Brief Study Of George Orwell's Shooting An Elephant
Brief Study of George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant
Based on physics science, everything which moves in this world definitely needs time to travel from one place to another. The time is affected by distance, the amount of space between two things, which will determine whether the travel from one place to another will take a long time or a short one. The connection between time and distance will create velocity, the speed which is generated by something when it is moving through a distance in a certain time between two places. In other words, velocity, distance, and time are connected to each other, thus if there any amount change in one of those three element, it will affect to the other two. Besides happening in the real life as a physics …show more content…
It needs three shots from the protagonist to kill the elephant. It is also can be interpreted that the nation which is oppressed by another nation, Burma, is symbolized with the elephant, while the oppressor, the British, is symbolized with the officer who shoots the elephant to death. The three shots as well are symbolizing the attempts of the British Empire to conquer Burma. There are three wars that happen between British Empire and Burma before the British Empire successfully gain its control over Burma. The three wars are known as the Anglo-Burmese Wars. The war begins in 1824 and ends in 1885.
“When I pulled the trigger I did not hear the bang or feel the kick – one never does when a shot goes home – but I heard the devilish roar of glee that went up from the crowd.”
The passage symbolizes the first attempt of British Empire to conquer Burma which is also known as the first Anglo-Burmese War that took place during 1824–1826.
“I fired again into the same spot. At the second shot he did not collapse but climbed with desperate slowness to his feet and stood weakly upright, with legs sagging and head
Based on physics science, everything which moves in this world definitely needs time to travel from one place to another. The time is affected by distance, the amount of space between two things, which will determine whether the travel from one place to another will take a long time or a short one. The connection between time and distance will create velocity, the speed which is generated by something when it is moving through a distance in a certain time between two places. In other words, velocity, distance, and time are connected to each other, thus if there any amount change in one of those three element, it will affect to the other two. Besides happening in the real life as a physics …show more content…
It needs three shots from the protagonist to kill the elephant. It is also can be interpreted that the nation which is oppressed by another nation, Burma, is symbolized with the elephant, while the oppressor, the British, is symbolized with the officer who shoots the elephant to death. The three shots as well are symbolizing the attempts of the British Empire to conquer Burma. There are three wars that happen between British Empire and Burma before the British Empire successfully gain its control over Burma. The three wars are known as the Anglo-Burmese Wars. The war begins in 1824 and ends in 1885.
“When I pulled the trigger I did not hear the bang or feel the kick – one never does when a shot goes home – but I heard the devilish roar of glee that went up from the crowd.”
The passage symbolizes the first attempt of British Empire to conquer Burma which is also known as the first Anglo-Burmese War that took place during 1824–1826.
“I fired again into the same spot. At the second shot he did not collapse but climbed with desperate slowness to his feet and stood weakly upright, with legs sagging and head