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Shooting an Elephant
Title: Shooting an Elephant
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 499 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Shooting an Elephant
In his essay “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell attempts to relay the inhumanity of imperialism. Orwell uses his personal experience with a moral dilemma to convey to the reader the evils which result from colonial politics. An English petty officer in colonial Burma is routinely required to enforce oppressive rules, which he morally opposes. He apparently has even less respect for his Burmese subjects, who routinely ridicule and mock his foreign presence and authority. The …showed first 75 words of 499 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 499 total…the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys” Essentially, he is suggesting that the transgression he committed was a natural outcome of an unjust political system.
The author's actions cause pain on both the executioner and the elephant, who dies a painful death. This duality highlights the pain that imperialism brought to both parties involved. Orwell clearly writes this essay as an attack on imperialism, showing that imperialism benefits nobody.
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