What Is The Role Of Imperialism In George Orwell Shooting An Elephant
"Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by George Orwell,is a colonial policeman in Moulmein, Lower Burma who is hated and disrespected by the local people of Burma.Whom also must obey the order of the British imperialism without a choice. as Orwell suffers from the Burmese Orwell is confuses,because he is secretly on their side, and opposed to the oppressive British empire he serves.through his work handling wretched prisoners gives him a close-up view of “the dirty work of Europe” in the process it makes him feel guilty for his role in colonialism Due to this He has yet to find out that the British empire is falling, and will soon be replaced with even worse regimes although,while Orwell considers the empire a tyrant he still hates the insolent
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As Orwell goes to the neighborhood where the elephant was last spotted as he searching Orwell gets conflicting reports own the elephant whereabouts.Orwell thinks the claims are fake and head back.As he start to head back he hears a commotion nearby and rounds a corner to find a “coolie” lying dead as he sees the dead person lying own the ground he orders a subordinate to bring him a gun strong enough to shoot an elephant.he walk to the last know location of the elephant with gun in had a large group from the neighborhood follows him and are excited to see the beast shot this however makes Orwell uncomfortable,he did not want to shot elephant he only had the gun to protect himself.As Orwell spots the elephant he understands that he should not shoot it and Orwell makes up his mind to simply watch the elephant to make sure it does not become aggressive again but, after looking behind him a very large crowd whom are excitedly expecting to see the elephant’s demise are watching.Orwell feels as though he is a magician tasked with entertaining them this complied him to shoot the elephant his inability to resist the crowd’s makes Orwell realize that his authority is a hollow sort of power.Which make him become an imperialist, cannot do anything controlled by the crowd of blood lust people,still he does not want to kill the beast as it appears “grandmotherly”however Orwell still kills the elephant he uses this experience of shooting the elephant as a metaphor for his experience with
As Orwell goes to the neighborhood where the elephant was last spotted as he searching Orwell gets conflicting reports own the elephant whereabouts.Orwell thinks the claims are fake and head back.As he start to head back he hears a commotion nearby and rounds a corner to find a “coolie” lying dead as he sees the dead person lying own the ground he orders a subordinate to bring him a gun strong enough to shoot an elephant.he walk to the last know location of the elephant with gun in had a large group from the neighborhood follows him and are excited to see the beast shot this however makes Orwell uncomfortable,he did not want to shot elephant he only had the gun to protect himself.As Orwell spots the elephant he understands that he should not shoot it and Orwell makes up his mind to simply watch the elephant to make sure it does not become aggressive again but, after looking behind him a very large crowd whom are excitedly expecting to see the elephant’s demise are watching.Orwell feels as though he is a magician tasked with entertaining them this complied him to shoot the elephant his inability to resist the crowd’s makes Orwell realize that his authority is a hollow sort of power.Which make him become an imperialist, cannot do anything controlled by the crowd of blood lust people,still he does not want to kill the beast as it appears “grandmotherly”however Orwell still kills the elephant he uses this experience of shooting the elephant as a metaphor for his experience with