Elephant

have intricate communications systems in which people within are able to cooperate with one another and intercommunicate. Each society and culture has their own way of domestic communication. In Charles Siebert’s article, An Elephant Crackup?, he discusses about the elephant culture and how it functions and communicates within their society, and the emotional aspects which surround the culture. However, more advanced cultures will inevitably expand their influence and seep into others. Ethan Watters’

What is ethical and what is purely malevolent varies on the way our own conscious views them. In “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, an officer subsists within an imperialistic community in Burma, India, in which the native Burmese express tremendous aversions towards him. When he is given a duty to shoot an elephant that killed a Burmese man, this is his chance for triumph. He takes his rifle, a weak and powerless weapon, to use against a massive vigorous being. It is his goal to restore the

In Ernest Hemingway's “Hills Like White Elephants”, the use of imagery and symbolism in the landscape of surrounding Ebro Valley, as well as the use of language and tone, shape our understanding of the conflict between the two main characters. The man referred to only by “The American”, is trying to convince Jig to get an abortion. Though the word (abortion) is never stated directly in the entirety of the story, it is conveyed by the use of symbolism and imagery in the surrounding landscape. Furthermore

The short story, “Shooting an Elephant”, is about an English narrator, who is a police officer in Burma and is ordered to shoot an aggressive elephant. In the seventh paragraph, Orwell’s word choices help examine the narrator’s sense of powerlessness and cowardice among the Burmese villagers. These three selective words, magical, absurd puppet, and feebly reveals the uneasy authority figure in a forced situation. First off, the narrator describes his rifle as “magical” and this adjective is used

Earning respect from the villagers meant shooting the elephant, and not shooting the elephant; humiliation. This is the problem the narrator faced in the story Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell. The narrator was already hated for being an English police officer by the locals in Burma. Any hatred he received could be resolved through the rampant elephant situation that arises, although, this was not an easy case to handle. However, the narrator takes it on in hopes of earning respect from the

Respect from the villagers means shooting the elephant, not shooting the elephant; humiliation. This is the problem the narrator of the story Shooting an Elephant faced. He was already hated for being an English police officer by the locals in Burma. This hatred he receives can be solved through the rampant elephant situation that comes up. This was not an easy case. However, the narrator takes it on in hopes of earning respect from the villagers. The decision is a big one and the decision he ends

Shooting An Elephant) Shooting an Elephant is story that goes far beyond the physical act of shooting an elephant. The actual act of taking the elephant’s life is literal, but the meaning of it goes far beyond what it meant at the moment. George Orwell’s story is a nonfiction description of his time serving in the British Army when he was pressured into shooting an elephant in a Burmese village. The depiction allows Orwell to bring up several interesting questions. Shooting an Elephant addresses the

I know that Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was written in the 1950s and everything that happened at that time is different compared to our world today. The main character is a sub-divisional police officer who everyone in Lower Burma loathed, but no matter how much he was hated, he did not want to be a fool in the eyes of the Burmese people and gave into, what we call it today, peer pressure. Peer pressure is not an easy thing to overcome, since you are being told by someone precious to you

Hunger, A.J. SR “Shooting an Elephant” Background George Orwell is the author of the selection, “Shooting an Elephant.” George Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Civil War was fought between two parties for control of the country. One was the ruling party, known as the Republicans. The usurpers were the conquering party, known as the Nationalists. The Nationalists were lead by the reluctant leader, General Franco. He had been stiffed by the government and sent to a military

the essay “Shooting an Elephant”, it gives away many symbols and a very important life lesson. The essay has many symbols, but three stick out like a sore thumb. These include the gun, the Burmese people, and the elephant. A main symbol that is easily noticed is the gun he uses. A small powerful rifle against a huge elephant. Orwell even noted “an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” (324). The gun isn’t mad to kill a giant beast like this elephant. It was all he had for