Burma Road

In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant,” the main character faces an internal struggle over right or wrong. Everyone, at some point or another, thinks “why am I doing this?” or “is this the correct decision?” Because we ask these questions of ourselves, this does not mean we necessarily have full control as interpreted by the French philosopher Louis Althusser. Ideological State Apparatuses such as law, religion, and politics are rife in "Shooting an Elephant" and George Orwell realizes that…

It represents the city trying to stay alive because when the elephant got shot he was slowly falling, but tried to stay alive as long as he could. The city was falling and had a lot of poverty and war but was trying to stay together. It shows how Burma struggled after the war with Britain. The “must” from the elephant represented power. It shows how powerful the Burmese were before they started the war and how weak they were after. The last thing that the elephant represents is the people. It…

In retrospect, I may empathize more with Elizabeth than Flory because I can identify with her struggles as a woman. Either way, it is clear that the subplot of Elizabeth, Flory, and Verrall signifies the struggle to find meaningful relationships in Burma during the days of the British…

In this story Elephant, is about a man out of his natural region and out of place in a different country with different ethnicities. In this story there was a man who was peer pressured to kill an Elephant who wasn’t being destructive anymore. The man who was pressured to kill this animal was pressured even though the elephant wasn’t in musk anymore. The three main messages in this story's is that he has no real intentions to kill an elephant, this story suggests that we sometimes do things we…

Is it possible that peer pressure is the cause of the majority of wrongdoing amongst our society? Ever since the beginning of time the social ladder and what people think of you has become a custom of what seems to be every day life. For some reason in particular doing the wrong thing draws positive attention to people. Should this act in fact be frowned upon, or supported based on the fact you could possibly be seen higher in society. George Orwell in his writing Shooting An Elephant discusses…

What purpose does it serve? George Orwell uses the journey in his autobiographical short story, Shooting an Elephant to develop our awareness of life's struggles, through the inner conflict faced by Orwell. The book is set in the British colony of Burma, and it details Orwell's physical and mental journey of completing the aforementioned task of shooting an elephant. The story is written in first person, and is a reflective piece of writing, both of which give the impression of a more personal…

misery to the natives of the province. George Orwell, an author and a member of the British Imperial Police, wrote several essays about his experiences during Britain's rule in Burma for the British literary magazine The Adelphi in 1931. Readers of The Adelphi, consisting mainly of British citizens, were not close to Burma, and had no knowledge of the Burmese people's suffering prior to anything that was documented by British newspapers. George Orwell gives his British audience a look at the…

Ideologies and structures that manifest in society are ceaselessly reinforced, causing an unfathomable chasm of disparity between individuals. Within the essays of “Shooting an Elephant”, “Learning to Read and Write” and “Just Walk on By”, in some sort of way they demonstrate how difficult for one to counteract misconceptions and stereotypes when such negative connotations are deeply ingrained in society; ultimately one is more susceptible to fall into becoming the stereotype. The essay…

As a Special Forces Soldier, we are often in positions where we are working with other nations. Our actions can cause political implications, both good and bad. It is important to conduct ourselves in a professional manner and be aware of the effects that our decisions can have. The Special Operations Forces (SOF) Imperatives are the foundation for conducting Special Operations and can serve as a guide to ensure success for our missions. In the book, The Ugly American, there are many examples of…

In the novel around the world in eighty days there are many instances where the main charecters have to make a quick desition in order to continue there journey. Here are a few of them. Thee to be exact and these are the ones that I personally found the most influential. As in the ones that in my opinion had the most affect on the outcome of the story. The first of these would have to be in India. Not when Fogg bought the elephant but when Fogg and Passepartout got arrested for the mistake…