Elephant and Castle

The oppression faced by the Burmese in Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" and by the African natives in Lessing's "No Witchcraft for Sale" made them virtually defenseless to the whims of the whites with whom they lived. In "Shooting an Elephant", the persecuted Burmese sneered and mocked the British officers, including the narrator. This is because it is all they could do. If they tried to rebel to any greater extent, they would be severely punished, possibly even killed. As seen in the story, the…

The True Power of Imperialism George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” describes the experience of the English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma. Because the locals expect him to do the job, Orwell shoots the elephant against his better judgment due to the pressure to uphold the reputation of the British. “Shooting an Elephant” shows how imperialism can result in undesirable behavior and inflect harm on…

The pair of Japanese officers who interview Pi at the conclusion of Life of Pi represent society as a whole. After the recounting of Pi’s story, Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba make their opinion clear. They do not believe the story with animals to be authentic and that “He[Pi] thinks we’re[they’re] fools.” Life of Pi contains a vast amount of extraordinary events, such as the botanically impossible island, as well as the very fact that there is a tiger aboard Pi’s lifeboat, so understandably, the…

Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant is an autobiographical account of his experiences as a sub-divisional police officer during British rule in Burma. Orwell builds his argument through the two main characters, the elephant and its assassin. The British officer, the assassin, acts as a symbol of the British Empire, while the elephant symbolizes the victims, Burmese. Together, the narrator and the elephant turns this incident into an attack on Imperialism. As a British officer, he is hated by much of…

In the passage “End All Ivory Sales Worldwide”, James A. Baker III is persuading his readers that the illegal murdering of elephants for ivory needs to come to an end. He uses many different methods to try to persuade his audience to get involved with banning the trading of ivory. Baker gives evidence by giving facts along with examples to support his claims. He uses reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence. He also uses stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice…

In relation to the English cop in George Orwell’s writing, “Shooting An Elephant”, I've also experienced a great deal of pressure from my peers. Every time I make a presentation, I always feel like the people watching genuinely don't care about my opinions and actions. They sit there with their mouths drooling and their eyes everywhere, but on me. Needless to say, it gets my heart racing and my mind endlessly imagining the outcomes. I question myself with “Are they going to like it?” In general,…

GEORGE ORWELL In the essay, George Orwell narrated the operation of killing a destructive elephant and explained about the conflicted period time of Orwell's life while he was a police officer in Burma. He explicitly defines himself as being a young police officer who despises the British imperial project in Burma, sides with the Burmese, and yet still feels that he must prove his authority to the Burmese. Orwell was a sub-divisional police officer in the Burma town, which belongs to the…

Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell is a tragic short essay about the Burman’s and the control that the British Empire brought upon them called imperialism. The Burmese reside in Southeast Asia which seems to be a world away from Europe, and the British Empire. But the thing about imperialism is that it is a power that is extended far beyond the country’s borders, the country’s power and influence can be enforced through diplomacy or military style. The Burman are unhappy, in fact, they are…

Irene Finel-Honigman reveals a conflict between man and nature in the novel “The Plague” by Albert Camus as well as the striking similarities between Nazi Germany and the city struck by the fictionally plague, Oran. Her examination, titled, “Oran: Protagonist, Myth, and Allegory” centers on the idea of Oran the city being exiled from the rest of the world and cut off from all normalcy. Finel-Honigman first focuses on “man’s relationship with his environment” (75). She states that Oran is…

1. Despite having extreme physical deformities, John Merrick’s character is always portrayed in a positive way to a reader. John is also an intelligent person, when treves is learning about John after discovering him he not only finds that he can speak but also can read. John had read the Bible and memorized verses. John seems to even exceed the average human's ability to understand people even though multiple times he himself is viewed as an inhuman creature. “People seem to think that I do not…