Shooting An Elephant By George Orwell
George Orwell
George Orwell was a legendary english novelist, essayist, and journalist, who writes mostly about his political views and understandings. When Orwell was an imperial police officer he wrote an essay “Shooting an Elephant”, When the russian revolution was going on he wrote a children's book “Animal Farm”. After Orwell's career of writing he writes an essay “Why I Write” 1946 after he wrote animal farm. He wanted to tell readers about why he wrote and what he liked to write about. George Orwell wanted to achieve turning political writing into an art, draw attention to some type of lie, and write against totalitarianism.
In “Shooting an Elephant”, george orwell writes against Totalitarianism. He says “ It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had before of the real nature of imperialism”. What Orwell is trying to say, is the imperialist were not free at all. They were frowned upon and hated by the people in Burma. The incident with Orwell shooting the “crazed” elephant, was not his intention at all. The …show more content…
natives pressured him in doing so. Orwell felt like a prisoner since he had to do something he did not want to do. George orwell wants to tell people that the imperialist had no control, but the natives were the one in control.
“All animals are created equal.
Some animals are more equal than others.” In Animal Farm, Orwell writes about how the pigs are more superior than all the other animals. They make all the rules and tell everyone that all animals are equal. However they were wrong, only the animals who aren't pigs are equal and the pigs have all the power. This story relates to totalitarianism, because Napoleon, snowball, and old major had total control over the farm animals. They promised a better life for the other animals and have equality, but the pigs abuse them just like the human owner Mr. Jones did. Animal farm is one of his prime examples of making political writing into an art. Orwell made a story about animals that can be read by many ages. He related the animal rebellion to the rising and falling of the Soviet union. He wanted people of all ages know a deeper understanding about what was going on with the Soviet
Union.
George Orwell states, “My starting point is always a feeling of partnership, a sense ofinjustice. I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention to, and my initial concern is to get a hearing”. In Shooting an Elephant and Animal Farm, George Orwell exposes some type of lie. In Shooting an elephant he exposes that he hates being an imperial police officer. In Animal Farm he exposes the lie about the russian revolution. He wants to draw attention to what was really going on. He explained to us that the russian revolution was oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly.
Through Orwell’s career he achieved his intention in turning political writing into an art, drawing attention to some type of lie, and writing against totalitarianism. In “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell states that the imperialist were not free and were treated horribly. In Animal Farm, the animals rebellion was a symbol of the rise and fall of the soviet union. “Why I write” was Orwell's last essay of his career. He explains why he wrote about politics and how he is different than the other writers.
George Orwell was a legendary english novelist, essayist, and journalist, who writes mostly about his political views and understandings. When Orwell was an imperial police officer he wrote an essay “Shooting an Elephant”, When the russian revolution was going on he wrote a children's book “Animal Farm”. After Orwell's career of writing he writes an essay “Why I Write” 1946 after he wrote animal farm. He wanted to tell readers about why he wrote and what he liked to write about. George Orwell wanted to achieve turning political writing into an art, draw attention to some type of lie, and write against totalitarianism.
In “Shooting an Elephant”, george orwell writes against Totalitarianism. He says “ It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had before of the real nature of imperialism”. What Orwell is trying to say, is the imperialist were not free at all. They were frowned upon and hated by the people in Burma. The incident with Orwell shooting the “crazed” elephant, was not his intention at all. The …show more content…
natives pressured him in doing so. Orwell felt like a prisoner since he had to do something he did not want to do. George orwell wants to tell people that the imperialist had no control, but the natives were the one in control.
“All animals are created equal.
Some animals are more equal than others.” In Animal Farm, Orwell writes about how the pigs are more superior than all the other animals. They make all the rules and tell everyone that all animals are equal. However they were wrong, only the animals who aren't pigs are equal and the pigs have all the power. This story relates to totalitarianism, because Napoleon, snowball, and old major had total control over the farm animals. They promised a better life for the other animals and have equality, but the pigs abuse them just like the human owner Mr. Jones did. Animal farm is one of his prime examples of making political writing into an art. Orwell made a story about animals that can be read by many ages. He related the animal rebellion to the rising and falling of the Soviet union. He wanted people of all ages know a deeper understanding about what was going on with the Soviet
Union.
George Orwell states, “My starting point is always a feeling of partnership, a sense ofinjustice. I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention to, and my initial concern is to get a hearing”. In Shooting an Elephant and Animal Farm, George Orwell exposes some type of lie. In Shooting an elephant he exposes that he hates being an imperial police officer. In Animal Farm he exposes the lie about the russian revolution. He wants to draw attention to what was really going on. He explained to us that the russian revolution was oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly.
Through Orwell’s career he achieved his intention in turning political writing into an art, drawing attention to some type of lie, and writing against totalitarianism. In “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell states that the imperialist were not free and were treated horribly. In Animal Farm, the animals rebellion was a symbol of the rise and fall of the soviet union. “Why I write” was Orwell's last essay of his career. He explains why he wrote about politics and how he is different than the other writers.