The essay about Orwell is about how he collapsed to societal pressure from the Burmese despite his moral principles. Orwell himself is succumbed to adopt a constrained role of authoritative administration in order to maintain control of the Burmese people. Once he order for a rifle, Orwell realized he was committed to killing the elephant at this moment tyranny of his actions would otherwise diminish his control over the indigenous people and so would his authoritative role be questioned. This action would entrench Orwell in great regret and despair against his own desires to spare the elephant.
