In the story from “Shooting an Elephant”‚ the author George Orwell employs irony and simile(s) to develop a nostalgic yet relieved attitude regarding shooting the elephant in order to comment about imperialism. The author’s choice in the usage of irony reveals his sense of imperialism. In paragraph 11 the author George Orwell reports “—but I heard the devilish roar of glee that went up from the crowd”. The use of irony emphasizes the peer pressure that the author felt by the Native people. The fact
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In “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell presents a story in which he reluctantly kills an elephant. Orwell is a British police officer who is always teased by the Burmese‚ who see him as a representative of the British Empire but fail to realize that Orwell also opposes English occupation of Burma. One day‚ Orwell is called to investigate an accident in the marketplace involving a rampant elephant. Orwell borrows a rifle‚ which could bring down the elephant‚ from his friend. He hopes
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Orwell and Claire McCarthy faced the dilemma of making a choice between their feelings and other people’s thoughts. In Orwell’s article “Shooting an Elephant”‚ he describes a poor elephant that destroyed people’s homes and kills a man. The people in town wanted him‚ as sub-divisional police officer‚ to kill that elephant. Orwell in fact did not want to kill the elephant but he did because other people wanted him to do and pressured him to make that choice. Claire McCarthy met a similar problem in her
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individual must act a certain way. Many writers have seen and experienced this particular relationship. Some works that describe the relationship between the state and the individual can be in found in texts named On the Rainy River by Tim O’ Brien‚ Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell‚ and On Seeing England for the First Time by Jamaica Kincaid. In the text‚ named On the Rainy River‚ the author encounters internal conflict deciding whether he should fight in the Vietnam War or to flee. The author states
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Experience There comes a time in each and every human being life when they sacrifice their values and beliefs under the pressure of circumstances or people in order to get accepted by the society. “Salvation” by Langston Hughes and “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell are both based on an incident where they had to sacrifice their belief under the pressure of the people around them. The main similarity is that both the narrators went through a situation in their life‚ where
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preserve their image of authority before their subordinates‚ even if they object to these type of actions. This situation closely relates to George Orwell’s dilemma in “Shooting an Elephant.” Orwell‚ a British police in Burma‚ is assigned to shoot down an elephant that has gone rampant. However‚ he is ambivalent to kill the elephant because of the pressure put on by the huge crowd of Burmans. In his essay‚ Orwell is faced with an ethical dilemma between his humanistic conscience and the authoritarian
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between his own morals and the push and pull of society. In his story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ Orwell serves as a sub divisional police officer‚ who is against the cruel British. However‚ he also despises the mockery he is given by the natives of Burma. He knows that killing the elephant is wrong‚ but cannot find the courage to stand up to his fear of being laughed at. “And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me… as I stood there with the rifle
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Compare and contrast the conflicts faced by Orwell in “Shooting an Elephant” to those faced by Gideon in “No Witchcraft for Sale.” To what unique revelation does Orwell’s position as a police officer lead him? How can Gideon’s ultimate decision not to share his knowledge be interpreted as an act of rebellion and an assertion of the dignity and worth of his culture? Orwell and Gideon faced two different conflicts on one end its shooting a elephant while the other was sharing a medical secret that cured
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Personal Problems George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” is a simple essay with a strong message. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator faces the same conflict day after day and was “hated by large numbers of people” (Orwell 377). This level of hatred causes the narrator to make a decision against his beliefs and in favor of the imperialistic society. This decision is not based on the right thing to do‚ but to simply fit in. Orwell uses his perplexed narrator‚ a simple plot‚ and detailed setting
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enormous I mean very big)‚ grey elephant. Now I know you must be saying that of course he was grey‚ because all elephants are grey‚ but nevertheless‚ he was grey‚ so I will continue. Lambkin took one look at that big‚ grey elephant and he smiled a
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