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George Orwell, the victim, used to be a police officer in Britain for five years, during those five years a traumatic chain of events occured leaving Orwell with a haunting guilt feeling for killing an innocent elephant. Destroying the market and some village huts, Orwell found the elephant going crazy. Killing one man, as the police officer George reacted quickly. Although the incident is very controversy George had multiple acts of selfishness throughout the entire situation. George had no…

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In "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell there are many aspects of Orwell's style conveyed throughout the essay. One essential aspect of Orwell's writing is diction. The correct usage of words acknowledges the author to develop a particular feeling about the text which is used to emphasize how he feels and how he wants to impact the readers. In Orwell’s writing, his use of diction captures the audience and transports them into the mind and emotions of his own. Orwell was born as Eric…

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell’s use of narration in his piece “Shooting an Elephant” works really well to depict the events that take place in the story, by allowing us to hear all of his thoughts and reasons to his actions, as his experiences as sub-divisional officer take place. Orwell allows us to fully understand the situation between Burma and British empire in a personal level by narrating daily events that helps us readers understand how life was, when this life…

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” and “A Hanging” are two literary works describing a man’s experiences in the country of Burma (now known as Myanmar) under British rule. Both works reflect on a man’s first-hand experiences and address key moral issues. They also explore life under British imperial rule. While Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” and “A Hanging” have much in common, they are also quite different. “Shooting an Elephant” and “A Hanging” have quite a lot in common. For starters,…

often writes about an attack on the evils of tyranny. Very often his writings have an entity that rules over all. These writings show that a system of tyranny creates a society that does not progress, rather, it regresses. For example, his essay “Shooting An Elephant” portrays the idea about imperialism, another prime example of a system of tyranny. Due to imperialism, Europeans have been driven to thoughts of anger and hatred towards the anti-Europeans, which consist of Burmans and…

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point in that violence is everywhere in the United States. In recent years, a quite common violent crime has drawn the attention of many, school shootings. These events have changed school communities across the nation in that law enforcement and school administrators are continuously looking for ways to make the school community safer. School shootings have become a major concern in the United States and have negatively affected the nation for a host of reasons, which include the shooters’…

All I knew was that I was struck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil-spirited little beast [the Burmese] who tried to make my job impossible?. Though Orwell?s handling of his subject is detailed, in the end, he subtly condemns imperialism. Orwell finds himself in a moral predicament no different than the ones placed on the white men in the East. Orwell justifies his actions, ?solely to avoid looking a fool,? driven by the instigation of the Burmese (165). Orwell…

period in which Orwell had to decide whether to kill the elephant or let it live was a very crucial stage. The second paragraph of the essay he states that he had no intention to shoot the elephant only to simply scare it away “I had no intention of shooting the elephant — I had merely sent for the rifle to defend myself if necessary”. The pressure from the crowd of “yellow” skinned people played a vital role in this by crowding behind him and waiting in excitement for the elephant to be shot.…