Shooting An Elephant Cause And Effect

Your name sake is possibly on the line, and you have to make a huge decision. You have to choose between what you want to do or what everyone else wants you to do. Both choices will have different outcomes, but you have to face your situation with your mind. In Shooting an Elephant, The background of George Orwell and the pressure of the community around him causes questionable actions from Orwell. Was he just trying to save his name sake for the pleasure of the community? The first cause and effect situation in Shooting an Elephant cannot really be avoided. George Orwell was born in India, but he is of English descent. He was educated in England, and he later returned to Burma where he served as a police officer. This background knowledge sets up all the hatred that the villagers had for him. The cause and effect relationship here is if you are European then the oppressed villagers will have hatred for you. Orwell said he was tripped on the football field by a Burman and the referee just looked the other way. If we want to know why the villagers did not like the English we have to look deeper. The English colonized India, and they took many rights and possessions away from the people. They took idols out of the temples, and they tried to steal all of the vegetation and make their land barren. This all sets up the background of the hatred the villagers have for Orwell …show more content…
To me the most important come from a deeper understanding than just the surface value. The most important cause and effect relationships symbolize something else. We have to investigate the background knowledge on the colonisation of India by England. We have to recognize the symbols in the story, such as the elephant’s meanings. Finally, we have to look at the conscience of Orwell in the situation. All together we see numerous event cause different effects that have lasting