Imperialism is the state of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy. Most people suffered from the Anglo-Burmese Wars, while other people died harshly from the terrible hardships they faced. Specifically the essay, Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell explains about the oppressiveness of British Imperial rule. In order to prove his purpose, Orwell develops authority through shifts in verb tense, a reflective tone, and word choice; appeals to logic with comparisons; and establishes an emotional connection with the audience through direct reader address, colloquialisms, and imagery. Orwell appeals to authority by his verb tense shifts that create a reflective tone and use of word choice. For example, the speaker states how, “ I was young and ill-educated and I had had to think out my problems in the utter silence that is imposed on …show more content…
For example, the author illustrates, “(Never tell me, by the way, that the dead look peaceful. Most of the corpses I have seen looked devilish.)” (2). Since the author created an emotional investment by his parenthesis, colloquial language, and his visual diction. When he saw the act, he described the dead as peaceful which defines how imperialism in Burma caused many deaths. In addition, the atmosphere of the setting contained, “ The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages of the lock-ups, the grey cowed faces of the long-term convicts the scarred buttocks of the men who had been flogged with bamboos - all these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt” (1). Orwell illustrated the environment with strong word choice that imagines the prisoners suffering in the cage. Because of the sensory, the readers pictures the setting as deadly and scary during the time of imperialism. Ultimately, the author establishes an emotional connections towards the audience with direct reader address and