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George Orwell Shooting An Elephant Analysis

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It is difficult to make decisions when your actions speak for more than yourself. In Shooting an Elephant, George orwell relays a tale where he is the victim of peer pressure not only from the Imperial regime, but also the native people. Orwell was an Imperial policeman who disagreed with the Imperial regime. He secretly was on the Burmese people side, but they saw him as an embodiment of the establishment that oppresses them. Orwell’s intention was to show the negative effects of peer pressure. Orwell establishes himself as a reliable source by presenting himself as an unbiased source of information. He explains both the oppressors and the oppressed in the introduction. Orwell uses repetition, pathos, and brings the reader through his thought
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