“When a nimble Burman man tripped me up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter.” Orwell was an officer in Burma, the Burmese people hated the British and took every chance they could to humiliate them. In Burma, Orwell represented the Crown, absolute authority of the English, even though he disagreed with Imperialism.
“When a nimble Burman man tripped me up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter.” Orwell was an officer in Burma, the Burmese people hated the British and took every chance they could to humiliate them. In Burma, Orwell represented the Crown, absolute authority of the English, even though he disagreed with Imperialism.