The Sound of Shooting an Elephant to Silence This piece of literature will not only mention the elephant in the room, but also the story of an old man and a young man. The stories of "Shooting an Elephant" and "The Singing Silence touched on two men and how they react when their values are challenged. There were things about their individual scenarios that were greatly similar, but also things that were extraordinarily different. Overall in the two pieces of literature, I believe the differences outweigh the similarities. For starters, there must be a clear explanation of the similarities between the two stories. Both "The Singing Silence" and "Shooting an Elephant". In both stories each protagonist had the ability to recognize when their