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Orwell shoots the elephant and makes a bad job of it. Despite firing several shots, he fails to kill the elephant cleanly. The elephant takes a long time to die, in great pain. Orwell notes the locals had stripped the elephant "almost to the bones" almost as soon as it had died. He concludes by legally justifying his actions, because the ...
Summary. The story “Shooting an Elephant” starts with an English man who works as a police officer in Moulmein, Burma, reflecting on being hated by the locals. As he represents the British rule, he feels constantly mocked or disrespected. He feels enraged when people, especially the Buddhist priests, mock him.
Title: “Shooting an Elephant” (1936) Author: George Orwell. Genre: Short story. George Orwell (1903-1950) is the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English writer and journalist who was born in British India. Orwell lived in India, Burma and England, places that inspired his writings. Today he is mostly known for his dystopian novels such as ...
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell [Summary and Question Answer] 'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell is a short. This was first published in the literary magazine New Writing in late 1936 and broadcast by the BBC Home Service on 12 October 1950. The essay, Shooting an Elephant, describes the experience of the British Empire in British ...
An essay by George Orwell, first published in the literary magazine New Writing in 1936. In Moulmein, in Lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people – the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town, and in an aimless, petty kind of way anti-European ...
“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell. Summary. Orwell begins by saying that when he was a police officer in Moulmein, Lower Burma, he was hated by many people, the only time he has ever ...
The main themes in “Shooting an Elephant” include colonial guilt and tyranny, moral cowardice, and crowds and power. Colonial guilt and tyranny: Orwell felt guilty about his role as a colonial ...
