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George Orwell writes Shooting an Elephant with his experiences in Burma; so story is in Burma, Myanmar. Both Orwell uses his own experiences in past and he lives in the significant era of British in history, we see high rise at historical background in the story. Orwell prefers to indirect way to express his emotions using symbols. One of the main symbols is an elephant. The elephant symbolizes British Empire. The reason that Orwell chooses the elephant, the empire is powerful like an elephant. When it dies, Orwell makes narrative sentences about the elephant. These sentences help us the elephant is the British Empire.” One could have imagined him thousands of years old. (5)” “He was dying, very slowly and in great agony, but in some world…
I agree with Medhurt’s Interpretive Perspective it makes the most sense to me. I agree with his allegory and the significance the elephant represents in the story. Though both Sparks and Medhurst share this view. I feel because advertising is geared towards the immediate instinctive reactions. The elephant does not want to be “big†or unacceptable and would…
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 .…
“Shooting an Elephant” was written by George Orwell, and it describes an incident he experienced during the time he spent in a small town in India, as a police officer serving the British Empire. I found the writing interesting because of Orwell’s use of rhetorical strategies that slowly build up to the conclusion of the story, along with the peak of the action. The story ends in a detailed description of an anecdote Orwell thought of while shooting the elephant that was terrorizing the town he was positioned in. Throughout the writing, we can find different rhetorical strategies that indicate Orwell’s very careful choice of different images to get his message through.…
While reading the essay Shooting an Elephant, first published in 1936 by Eric Blair under the pen name of George Orwell, one gets captivated by the intricate web of rhetoric that Blair weaves throughout the piece.…
The authors of both novels succeed in telling a moving story through their different writing styles. The writing in Water for Elephants is replete with colloquial language. The workers at the circus use broken English and common slang. Camel, for example, pleads with Blackie to let go of Jacob by saying, “Blackie, I’m tellin’ ya! We don’t need no trouble. Let ‘im go!” This vernacular lends much credence to the setting and the characters. Although the story is written from the first person point of view, the author’s use of dialogue…
I think the controversial instant occurs when he describes how this death causes division among British because the half of them agree he shoot the elephant, but the other half disagree because the life of an elephant is more important than a coolie. Other strong thing that he mentions is the fact that the rage of the elephant owner is not important because he is only an Indian. Indians couldn’t do anything to protest against British tyranny.…
George Orwell is well known, even though he died in 1950. He was British and an ex-cop. George Orwell is a very prominent author. He is known for a few of his books, written for a variety of purposes. However, this specific essay, “Shooting an Elephant”, is written to inform of us. He phrases this essay more as a narrative, which makes it not rhetorically effective. George Orwell uses great imagery and his syntax makes it simple for even high schoolers to read through his works.…
George Orwell describes to us in “Shooting an elephant” the struggle that his character faces when to win the mobs approval and respect when he shoots down an innocent animal and sacrifices what he believes to be right. Orwell is a police officer in Moulmein, during the period of the British occupation of Burma. An escaped elephant gives him the opportunity to prove himself in front of his people and to be able to become a “somebody” on the social scene.…
An Elephantine Analysis In Charles Siebert's article The Elephant Crackup, the author employs a nuanced and compelling rhetorical strategy that seamlessly integrates firsthand narratives, expert opinions, and emotional appeals to shed light on the profound consequences of human exploitation on elephants. Through the deliberate use of linguistic choices, comparisons to human tragedies, and a careful balance of ethos, pathos, and logos, Siebert effectively engages the reader, emphasising the urgent need for compassionate rehabilitation practices and fostering a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between human actions and elephant behaviour. Charles Siebert establishes his credibility as a firsthand narration (Kairos) using an anecdote,…
In "Shooting an Elephant" The main characters biggest conflict was to shoot an elephant. This was something he did not and typically under the circumstances would not have done, but felt compelled and pressured to do so. If it weren't for the watching Indians this story may have turned out differently. He felt as if he had to do it, cause by not doing it would have been like him demonstrating his and his native country weakness. Being in a county that his native land had a lot of imperial influence, he could not let this happen.…
Although a representative of British power, the narrator sympathizes with the oppressed natives and their country but is forced to act according to imperial aims. When the narrator receives a call, he is commissioned to bring a runaway elephant under control. In order to defend himself in the case of an attack, he takes a rifle, which makes the natives think that the elephant is going to be shot. When the narrator arrives, he finds a peaceful elephant eating, which offers no danger. He feels as if he should not shoot, but there is the mass of natives, or as he calls “yellow faces” behind him that demand the police officer shoot the elephant. After an inner struggle, the narrator finally gives in to the power of the natives’ demanding and shoots. He has to fire several shots for the animal to die painfully. The officer cannot stand the sight and leaves while the natives have already started tearing the elephant apart. “The crowd would laugh at me. And my whole life, every white man's life in the East, was one long struggle not to be laughed at”. He admits that shooting the elephant was necessary as a means of demonstrating the power and ensure British…
In Eric Schlosser's "The Most Dangerous Job" Is about the working conditions in slaughterhouses the employees go through on a daily bases. Schlosser writes his story with how cows are slaughtered for packing, then you realize he is really making a point about the hazardous conditions employees are forced to work in. According to Schlosser " The "IBP revolution" has been directly responsible for many of the hazards that meatpacking workers are now forced with" (658). To keep up with line getting faster due to high profits some floor managers are providing "crank" or "meth" for free to keep their employees going faster to help get through the shift.…
The protagonist and narrator of "Shooting an Elephant" made a decision that many would consider unjust. He shot and killed and elephant. Looking from the outside in, it would look as if he was a terrible person from what he did, for a vast amount of people consider the act wrong morally. Although, one must take in his intentions of the act too. He never wanted, nor planned, to kill the elephant. The Burmese people rooting him on seemed irrefutable, and he felt as if he was doing what they wanted him to. That contradicts the idea that the narrator of this story was a monstrous person because he shot an elephant.…
As he sees more and more destruction, he sends a local to get a friends elephant rifle. He does this because the gun that he had brought is not powerful enough to kill an elephant. This point is where the character changes, possibly for the worst. When he gets the rifle he goes and searches for the beast. One of the locals tells him that the elephant is down in the rice patty. The quote “They had seen the rifle and where all shouting excitedly that I was going to kill the elephant.” Shows how the locals are trying to make the officer think that he should kill the beast. This point in the story the main character slowly being changed from the beginning of the story. You can tell that the he does not want to kill the elephant but more that he thinks that he has to kill the elephant. He thinks this because as he moves down to the patty the elephant is just slapping its self with grass across the knees; but 2000 locals standing behind him give him a vibe that he should shoot the beast. He thinks this because if he didn’t shoot the elephant, and the elephant went wild, he would have possible been laughed at. he believes that there is only one alternative, and that is when he shoved the cartridge into the magazine and lays down on the road to get a better aim. “When I pulled the trigger I did not hear the nag or feel the kick-one never does when a shot goes home-but I heard the devilish…