doris Lessing, represents …show more content…
In this story there is a highly dangerous snake that can hide in trees and spit poison into the eyes of humans. The cook, whose skin color is black, really enjoyed the company of the family he worked for. There was a little boy who the cook watched age and played with. As the boy got slightly older he went out to play by himself. As a result, he got sprayed in the eyes by this deadly snake. His eyes were completely swollen and his mom way panicking because she thought he'd never be able to see again. The cook ran out and got a plant that could cure the boy. He brought it back and saved his life. Once the word spread that he knew the cure, the town wanted it right away. Gideon was very skeptical about giving them the cure because he didn't want to lose his importance. However, what is more important? Curing others? Or his popularity? In the long run, he did end up giving the flowers to the scientist, however he wasn't extremely happy about it. The story states, “He handed them to the scientist without looking at him, and marched off by himself (page 1335).” Clearly, he wasn't happy about giving up his secret, but he realized what was more