Elephant and Castle

stories that have been studied are Shooting An Elephant and No Witchcraft for Sale. Both of these stories contain special accounts of the narrator’s experiences. Three messages from these two short stories are: Don’t let peer pressure make your decisions, know who your enemies are, and believe in yourself. One message that these two short stories have in common is don’t let peer pressure make your decisions. This is particularly evident in Shooting an Elephant. The narrator of this story shares…

you would not be forced to anything; you would overall make smart choice to better yourself and even others around you. The essay, Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell vividly allows one to analyze the question, "How free is the will of the individual within society?" Orwell presents the issue of whether or not a police officer should shoot an elephant. Various reasons go along with this, allowing one to determine whether the shooter is “free” or if he is…

In order to a certain the economic, social and historical effects that it has on the nations involved in imperialism. I ultimately hope to find the seeds of imperialism under the mask of anti-imperialism through George Orwell writing “Shooting an elephant”. Imperialism is a policy, which was developed by the superiority and arrogance that could be embraced by any country regardless of its land area in the world. Proof of the existence of empires goes back to the beginning of written history…

maintain his values. “Shooting the elephant” depicts the story of a young officer who has to decide whether to follow his own path or the path that the majority wants him to follow. Orwell says “I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward”, which shows how he is swayed by the opinions of the crowd and is pressurized to make a decision that is not his own. “And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I…

Analysis Paper: The Things They Carried Part One: The chapter entitled How to Tell a War Story contains a moment from Tim O’Brien’s’ time at war where he recalls when Rat Kiley shoots a baby water buffalo uncontrollably. Rat Kiley has recently lost his best friend Curt Lemon due to their own stupidity. Kiley proves to be in a very delicate state after this, which can explain why he takes his frustration and anger out on this baby buffalo. He doesn’t just shoot the buffalo once to end its’ life.…

Professor Malchodi EN 102 Life Passages class focused on life passages, or the transition from one stage of life to another. Many of the stories were about transition between childhood and adulthood and were relatable because I am also in that transition. At the beginning of my freshman year, I created a guiding question that will follow me throughout my four year of college. My question, “What is the relationship between personality and behavior?” relates to the class because I gained insight…

“Hills Like White Elephants” shares the perspective of two different individuals on a topic that is intensely personal and yet so many people over the years have identified their opinion on the matter, abortion. Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” uses symbolism to identify the sensitive nature of the story, as well as to identify more clearly the feelings of the characters and the impact this has on them. The story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, begins to identify a difficult…

In George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant the narrator finds himself forming to the mask or role of an idol, a police officer. His previous identity attempts to prevent the drastic transformation, but with the influence of society, change is hard to abstain. The narrator feels like he has little say in the matter of the elephant; his original opinion on the matter is influenced by common sense, he "... [has] no intention of shooting the elephant... [he has] merely sent for the rifle to defend…

fool to others? Some of you may say yes and some may say no. In Orwell’s “Shooting and Elephant” he puts his personal experience as a police officer in Burma and an insight on the imperialism during this time. Orwell goes into detail how he hated his job and he was against the corruption and inhumanity that was going on. Until one day an incident happened, which Orwell was called to take care of an aggressive elephant that had escaped and killed “an Indian, a black Dravidian coolie” and Orwell…

Did you know that wild animals have attitudes? I thought it wasn’t true, but it honestly is and it can be seen in both The World’s First Superstar by Lauren Tarshis and in Say Goodbye To The Elephants by Adee Braun. These two articles are perfect examples of how attitudes have changed since Jumbo’s time and why they have changed. All animals have done a good job showing that they have attitudes, and that we need to respect them. They have changed since Jumbos time due to the evolution of…