“Shooting an Elephant” study questions 1. Describe the nature of the voice in the opening paragraph. Is there any humor and irony? 2. You already came up with some ideas about Orwell’s attitude toward imperialism‚ and now it is time to come up with some examples from the text. 3. What is Orwell’s attitude toward the native people? You also already brainstormed on that‚ but where in the text do you see examples of Orwell’s attitude towards the native people? - Orwell feels hated by the Indian
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George Orwell’s "Shooting an Elephant" is an essay about a British police officer living in Lower Burma who goes through the trial and error process of making the right decisions while still trying to maintain an image and position of authority. The officer is hated by the Burmese people‚ which is clearly shown when he would play football. The Burmese were extremely unfair to the officer due to the fact he was part of the Imperialist group which was oppressing Burma. (para. 1) Although the officer
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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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Rhetorical Analysis of “Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell ’s short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant‚” the narrator‚ a young European sub-divisional police officer states‚ “that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” This realization of British imperialism comes to him one day when he is pressured into shooting and killing a “peacefully eating‚” elephant. Orwell ’s tone in this story is rather blunt and candid. The narrator is often speaking on how he doesn
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sport. However‚ because of the rise in crime rate and the fight to conserve our right to bear arms this has become a very hot topic‚ prompting national debate. When I began researching gun control the first information I found was about school shootings. ‘The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis at John Jay College of Criminal Justice reports 294 attempted or actual school killings with at least two victims over 250 years in the U.S. and 37 other countries.’ I agree‚ and understand these numbers
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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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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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Shooting An Elephant In “Shooting an Elephant’‚ George Orwell described the onus of serving with the imperial police in Lower Burma‚ during a time where the British police were hated by the natives. Orwell expressed his views towards the Burmese‚ saying “Theoretically—and secretly‚ of course—I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors‚ the British.” Though he felt that way‚ they did not feel the same towards him. “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever
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In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is conveying the message that imperialism within a society creates an imbalance in power amongst individuals‚ where Orwell came to realize that he was not on the top of the heap but a tool to oppress the Burmese people. Orwell employs the use of metaphors to enforce his message. When Orwell states‚ “conjurer about to perform a trick”. This way of looking at Orwell is contrary to the way that white Europeans would be looked at in ordinarily. In this
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1 “The Allegory of the Cave” and “Shooting an Elephant” seems like two completely different stories. Both of them have their own ways of showing enlightenment and ways of perceiving realities. After reading both of these tales multiple times‚ I’ve drawn some conclusions on the different ways of enlightenment that are described throughout each story. In “Shooting an Elephant‚” Policeman Eric Blair is asked to kill the elephant that was ravaging the village. Many times he would describe how he
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