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- George Orwell’s essay Shooting an elephant tells a story of a policeman serving for the British government is battling with inner values along with humanity and political dominance whose imperialism is torturing other people from different races. -His struggle with his job, his empire and within himself is expressed throughout the essay. 2. Summary The story takes place in Moulmein, Burma, a colony of the British government. The main character is an English police officer working there who is struggling with his internal conflict. He holds a deep hatred towards his own job and the British imperialism. Although he has a distaste for the hatred from the Burmese, he actually feels sympathy for those people, who have been suffering from the cruel imprisonment of his empire. Be that as it may, he cannot share this thought with anyone due to “the utter silence that is imposed on every Englishman in the East” (182). All of a sudden, an event occurs and forces him to choose between his inner conscience and the outward expectation. He is assigned the duty to kill an elephant that is causing damage to the villagers. As soon as he receives his mission, he takes a rifle with him to shoot down the animal. However, upon arriving, the narrator finds a normal creature which seems so harmless. Therefore, he decides not to shoot, but the crowd of native people that has gathered and followed him demand a show. So the policeman is left with his inner battle: to kill the elephant…

Gorge, Orwell writes about an elephant in his essay “Shooting an Elephant” where the main craters is a police man for the British emperor in one of the eastern countries. This police man has an internal power struggle with his duty and internal feelings of what he knows as right. In this country he imply about how the people there are cage and are oppressed by the British Emperor he is also concern with his duty and how the people view him. Even though the policeman is authority figure he takes…

In all honesty before reading “Shooting and Elephant” I was rather apathetic and slightly pessimistic. That’s why it came to my surprise as to how much I enjoyed this short story written by George Orwell. The setting takes place in Burma where Orwell, the main character encounters a difficult dilemma with the infamous elephant. Although I knew the elephant’s death was inevitable, the way in which and how he died still seemed to greatly startle me. Right off the bat Orwell makes it evidently…

Going Against Morality Each person will have to distinguish what they believe is right and wrong some point in their life. Even when they know something is wrong, they will act to avoid looking like a fool or for personal gain. In both essays, “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell and “Dog Lab” by Claire McCarthy, they are caught in situations where they must make a choice. Outside factors will influence the choice they make, which goes against their moral beliefs, ending in unjust behavior. …

The story “Shooting an Elephant” the author talks about him getting forced into doing something he didn't want to. It all happen when he was told that an elephant was out of control he had to do something before the elephant caused more harm to the public. He got a rifle and headed where the elephant was located at. The elephant was there peacefully eating showing no signs of danger. He didn't want to shot the elephant and more people were coming behind waiting for the elephant to be shot. As…

In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell experiences first hand the oppression that imperialism opposes on the Burmese people. Orwell’s symbolism of the hunting rifle, elephant, and the collie are used to represent the evils of British imperialism. Orwell's use of the hunting rifle to symbolize the intensity of peer pressure,k the power, and control the British had over the Burmese people. Orwell emphasises to the reader that he “had no intention of shooting the elephant.” (pg.…

The quiet streets in Old Town on November 9th of 2016 didn’t last very long. The streets were filled with people scattering as an elephant ran loose. The “Wrongling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus” had lost their entertainment elephant, Fluffy, to the the city. This incident occurred as the circus was on their way to George Mason University for a performance. Fitzwilliam Darcy, a 55 year old man whom is the manager of the circus, stated to us that this is very unusual for the elephant to act…

The scenario I chose is Shooting an Elephant. The guy that they called for when the elephant started to go crazy, was supposed to go and kill the elephant. He only brought his pistol just in case if the elephant went crazy he would just shoot and hopefully that would scare it away. The whole way there when he was walking there to see if it was real. He kept hearing stories about the elephant and they were all different, so he never believed any of them. All the people were excited for him to…

“And suddenly I realized that I should have to shoot the elephant after all. The people expected it of me and I had got to do it; I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward, irresistibly” (4). The presumption that a ruler has absolute power over the people is proven as invalid once the ruler is dictated by the wills of the commonalty. Because of this shift in power, the speaker recognizes how a tyrant does not always have control over the masses. In “Shooting an Elephant,” by…

In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”, Orwell was completely justified in shooting the elephant. Often time people who have been put in a position of authority are required to make tough decisions. These decisions have to be made based on what is best or the group as a whole; not what one personally feels about a situation. In “Shooting an Elephant”, though Orwell did not personally desire to shoot the elephant based on the circumstances shooting it was the best option. Orwell had no desire…