George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” deals with the nature of a human’s identity and ego. The story is set during the British colonization of Burma and discusses the ordeals of an English police officer stationed in the colony, who hates both his job and the people whom he polices. He faces many challenging decisions that put him in a place where he must either follow his own beliefs or fall to the will of the citizens of Burma. Throughout the story the officer is stuck with the decision of whether

In “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell gives his opinion on imperialism when he says, “I was hated by large numbers of people—the only time in my life that I was I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town, and in an aimless, petty kind of way anti-European feeling was very bitter” (1). The main sentences in his first paragraph indicate the terrible way of imperialism and its bit-by-bit destructive consequences for both sides of the condition

birth order or the family size may include what personalities you own and how you might act in certain places. In addition, the type of lifestyle that a person lives will determine their personalities, and their thoughts. George Orwell, in “Shooting an Elephant,” a British police officer that has a private and public self. In private, he is just a regular person with thoughts and concerns. He notices how the British mistreat the Burmese people and strongly disagrees with it. In the public, he perseveres

“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell takes us through a fateful day for Orwell, the day he shot an elephant. The whole time, he believed he was in charge of the situation, but in fact he was at the mercy of the crowd. The crowd played a major role in the fate of the elephant. In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, Orwell emphasizes how he was feeling on that day and gives us a look into his head. Orwell does this tactically to show the reader that the empire has very little true control over

Shooting an Elephant George Orwell is just a pen name for Eric Arthur Blair. He wrote many novels from inspirations around the world. He was born in India but was a British author. A good amount of that inspiration came from being an India Imperial policeman. Shooting an Elephant contains a variety of symbols like the rifle, the elephant, and the imperialism which gives the reader an insight into his essay. The first symbol is the rifle. It represents different meanings that portray Orwell and

“Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell, is an interesting story at most. It incorporates politics, culture, reality and more while Orwell reflects on an experience in his past. This experience, a true experience, takes place in British Burma, while he was a part of the Imperial Police. Orwell, as the narrator, tells how he personally experienced the imperialism in Burma, and to coming upon an elephant ravaging a bazaar. Upon reading “Shooting an Elephant,” Orwell uses three literary devices: tone

Summary of Shooting an Elephant The main character was a European sub-divisional police officer in Moulmein, Burma. He was hated by large numbers of Indian people because of his ties to British Imperialism. The young officer was always being harassed by the locals. He bitterly hated his position because he disagreed with how the British oppressed the Burmese people. The officer?s disgust of his job grew from witnessing the harsh treatment of the people under British rule. ?All I knew

Conflict with the inner man or with the Giant beast? “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell investigates the moral problems of imperialism in Burma, because of imperialism several morals come up, which turned out to be an intresting cause of immoralities too. The main character of his story, a English police officer, whos name we don't know says that “when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys”. His argument must be borken down for its causes and plants a seed to further