Peer Pressure In George Orwell's Shooting An Elephant

Peer pressure is what really killed the elephant in “Shooting an Elephant “written by George Orwell. The pressure of being the towns fool or getting laughed at is what caused Orwell to pull the trigger. We all unfortunately been pressured to do/say something that made us uncomfortable. People love entertainment whither its good or bad they want to see something happen. In line 122-124 Orwell states how the town expected him to kill the elephant. But as he walked to find the elephant he was debating the whole time. Till he was 25 yards from the elephant Orwell then started to try and convince himself that he had to kill the elephant and show his authority. Orwell was afraid to even get close to the animal and only brought the gun to protect

So why didn’t Orwell say something? Why didn’t he listen to himself and go with his gut and letting the elephant live? No, is one word, two letters, and one strong meaning. So, what if he didn’t give into the pressure around him and give into a choice he knows he wouldn’t have done? What if he chose to leave the elephant alone, would the owner come and take his elephant and the town returns to normal? And he didn’t kill the elephant how long would it have stayed calm? Would it have gone through another violent rampage? George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” shows the pressure of others on one person. Reading the story, I felt like he could have turned around any moment before going through his final decision. The elephant was staying to itself simply eating and wasn’t bothering anyone anymore so why kill it? At first, I thought he could have scared the elephant or just keep it away from the village until the owner returned. But I honestly don’t know what I would have done if I was in shoes and had the riffle in my hands. I would like to believe I would of stand my ground and not to kill the