The reader can become more aware that Orwell hates his job and, the reader can see more of a pathos appeal as they read on. Orwell uses ethos as well, to conduct his feelings about imperialism, his description of being a police officer in a Moulmein, Burma reflects his judgment on
Well known author and journalist, George Orwell, in his essay, Shooting an Elephant, describes his experiences as a Policeman in Moulmein, Burma during European Imperialism. Orwell’s purpose is to convey the ideal that what is right and what is accepted don’t always align. He adopts a remorseful tone in order to convey to the reader the weight of his actions. By looking at George Orwell’s use of imagery and figurative language, one can see his strongly conflicting opinions on Imperialism. Orwell begins his essay, Shooting an Elephant, by explaining the actions of the Burmese people and by expressing his contempt for imperialism.
Influenced by Pride The story Shooting an elephant, by George Orwell, gives the reader a small glimpse into the authors radicalistic perspective and first-hand experience. In a nutshell, George Orwell was a sub-divisional police officer for the British Colonial Empire in the country of Burma(Myanmar). He stated that he was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, but the Burmese hated Europeans and would try as hard as possible to give them a hard time. As a police officer, he was an obvious target and was mortified of being humiliated even more than what he already had been.
In George Orwell 's short story titled “Shooting an Elephant” presented an event that changed a countries civilization. George’s life in Burma, and the prejudice placed by the people he oppressed inspired his writing through the uses of setting, style, and theme. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell no specific event influenced this piece rather it was an accumulation of many small events of prejudice and hate by an opposing group of
n "Shooting an Elephant", Roleplaying is used heavily by Orwell considering he was an officer that people didn't really care for. He pretended to care for the people that didn't care for him at all. Orwell reveals his role very well when he describes how the people in the town treat him. His view on imperialism is much different than everyone else's and they know it which is the main cause of the bad treatment. The serious role-playing comes in when the elephant becomes any issue for the townspeople.
Throughout “Shooting An Elephant” , Orwell’s narrative style brings out internal and external conflicts that are relatable in society today. The narrator faces multiple internal and external conflicts. One external conflict being the Burmese and how they mock him because he is a representative of the British Empire, but he will do what it takes to show them he is not a fool. "I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.
Orwell understood that what was going on around him was wrong, and he sought to change that. Nineteenth and early twentieth century India is well known for its caste system. They had been living within its confines for millennia by this point, and to some degree it persists even today. While some in the lower castes weren 't necessarily happy with their lot, the caste system was and is a way of life.
Due to Orwell’s military station he is automatically hated by the people of the Burma. The Burmese people show great hatred and disgust towards Orwell by tormenting him at every chance they get. This causes a huge problem for orwell because he begins to realize that the British empire systematically oppress the Burmese people and due to his military role he feels somewhat responsible and he begins to develop a growing hatred toward the British empire. One day an incident takes place. An elephant escapes from its chains and is threatening the villagers of burma.
Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant” Wake Tech: English 111 Reader, edited by Wayde Vickrey, et al., 2nd ed. , Hayden Mcneil, 2017, pp. 191-197. The author in this narrative works as a police officer for a town in Burma. He is hated by the towns people and is often harassed for serving the British Empire.
Orwell is a disconsolate young police officer stationed in Burma who faces isolation every day. He detests the British oppressors, the oppressed Burmese, and his job. He feels alone because
In his essay, “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell describes his experience of killing an elephants when he was an officer in Burma. He explains how the local Burmese hated him and saw him as the authority of the repressive white British. He mentions that he also had the same feeling about the local Burmese. Even though he hated the Thyestean imperialism but he also hated what he called the yellow-faced and evil-spirted Burmese people. One day, he was told that an elephant was destroying the bazaar and killing people.
George Orwell held a unique perspective on Britain’s involvement in Burma. Through his own experiences in Burma, he developed an inner struggle between following orders and opposing imperialism, that he expressed in the story Shooting an Elephant. Orwell was born under the name Eric Blair in colonial India. As an adult, he joined the Imperial Police stationed in Burma, where he soon discovered a conflict brewing within himself. He was naturally a reflective person, analyzing what he saw to be obvious disparities in the two sides of an Imperialistic relationship.
In “Shooting An Elephant”, Orwell shows us his time in Burma as a sub divisional police officer of the town. It quickly becomes apparent that Orwell is the oppressor who struggles with his feeling to win the sympathy from the Burman people: his portrayal of losing his ability to act morally shows us that while he was in Burma, he was an obvious target and all this to him was “perplexing and upsetting.” As he was going on with his day, he heard that there was an elephant ravaging the bazaar. He did not want to kill the elephant but knew for a certain that the actions for misbehaving were just a warning. Therefore, he knew he had the power over the local people and had to make himself look like the “hero” of this town.
In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”, he encounters the pressure influenced by the Burmese and the way it affected his decision. Orwell uses symbols such as the police officer, the yellow faces, and the elephant to represent the evil of English imperialism. The Police officer symbolizes his weakness of authority, the executioner of the elephant, and guilt. Orwell explains “I was hated by large numbers of people.”
Orwell is trying to keep his sanity in a psychotic world. He’s face with many crazy situation in his job and he has to find ways to keep himself calm. As an officer orwell is face with very insane situation and he’s constantly being watch and judge by other. In “Shooting an Elephant” orwell is pressure into killing and elephant which he doesn’t want to do. Orwell confess “in the end i could not stand it any longer and went away” orwell is face with the aftermath of shooting the elephant and he couldn’t stand to watch the elephant die after he killed it.
