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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…

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…

Throughout the essay, the narrator describes uncertainty about the identity of the true oppressors. The description of the Indian man characterizes the struggle that lies within the main character’s moral as the main character also disclose, that, “these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt”(602). These two defending dialogues reveal that he is conflicted. In this explanation of the dead man, the main character advert to the excruciation and death of Christ. Later in the story, the…

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” (Orwell, 2012), tells us a story about going against our inner beliefs due to peer pressure. Orwell goes after a wild elephant that is rampaging the town he polices. During the chase he finds a dead villager and decides to get his gun. Upon finding the elephant, who is calm at this point, he decides not to shoot it. However, the huge crowd of villagers are demanding he take action against the beast. Orwell finally decides he can’t go against what is…

To begin my speech today, let’s me tell you a story: The story begin with a sparrow and an elephant are under attacked by a very aggressive snake, can you imagine what is their reaction in that situation? Which one will be the winner? Firstly, we take a look at the elephant. Elephant is a very giant animal and has a very thick skin which make the poisonous fangs of the snake become useless. So the attack of the snake doesn’t matter. In that situation, the elephant only need to pick up his feet…

Conflicted Tones in “Shooting an Elephant” In George Orwell’s essay, “Shooting an Elephant”, the narrator kills an elephant, despite his reluctance to do so. An escaped elephant runs through a village and he follows in an attempt to corral the beast. The narrator carries a gun with him as a safety precaution, but has no actual plans to kill the elephant. However, the Burmans surrounding him push him to kill. This causes him to feel a large amount of cognitive dissonance. Orwell conveys this…

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” describes Orwell’s time spent in Lower Burma under the control of British Imperialism as a police officer. A rifle, shooting an elephant, and a mask are all symbols Orwell uses to represent how imperialism affects him as in officer of the Imperial Police. Orwell’s hunting rifle is used to represent the difference in power he had with and without the gun in his hands. Orwell never wanted to harm the elephant, his .44 Winchester rifle was only to be used as…

Also in Shooting an Elephant and in A Hanging, there is a death scene. The main character is the cause of the death, and kills them because it is their duty. Each time, leading up to the death scene, the character realises how innocent that the victim must be. This is exemplified with the elephant being unknowing and slowly dying and with the dog that is friendly to the prisoner. Now, in 1984 the novel ends with seeing the corruption, and no longer feeling the stress of the political powers.…

Burma’s Police officer George Orwell was hated by a lot of people in the town he was serving. As follows, everything he was doing was under the view of a big number of people. That is why shooting an elephant was a hard decision for him, but he was justified in doing that. By the following conditions, George Orwell was in the main role after the wild elephant, in that day. That horrible situation lied on his shoulders, and he should do something that can change a lot his relationship with…