it refers to absence of certain components of an object‚ making the object vacant or empty. Secondly‚ it can mean one’s emotion: the feeling one has after he or she worked vainly. The writer worked as a police officer under the British Empire in Burma‚ where he was hated by many Burman. Despite his unwillingness‚ he eventually shot a docile elephant as he did not want to be teased by the crowds of Burman. By describing the scene he killed an elephant in great details‚ the writer expresses his helplessness
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was very well but to the locals the Europeans lived like gods. Therefore the main symbol that portrayed British imperialism‚ involving racism was the European club. The club located in Burma was a representation of British racism against everyone else that was not British. Burmese Days is set in 1920s imperial Burma. A Burmese magistrate by the name of U Po Kyin is planning to destroy the career of Indian Dr. Veraswami. The doctor is friends with John Flory a white person with high character within
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marked by criticism of social injustice. The essay “Shooting an Elephant” is one of George Orwell’s most well-known works. The essay was wrote in 1936‚ it describes a story what happened in 1926‚ while Orwell was working as a British police officer in Burma‚ where in order to build the role of an assertive police officer and a brave white man‚ he has to shoot an aggressive elephant. He is conflicted with his character as a white‚ male officer and the morality deep inside his heart. Meanwhile he has to
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Orwell’s hands‚ he has an audience of people behind him cheering him on‚ making his decision much more difficult to make. Due to the vast crowd surrounding his thoughts‚ Orwell kills the elephant in the end‚ not wanting to disappoint the people of Burma. Orwell captures the hearts of readers by revealing the struggles he has while dealing with the burden of his own beliefs and morals. Orwell’s story connects with the readers because they understand the emotions and stress one can have before making
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Shooting an Elephant for No Good Reason George Orwell spent some time as a police officer in Burma where he was actively hated. While doing this job he despised‚ he was put in a position where he felt it was necessary to shoot an elephant on the loose. George Orwell was not justified in shooting the elephant because the elephant was not charging at him‚ the animal was worth less dead than alive‚ and the people he was trying to impress had no love for him. When Orwell describes observing the elephant
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In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell illustrates his experiences as a British police officer in Lower Burma‚ and reflects it to the nature of imperialism. Since “anti-European feeling was very bitter” due to the British Empire’s dictatorship in Burma‚ Orwell is being treated disrespectfully by the Burmese (12). This allows him to hate his job and the British Empire. However‚ the incident of shooting of an elephant gives him a “better glimpse … of the real nature of imperialism – the
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The Big Decision Between Morals or Judgement Topic 1 Kristen Sigda-Holyoak Dr. Susan Bauman English 100 September 27th‚ 2013 Orwell was a police officer in Burma during the time of Imperialism‚ which was a very difficult task. The Burmese did not agree with the British coming in and gaining power by taking over and this made Orwell’s job very hard to do. The Burmese did not like police officers and Orwell was often taunted and teased by the people he was tripped in soccer
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he has witnessed and experienced‚ and decides to share his feelings with the rest of the establishment through his writings. We understand that the author’s purpose is to show how degraded he feels by the events that took place that morning in Burma. Throughout his essay the author shows‚ that the prisoners are treated like animals. We see this when the author is describing the cells‚ he states‚ "We were waiting outside the condemned cells‚ a row of sheds fronted with double bars‚ like small
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Technique Analysis of ‘Shooting an elephant’ Written by George Orwell Essay by Arthur Diennet In 1936‚ George Orwell published his short story ‘Shooting an elephant’ in an English magazine. Since then‚ it has been republished dozens of times and holds a place as a definitive anti-colonial piece of literature‚ in an era where the British Empire was at its peak and covered almost 1/3 of the Earth’s surface. George Orwell believed that “…imperialism was an evil thing...” and uses much themes
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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. “I had no intention of shooting the elephant”‚ Orwell confesses to us but under the pressure of the
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