Orwell feels like an outcast rebel, he wants the Burmese to stand up against the British Empire. Young Orwell sets the tone of how he is torn between doing his job and doing what was morally and ethically right. (shooting the elephant or letting it live) 3. Some analogies that Orwell uses are: the elephant looked no more dangerous than a cow, grandmotherly. They watched me like a conjurer about to perform a trick.
“Must” is when male elephant is sexually active and extremely violent, so it is dangerous for it to be around people. The elephant does eventually kill a man in the street. The man’s mangled body lay in the mud with his back skinned off. “The friction of the great beast's foot had stripped the skin from his back as neatly as one skins a rabbit.”(Orwell). The danger this elephant brought to the people was evident.
-Statement of Purpose: In this speech I am going to tell you the story of Murderous Mary and the day the hung the elephant. I want to clear up many misconceptions people have about the events leading up to the hanging of Mary. -Preview of Main Points: I. Sparks World Famous Shows was a circus that had many attractions, with Mary being its biggest one. II. After a performance in Kingsport, Tennessee, Mary killed her trainer.
From the very beginning of Shooting An Elephant, George Orwell demonstrates ambivalence through his affiliations with Imperialist Britain, his sense of self among the Burmese, and his ties to the elephant. In the second paragraph, Orwell says: “All I knew was that I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible.” We learn early in the essay that Orwell hates imperialism and the Burmans, already making him ambivalent. Although Orwell hates being a British official, he has a constant need to feel important and needed by the Burmans. Therefore, he is excited when called to help with a loose elephant rampaging in the bazaar. Throughout the piece, we experience Orwell’s internal conflict between the imperialist police force he is working for, and the rude Burmans people he is forced to deal with on a daily basis.
he is now also a Eskimo, all that tan went away he is now super white. As for there pet birds blacky chan and jane , blacky chan got kill by Cassidy new pet a monkey name bobo, and for jane it die in Alaska because it was to cold for it to live. As for roman he loss his job because he was to crazy for his job cause he started hitting kids. He now works at the zoo, and also lives there to. He was so mean that even the tiger was scared of him which is pretty intense haha.
English 101 George Orwell Report October 8, 2013 Civil Duties A Closer look at George Orwell’s “ Shooting an Elephant” Growing up in a third world country is quite difficult. Since you do not have much of anything, you will have to find happiness in the little things so to speak. For an example seeing an elephant around can bring some joy to you. You will never expect to seeing one of these gentle giant to go on a murderous rampage. If you ever see an elephant kill someone from your community and then the death of the majestic beast it will always be a black day in your past.
George was a British sub-divisional police officer in the town of Lower Burma, Moulmein. George was against imperialism; he believed it was an evil thing and the sooner he got rid of his job the better. One day he was asked by the sub-inspector to take care of a crazed elephant at the other end of town. It’s unfortunate that when he got there he decided, by pressure of a group, to shoot the elephant instead of letting it live. I have been in situations such as this and, over time, I have taught myself how to not give into the complications of life.
In the case of’’Shooting an elephant ‘’ we find the main character to be trapped in a dilemma which is that he hates the British Empire yet he represents it in Burma . This is ironic because he represents the oppressor ,The British Empire .This is exemplified when the main
British soldiers stationed in Boston became increasingly unpopular to Boston locals and one day, the locals held a protest outside a British customs house. It is said that someone yelled fire and British soldiers killed 5 innocent people when they fired into the angry crowd. The Boston Massacre exemplifies how British military measures backfired and allowed the Americans to gain a sense of unity in working towards a common goal of independence. It also introduced propaganda (information imposed by government and organizations with the purpose of spreading an idea or cause) and spread like wildfire across America about the injustices of British rule. Propaganda made it possible Paul Revere painted horrid images of the soldiers ruthlessly killing the innocent workers, and Samuel Adams, one of the most effective radicals in America, told stories of oppression,
Junxiang Chen Ms. Poindexter-Turk AP Language and Composition April 26, 2015 Shoot an Elephant Test Correction * Orwell’s attitude toward his own position in relation to imperialism is one of: E. ambivalence * The reason why the answer is “E. ambivalence” is because that “As for job I was doing, I hated it more bitterly than I can perhaps make clear”. We have seen that in this sentence, author is really dislike the British Empire, he hate his job as being a soldier in the Burma. But he also want to work for them. So here is kind of contradictory that even though he hates the British Empire, but he still work for them, and these action has reflect the definition of ambivalence.