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pressured someone into something? Do you ever feel like you need to do something to impress the people around you? Do you ever want to feel cool? Can you feel cool doing something that felt wrong to you? In the story Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell, George was peer pressured into shooting, an elephant for the Burmese. There could have been thousands of reasons, why he should have shot the elephant, but there could have been one to not shoot the elephant. The story provides great details,…

the innate tendency of imperialism that the speaker has unknowingly inherited from the empire that he wants to rebel against. The setting is also a representation of environmental influence, which ties in with the presented conflicts of the story. Shooting an Elephant’s plot structure revolves around the conflict between the speaker and himself. Explicitly, the conflict is presented as one of the speaker against the society, with the speaker battling the Burmese prejudice as well as trying to…

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…

Imperialism is a policy extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. In George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant he portrays evil imperialism through symbols, including Orwell himself, the elephant, and the dead coolie. First off, Orwell represents evil imperialism because he represents authority he represents the people themselves, and he represents a puppet or mask. Orwell represents authority because he is the sub-divisional police officer. Being a police…

country and word has gotten around that their is a wild male elephant that is in Musk. What that means is that the male is in heat, and when this animal is in this “musk” they get very dangerous and can be very deadly because of how big they are. In shooting an…

Many people have speculated the cause behind school shootings is mainly violent video games. No one ever thinks about other causes. The real problem may be much deeper than that. There are several ingredients that go into the cocktail of violence ,that is so prevalent in our society. When tragedy hits and horrific happenings occur, we scramble for a quick answer and a quick fix. The senseless tragedies that happen are unnecessary. It proves that catastrophes can strike anywhere and anytime. Our…

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 three keys messages the fear of humiliation seems to be more powerful than the right thing, always follow what you believe is the right thing, and the wrong thing seems to be more often than not better appreciated by…

story, but for what reason? 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…

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 “Shooting an Elephant” written by George Orwell is a personal account of his struggle…

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…