Also in Shooting an Elephant and in A Hanging, there is a death scene. The main character is the cause of the death, and kills them because it is their duty. Each time, leading up to the death scene, the character realises how innocent that the victim must be. This is exemplified with the elephant being unknowing and slowly dying and with the dog that is friendly to the prisoner.
Now, in 1984 the novel ends with seeing the corruption, and no longer feeling the stress of the political powers. The acceptance of the negative actions. This is seen when Winston states that 2+2=5 in the café. It is seen when the town is saved from the elephant. This is seen when the police officers and laughing right after the death of the prisoner. But despite …show more content…
And afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed; it put me legally in the right and it gave me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant. I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking like a fool” (Shooting an Elephant, 1936).
Orwell used the person who died as a reason to attack the elephant to avoid looking like a fool. Because of that man, he was justified to do something he believed was immoral. He was leaving blame on another source, since he did not want to be at fault. Even the people thought that either the man was in the fight to be killed or both the elephant and the …show more content…
George Orwell is remembered for his commentary on communism and totalitarian governments, through satire. In 1984, Orwell describes a ruthless totalitarian government which controls everything. It controls the press, the amount of food people can have and which is constantly monitoring the people. This novel employs allusions to the totalitarian Soviet Union throughout the book. The famous phrase “Big Brother is watching” is a direct allusion to the idea of Stalin looking over the people of the Soviet Union. The entire book is set in such a framework, the re-writing of history, the control of the media and the allocation of sources are all direct allusions and comparisons to the Soviet Union. This form of literary device is extremely effective when making the book more realistic and in aiding the reader to relate it to a real world experience. Through this text, Orwell creates his own words and terms, which help describe the strict regime. The words that can describe the government are removed, but words such as double think, and thought police are added. This shows how it is prohibited to have a negative relation to the government. That they are all knowing. Another use of allusion is in Animal Farm. This book is also commentary on communism. The pigs are a metaphor for the ruling elites of communism who
Now, in 1984 the novel ends with seeing the corruption, and no longer feeling the stress of the political powers. The acceptance of the negative actions. This is seen when Winston states that 2+2=5 in the café. It is seen when the town is saved from the elephant. This is seen when the police officers and laughing right after the death of the prisoner. But despite …show more content…
And afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed; it put me legally in the right and it gave me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant. I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking like a fool” (Shooting an Elephant, 1936).
Orwell used the person who died as a reason to attack the elephant to avoid looking like a fool. Because of that man, he was justified to do something he believed was immoral. He was leaving blame on another source, since he did not want to be at fault. Even the people thought that either the man was in the fight to be killed or both the elephant and the …show more content…
George Orwell is remembered for his commentary on communism and totalitarian governments, through satire. In 1984, Orwell describes a ruthless totalitarian government which controls everything. It controls the press, the amount of food people can have and which is constantly monitoring the people. This novel employs allusions to the totalitarian Soviet Union throughout the book. The famous phrase “Big Brother is watching” is a direct allusion to the idea of Stalin looking over the people of the Soviet Union. The entire book is set in such a framework, the re-writing of history, the control of the media and the allocation of sources are all direct allusions and comparisons to the Soviet Union. This form of literary device is extremely effective when making the book more realistic and in aiding the reader to relate it to a real world experience. Through this text, Orwell creates his own words and terms, which help describe the strict regime. The words that can describe the government are removed, but words such as double think, and thought police are added. This shows how it is prohibited to have a negative relation to the government. That they are all knowing. Another use of allusion is in Animal Farm. This book is also commentary on communism. The pigs are a metaphor for the ruling elites of communism who