Peer PressureShooting an Elephant‚ by George Orwell‚ was a very emotional and graphic story that opens the eyes of many people. Beginning the story with some background information‚ Orwell describes how difficult it is being a white man in Lower Burma‚ and discusses how much he is hated and made fun of by the people. He is a police officer‚ which gives people even more of a reason to hate him. After all the background information he starts getting into the heart of the story‚ shooting the elephant
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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
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did not resist‚ he just stood there as though he accepted his fate. The images Orwell puts into our imaginations are an intense reminder of what is going on in the story. For example‚ the first line of the story itself is very illustrated: "I was in Burma‚ a -1- Cohen-2 sodden morning of the rains. A sickly light‚ like yellow tinfoil‚ was slanting over the high walls into the jail yard." With that line you have a very solemn image‚ instantly a grave mood is presented. Orwell’s choice of irony
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Essay George Orwell wrote “Shooting an Elephant” to teach readers about imperialism and its effects on not only those ruled but also those charged with maintaining order above them. Orwell’s narrator is a British colonial official stationed in Burma who is charged with keeping the local populace from rioting. The officer speaks of how he is frightened by the Burmans and even by his own people rulers. Fear is one of the ways that Orwell shows that imperialism affects the rulers. Also shown is that
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“Shooting An Elephant” “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell deals with the evils of imperialism; Orwell uses metaphors to represent his feelings on imperialism‚ his inner conflict between his personal morals and his duty to his country. Orwell demonstrates his outlook and feelings about imperialism; and how it effects his duty as to being a white man. The elephant and the British officer help prove that imperialism is a double-edge sword. Together‚ the soldier and the elephant turn this
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“On the whole human beings want to be good‚ but not too good‚ and not quite all the time.” -George Orwell Shooting an Elephant‚ by George Orwell is a story how a young Orwell‚ while stationed in Colonial Burma‚ became disillusioned with Imperialism. On one occasion he was faced with the dilemma of having to destroy a wild elephant that had gotten loose in the town he was stationed in. Throughout the story the reader will be able to see two alternating voices of Orwell. The first voice is a justification
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Shooting an Elephant: George Orwell Prepared by: A.B.M.Mukhlesur Rahman BA (Hons.)‚ MA‚ BCS (Education) Treatment of Imperialism
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character that I identify with his struggles and conflicts is Orwell from "Shooting the Elephant".The reasons why i relate to him because he had to make moral choices for himself and doing the right thing. Plus he sees how the people act in British Burma‚ the things they have to go through thanks to the British rule that they have over the people. "“In a job like that you see the dirty work of the Empire at close quarters ... wretched prisoners... stinking cages.. cowed faces..”(139) Inside his mind
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with the tyranny of imperialism which the elephant represents. The empire‚ like the elephant‚ is very powerful and has enormous strength over the people. The elephant’s sudden attack on the marketplace symbolizes the British Empire’s reign over the Burma economy. When the elephant kills the man it represented the British’s oppression of the Burmese people and their village. This destruction put Orwell in a position to either allow this elephant‚ the representation of the tyranny of the empire‚ to continue
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