Shooting an Elephant “Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell from 1938. The story is about his own experience when he was an English sub-divisional policeman in a town in India called Burma. At that time India was under the control of Britain and Orwell worked for The British Imperial Police‚ so he has to do orders even though his sympathy lie with the “natives”. One day Orwell was called out‚ because a tame elephant was ravaging the bazaar. With him he took his rifle
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In George Orwell’s first places hort story‚”Shooting An Elephant”‚ written in 1936‚ George explains his experience of working with the Indian Imperial Police. The story takes place in Moulmein‚ in Lower burma. George is working there as a sub-divisional officer where he is seen as a target due to the fact that he is English and works for the British. He was constantly picked on and had felt guilty about the job since he hated imperialism‚ but he just wanted to get his job over with as soon as possible
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Composition~Orwell Analysis In the excerpt from Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”‚ the author uses similes‚ syllepsis‚ and connotation to appeal to the readers sense of pathos in order to convey his attitude of remorse and fluster in regards to shooting the elephant so as to comment on imperialism. Orwell uses Similes to convey his remorse and fluster towards shooting the elephant. He compares the elephant to “…a huge rock toppling…” and paints the scene by saying “The thick blood welled out of
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both Plotnik and Morell were writing to informing the reader of elephant behavioural traits‚ Morell wrote to inform general readers of the intelligence and compassion of elephants. This was proven in her writing‚ ““They learned to do this faster than the chimpanzees‚” says Plotnik‚” in the article Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk‚ the purpose of which was to inform readers of elephant intelligence. This showed the reader that elephants are clearly intelligent because they learned faster than what
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An Analysis of Orwell’s "Shooting an Elephant" Erika Moreno-Dalton In "Shooting an Elephant‚" George Orwell finds himself in a difficult situation involving an elephant. The fate of the elephant lies in his hands. Only he can make the final decision. In the end‚ due to Orwell’s decision‚ the elephant lay dying in a pool of blood. Orwell wins the sympathy of readers by expressing the pressure he feels as an Anglo-Indian in Burma‚ struggling with his morals‚ and showing a sense of compassion
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Messages in Short Stories (Three Messages from‚ “Shooting an Elephant” and “No Witchcraft for Sale”) George Orwell was born in India and was extremely familiar with elephants. He joined the police force in 1923 and resigned only after five years. His story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ is his most famous writings and is based on one of his experiences during his career as a policeman. On the other hand‚ Doris Lessing‚ wrote the short story‚ “No Witchcraft for Sale.” Lessing wanted to influence
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Inevitable Morals George Orwell’s 1930 short story “Shooting an Elephant‚” demonstrates the total dangers of the unlimited authority a state has and the astounding presentment of “future dystopia”. In the story‚ Orwell finds himself to be in an intricate situation that involves an elephant. Not only does the fate of the elephant’s life lie in 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
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Readers Response to George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant The first time I found myself reading the short story “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell was during my senior year of high school. As an animal lover‚ the title was as intriguing as it was unappealing. Why would you want to shoot an elephant? That question is one that the character‚ the author himself‚ asks throughout the story as it’s told. It starts by introducing himself as a white sub-divisional police officer serving in Moulmein
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In the article ¡°Shooting an Elephant‚¡± Orwell describes his experience of killing an elephant to express the real nature and sorrow of imperialism. He first confesses his bitter life in Moulmein and the baiting by the native people of European. He goes on to narrate a tiny event of shooting an elephant which makes him to realize the real characteristic of imperialism. By reading and thinking this essay in depth‚ I perceive the main theme the essay is that the real nature of imperialism actually
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Audience Analysis The target audience for this summary and response writing exercise over George Orwell ’s Shooting An Elephant would be the other individuals and the instructor of this online English Composition course. The majority of my core audience‚ minus the instructor‚ should be my fellow college students taking this course. Other than stating that the others who will be reading this piece vary in age‚ ethnicity‚ and overall life experience; I would be hard pressed to further describe my
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