George Orwell Shooting An Elephant
Shooting an Elephant
“Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell from 1938. The story is about his own experience when he was an English sub-divisional policeman in a town in India called Burma. At that time India was under the control of Britain and Orwell worked for The British Imperial Police, so he has to do orders even though his sympathy lie with the “natives”.
One day Orwell was called out, because a tame elephant was ravaging the bazaar. With him he took his rifle, so he could protect him self, no intension of shooting the elephant. The Burmese couldn’t do anything against the elephant because they haven’t any weapons and the elephant’s mahout had taken the wrong direction and was therefore about twelve hours’ journey away. …show more content…
Then he is told that the elephant is only a few hundred yards away, a he sets out to find it. The whole population of the quarter was following him, with hope and excitement that he was going to shoot the elephant. When he came to the spot where the elephant was grassing, he obverses that there is no need to shoot it, but he knows that the whole population expected it, because they want the meet and to have a bit of fun. He is caught in a trap, because the Burmese expected that he will shoot the elephant, and he realizes that he has to do it, even though he didn’t want to. As the white man he has to impress them, and fulfil his job. He is only a puppet pushed in that direction they want. If he failed, the crowed would laugh, and every white man in the east was not to be laughed at. Then he shoots
“Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell from 1938. The story is about his own experience when he was an English sub-divisional policeman in a town in India called Burma. At that time India was under the control of Britain and Orwell worked for The British Imperial Police, so he has to do orders even though his sympathy lie with the “natives”.
One day Orwell was called out, because a tame elephant was ravaging the bazaar. With him he took his rifle, so he could protect him self, no intension of shooting the elephant. The Burmese couldn’t do anything against the elephant because they haven’t any weapons and the elephant’s mahout had taken the wrong direction and was therefore about twelve hours’ journey away. …show more content…
Then he is told that the elephant is only a few hundred yards away, a he sets out to find it. The whole population of the quarter was following him, with hope and excitement that he was going to shoot the elephant. When he came to the spot where the elephant was grassing, he obverses that there is no need to shoot it, but he knows that the whole population expected it, because they want the meet and to have a bit of fun. He is caught in a trap, because the Burmese expected that he will shoot the elephant, and he realizes that he has to do it, even though he didn’t want to. As the white man he has to impress them, and fulfil his job. He is only a puppet pushed in that direction they want. If he failed, the crowed would laugh, and every white man in the east was not to be laughed at. Then he shoots