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Face-Saving Sucks In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell shares his regret of harming an innocent elephant just to save face. If more people were aware of the extent of damage that face-saving causes, maybe they would stop and even encourage others to stop as well. Face-saving starts with peer pressure, society rules, and common lifestyles that create violence, results in injury, harm, or death, and is often regretted once the act is completed. The violence that peer pressure, society…

In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author is faced with a very conflicting situation that overall changes how he views himself and how others view him. Orwell believes that confession does not ease one’s guilt about a misdeed; this idea is shown through the tone of penitence and the metaphor of imperialism. Years after committing a wrong action, Orwell confesses his wrongdoing, but feels no weight lifted off of his shoulders. He feels just as guilty writing about it as…

Over the years people have all faced many life changing decisions. Once a conclusion had been met and the decision had been made, many of us don’t take the time to look back upon our choice. Reflecting on whether an external influence may have affected our preferred option can also arise questions about our morals at the time of the decision. We can see this quite clearly in George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”. His popular essay uses imagery to recount a moral dilemma he had faced early in…

Being a person of high authorities can sometimes form a burden on you. This correlates to, “Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell, which is about a police officer in Burma. The police officer is a European, so he faces plenty of hatred in Burma. However, one day an elephant goes into “must” state and it is up to this police officer to stop the elephant. The police officer is not justified in his actions as he shoots the elephant to maintain his pride, the elephant is already in peace and there…

India The Elephant, the Frogs, and the Toad The big elephant named Blackmound came everyday to the pond to get a drink of water but each time he went, he crushed many frogs. One day, the frogs went to the wise today, Blear Eye and asked him what to do about the horrid situation. Bleary Eye chose one frog name Lightfoot to approach Blackmound next time he arrived and have the boldness to tell him that he was crushing the frogs. Lghtfoot obeyed and approach Blackmound explaining the situation.…

In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author writes about his experience with dealing a rampant elephant in British Colonial Burma. Privilege is usually viewed as a positive attribute, however Orwell explores all of the negatives that privileges can bring, which can be applied to modern day social expectations and politics. In order to highlight its effects on a personal and a widespread level, he uses the rhetorical device of figurative language. The figurative language__________…

Shooting an Elephant An Analysis of the Three Main Messages from Shooting an Elephant Everything that you do in your life cannot be undone. Everything that you say, do, or think, cannot be taken back or be done over again. Everybody that has lived on this earth has made a decision that they later regret. Sometimes, the pain of having regrets can hurt people substantially. George Orwell, early in his life, made a mistake that ultimately affected him for the rest of his life. In Orwell’s Shooting…

The first T-Shirt is designed according to the idea of protection in Elephant Run. During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Army invades Burma, a small British colony located in Southeast Asia. Nick Freestone, the protagonist has recently immigrated to Burma to live on his father’s plantation away from the German air raids in London, England after his own apartment was bombed. Soon after Nick’s arrival, however, the Japanese invade, and capture the Freestone plantation, forcing “[a]ll…

In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”, Orwell is caught between many of the painful ironies of British Imperialism and discovers that the bizarre circumstances he faces led to the dramatic killing of the elephant. In other words, Orwell kills the elephant only because it was the effortless method to justify all endings. This idea can be seen throughout Orwell’s narrative as these particular opportunities allow Orwell to escape resentment, disrespect, and to carry out his moral obligations.…

Orwell's Values In The Killing Of The Elephant Orwell is struggling with his two very different values that come into conflict about shooting the elephant and how they impact his decisions. We first see that Orwell values the life of the animal. When he is first asked to come deal with the situation he grabs a small gun to just scare the animal but not big enough to kill it. To him he see’s the elephant as a living creature just like anyone else who deserves to live. He says “somehow it always…