I believe that this sentence conveys about the foolishness and vulnerability of people because of the acts of succumbing to pressure and going against one’s conscience. This sentence says, “… to avoid looking a fool”- Shooting an Elephant (pg.89). This shows us his feelings and his vulnerability. He’s easily giving in to the pressure from the Burmans to shoot when he could’ve left the elephant alone. Although, there has been evidence where he feared of the elephant, “... I should have about as much chance as a toad under a steamroller.” (87). Contrarily, most information favored the idea of him not being in fear and instead of fearing the damage to his reputation, and how to improve it. He was more scared of the people than the elephant. “The
