The Chennai Express train route begins in south of India, and passes through the infinite plains of the Indian countryside. The mountainous terrain ahead can be seen from distance as the train approaches the hillside city of Shimla. In the expanse, a traveller may observe an intermittent figure somewhere, perhaps a woman walking with water pots layered upon her head towards a small village. The train then would begin to ascend a shallow ridge. From here one can see what appears to be a town at the
Oppression, Destitute children, class system and poverty were the social problems first etched in the book that Anand wrote called ‘Coolie; in 1936. It is a strong dramatic narrative of the life of not one individual class or caste in Indian society but the general oppression that Indians faced at the hands of each other at a time when they were being ruled by foreigners and were doubly oppressed. The story revolves around Munoo an orphaned village boy from the Kangra hills. His Uncle brings him
has produced a good deal of literature. He has written more than a dozen novels and about seventy short stories and a host of essays and articles on a number of subjects. His novels fall into two categories namely social and autobiographical novels. Coolie is a social novel. He focused his attention on the sufferings, misery and wretchedness of the poor as a result of the exploitation of the downtrodden class of the Indian society. He was written this novel before independent of India and at that time
straight and walk home ‘cool, cool, cool’. The carpenter would have built the coffin for free because the man was his friend. He believed that university turned the ‘maaga-foot bwoy’ fool, and it burnt him badly. The poem ‘Coolie Mother’ by David Dabydeen was about a hard working coolie mother named Jasmattie. She was broke and her home was so small that it was compared to a shoe box. Jasmattie did any work that she could find and these included beating clothes, weeding yard, chopping wood, and feeding
modern day readers how imperialism effected the world we now live in. In Orwell’s essay, he uses the dead coolie, the elephant, and the rifle to represent the effect on everyone in that time period, but also how imperialism affected Orwell himself. Orwell applies the dead native coolie to represent sacrifice, helplessness, and the effect evils have on humans. Illustrating the scene of the dead coolie as, “He was laying on his belly with his arms crucified and head sharply twisted to one side,” (Orwell
recount the time an elephant rampages the village and how enlightening of an experience it was. Symbolism is a heavy orchestrator in this essay, with Orwell relating the concept of imperialism to several events such as the elephant 's rampage, the dead coolie, and the actual shooting of the elephant. One of the first representatives of imperialism takes place with the elephant 's rampage. This happens when a chained up elephant has an attack Immediately upon seeing the elephant, Orwell makes it clear
recount the time an elephant rampages the village and how enlightening of an experience it was. Symbolism is a heavy orchestrator in this essay, with Orwell relating the concept of imperialism to several events such as the elephant’s rampage, the dead coolie, and the actual shooting of the elephant. One of the first representatives of imperialism takes place with the elephant’s rampage. This happens when a chained up elephant has an attack of “must” and in turn rampages the village bazaar. Symbolically
In the essay, many symbols are used such as, the elephant, dead coolie, George Orwell and rifle which have their specific meaning to the story and are understandable to the reader. George Orwell has used each symbol with reliable support in the essay that had effective meaning to it. For example, the elephant symbolized how Burmese people were pressurized to work under colonial British rules of the British Empire. The dead coolie represented the justification for Orwell to shoot an elephant. Moreover
where he seemingly blends his style and subject into one. The story deals with a tame elephant that all of a sudden turns bad and kills a black Dravidian coolie Indian. A policeman kills this elephant through his conscience because the Indians socially pressurized him greatly. He justified himself as he had killed elephant as a revenge for coolie. The structure of this essay can be a role model for a perfect narrative descriptive essay. The trick in creating such effective narrative descriptive
Racism is evident in the essay, he belittles the Indians, when explaining his relief of the death of the native. “And afterwards I was very glad that the coolie had been killed; it put me legally in the right and gives me a sufficient pretext for shooting the elephant” (Orwell, 6.) The diction that Orwell uses to describe the natives, such as “coolie”, is an offensive racist insult, which discriminates the Indians. In this quotation, he says he’s glad that the native died, because it put him in the
