Shooting an Elephant

The Circumstances When People Follow or Not Follow Their Conscience Different circumstances require different measures. That is, there are sometimes when people follow their conscience, and at other times, they don’t follow their conscience. In my opinion, people follow their conscience when they feel that the actions they take are righteous or when they have peace and feel confident about these actions that they take. On the contrary, I believe that most people don’t follow their conscience…

killed and the benefits of hunting fees are not significant at all. Nyae Nyae, a wildlife reserve in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert, protects one of the last large elephants in the world. In addition to these elephants, around 3,000 of the San people live there in the harsh conditions. During one of the sweltering, scorching days of September, elephants could be seen roaming around the park, leaving behind flat grass, broken twigs, and large feces in their midst. However, they…

gun control as a way to make United States a safer place. Most of her letter is using patho to support her main point, even the way she formated the letter. Nicole wrote this letter to the mom she was before her youngest son died in the Sandy Hook shooting, then reminding herself “You aren 't that person anymore.” Suggesting she have changed in many ways because of the incident, also leading on to the paragraphs that described her feelings in details concerning the death of her child. Which…

come across a similar issue. They may seem differently but speak or address the same thing. This shows how prevalent such an issue is in the society. In the case of this paper, I wish to use the story of 12 angry men, Good Country People and Shooting an Elephant. In these three short stories, various themes that are common such as the theme of death, theme of identity and the subject of love. To begin with, the subject of death occurs regularly. In the case of the 12 angry men, the issue of…

suggesting that this line of thinking can hinder one’s reasoning. Similarly in “Shooting an Elephant”, Orwell comments on the negatives of human conventions by proposing that preconceived societal expectations can have a large impact on one’s life. Furthermore, in “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe suggests that the only difference between humans and animals is their level of savagery. Likewise, in his story “Shooting an Elephant,” Orwell asserts that a human can be seen as no more than an…

In the Shooting an Elephant he says, “When a nimble Burman tripped me up on the football field (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter. This happened more than once (Orwell 392). An elephant was also introduced in the story. The elephant can be described as the Burmese people being powerful when they are in control. But no one wanted to deal with the elephant and so Orwell had to step in. Orwell does want to kill…

Every person has their own personality and their own beliefs that shows one individuality. Individualities changes through person to person by the way they are raised, the environment they live in, and by society, which puts a ‘mold’ on every person on how to be. Anyone who goes against this mold are immediately looked down upon by the people who fit into societies molds, changing the individual to be normal like others. Therefore changing the individual's beliefs and changing their unique…

Orwell’s To Shoot an Elephant, George a young officer faced with the tough action of shooting an elephant that has run amuck through the village. George is aware that the elephant is just acting out and is waiting on the owner to make it back to town, but the villagers have gotten excited for the death of the elephant. George even said that he did not want to shoot the elephant. He knew in his mind and heart that this would be wrong to kill a great beast. But he shot the elephant anyway, he…

themselves. Shooting an Elephant by George Orwelll shows this theory well, the author was a police officer, and in the time he lived police officers were hated by many, and in a way he was often the “bullied child”, until one day he received a call about an elephant that was causing havoc and nobody but George could stop it. At this moment George was no longer the one being bullied, instead he was expected to step up and kill the elephant. The author notes that he had no plans of shooting the…

term is only used when we empathize towards someone or something. The narrator considers the life of the elephant to be worth the same as human, hence the usage of the word murder. Orwell’s usage of the word murder instead of kills; makes the reader have a more interpersonal relationship with the elephant. The reader now feels a mixture of emotions from sorrow to wrath at the death of the elephant. Now looking to point fingers and assign blame, the reader comes to the conclusion the…