Mahatma Gandhi once said that “keep your values positive because your values becomes your destiny” (Jelly), and the two pieces of literature Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell and The Guest by Albert Camus both talk about how people’s values can come into conflict. They both also talk about how based on the choices that people make at that particular moment in their life that choice will impact them for the rest of their lives. There are times when people come across a situation which puts them in a difficult position to choose what to do as they are stuck between two values which contradict each other. However, it is these values that influence the choice that they are about to make and some of those choices could be a life changing. In
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From the beginning Daru refuses to deliver the Arab prisoner to Tinguit as he does not feel that it is his “job” (4) and “he cursed … his own people who had sent him this Arab” (12) because he thinks that it is “contrary to honour” “to hand him over” (12). On the other hand Daru wants to deliver the prisoner to police headquarter due to his loyalty to France because Daru is a French descendant who is born in Algeria. In response to Balducci’s claims that a revolt is about to happen, Daru states that “fight, yes, if I have to” (7) showing that he is still loyal to France and will go as far as sacrificing his life. In the end, Daru decides to leave the Arab prisoner with the choice to go to Tinguit and turn himself in or run away to “pasturelands” (13) and live freely. Daru does this because he thinks that it is “contrary to honour” “to hand him over” (12) and he believes that the Arab should make his own choice to what happens with his life and not others as he believes in existentialism; freedom of choice. So he says to Arab that “I’m leaving you” (13) and starts walking in the direction of school leaving the prisoner with the two choices. However, this choice puts him in conflict with the Arab people as they think that Daru was the one who handed the Arab prisoner to the authorities, so they left a threatening note on Daru’s blackboard saying “you handed over our brother. You will pay for this” (14) it was at that moment when Daru realized that “he was alone”
From the beginning Daru refuses to deliver the Arab prisoner to Tinguit as he does not feel that it is his “job” (4) and “he cursed … his own people who had sent him this Arab” (12) because he thinks that it is “contrary to honour” “to hand him over” (12). On the other hand Daru wants to deliver the prisoner to police headquarter due to his loyalty to France because Daru is a French descendant who is born in Algeria. In response to Balducci’s claims that a revolt is about to happen, Daru states that “fight, yes, if I have to” (7) showing that he is still loyal to France and will go as far as sacrificing his life. In the end, Daru decides to leave the Arab prisoner with the choice to go to Tinguit and turn himself in or run away to “pasturelands” (13) and live freely. Daru does this because he thinks that it is “contrary to honour” “to hand him over” (12) and he believes that the Arab should make his own choice to what happens with his life and not others as he believes in existentialism; freedom of choice. So he says to Arab that “I’m leaving you” (13) and starts walking in the direction of school leaving the prisoner with the two choices. However, this choice puts him in conflict with the Arab people as they think that Daru was the one who handed the Arab prisoner to the authorities, so they left a threatening note on Daru’s blackboard saying “you handed over our brother. You will pay for this” (14) it was at that moment when Daru realized that “he was alone”