him as a “black Dravidian coolie.” Oxford dictionary defined a coolie as “an offensive term for an unskilled native labourer in an Asian country.” At the end of the essay, Orwell tracked down the elephant and killed it. When the discussion arose about the shooting, a young British man said he was in the wrong by justifying that even “an elephant was worth more than any damn Coringhee coolie”. Yet, Orwell stood by his actions, as he stated “I was very glad that the coolie had been killed…it gave me
The Burmese and British are very different types of people that have some of the same feelings. For example the British think that the Burmese are lesser people. Both the Burmese and the British hate each other for this. George Orwell is stuck in the middle of these different types of people and their feelings. Orwell has many perplexing feelings that were the same and different than both the Burmese and British. The British peoples hearts are bitter and filled with hate; because of this they feel
Gandhi is considered by many around the world as the father of the Indian independence movement. Gandhi spent over 20 years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. It was in South Africa that he developed his concept of Satyagraha, a non-violent way of protesting against discrimination. The first time Gandhi used Satyagraha was in South Africa beginning in 1907 when he organized opposition to the Black Act. In 1907, the Black Act was passed, requiring all Indians to keep registration documents
The novels of Mulk Raj Anand within their complex of thematic structure and techniques invite immense possibilities of explorations and insights. Apart from the countless number of studies undertaken on Mulk Raj Anand, the thematic aspects of his novels, even in their traditional classification offer multiple interpretations and insights. Man and society form a variegated fabric of life. Within the complicated structure of society lie the joys and sorrows of man. Mulk Raj Anand with his exposure
got trampled they would laugh at his defeat. Thankful that the coolie man got killed so he could shoot the elephant. The guilt would be easier to deal with since someone was killed. Shooting the elephant was not necessary, when he thinks about the owner who would be coming and how the elephant’s terror had ended already the only thing Orwell was thinking about was the people laughing. 3. The epiphany Orwell has is when the Indian Coolie was killed. Realizing this was his chance to not be laughed
The Money Comprehension 1. Diaz grew up poor. He communicates this fact to his readers through his use of language. Diaz explain how his parent’s did not have a steady financial income. His mom tried to make extra money where she could and his dad kept losing his job. Diaz explains how his mother would chipped off the cash his father gave for daily expenses to send remittances forcing their broke family to be broker. Propose and Audience 1. Diaz uses a very informal style of writing but still
Power of the Oppressed Exposed in Shooting an Elephant In Burma, the Indian Imperial Police consisted of British officers who, in theory, supported the extension of power and dominion of a nation, which is the basis of imperialism. George Orwell decided to follow family tradition when he went to Burma to work for the Indian Imperial Police, yet "when he realized how much against their will the Burmese were ruled by the British, he felt increasingly ashamed of his role as an alien police officer"
His murder of the innocent elephant and the Indian coolie represented the barbaric nature of imperialism. The expansionist essence of a country is supposed to epitomize prosperity and strength. However, the imperialists treated innocent people like savages and reverted to barbaric ways. Orwell and the Burmese population ignored the freshly dead coolie in the mud because they focused on the bigger picture- the elephant. To them, the corpse was just
to set the scene for At this point the only way one would know about the elephant, is through the destruction left in its wake such as how the elephant “destroyed someone’s bamboo hut,” how it overturned a “municipal rubbish van,” and a “Dravidian coolie” that could “not have been dead many minutes.”(Orwell). Henceforth the ambiguity grants the readers to paint a picture of the elephant until its unveiling. From Orwell’s description of elephant, the reader can only surmise that the elephant is terrifying
in abusive power. When the elephant raids the market place it symbolizes the exploitation and obliteration of the Asian economy under the British Raj. When the elephant kills the “coolie” it symbolizes the slave-like conditions that the British forced upon the Burmese peoples. The final resting position of the dead “coolie” symbolizes the innocence of the Burmese peoples, as he was in a crucifixion-like pose similar to Christ’s “final” resting place. The involvement of the Burmese people in football