Born in India, George Orwell served as an Indian Imperial Officer, an experience that was unbearable, and left him speechless. Orwell had a cloud of emotions dealing with hatred, guilt, and fear.
In Moulmein Burma, Orwell was morbidly hated by large numbers of people. It was one of the most important times in his life, however nobody cared. One of the biggest issues in Burma was unfortunately imperialism. Theoretically, you would think that the Burmese people would praise the officers, but in this case it was unfortunate. In the beginning, he started out being called horrid names and being tripped. For Orwell, it made him feel a sense of embarrassment that he can’t explain. Although he always kept his head up, deep inside it felt like someone punched him in the stomach. Criticism started to beat down his self-confidence, and made him rethink what a police officer was. Orwell describes in text how he felt he was an “obvious target.” While everything was going on, he felt baited whenever it was safe to do so.
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Orwell had to see the dirty work of the empire at close quarters. He had to look through the steel bars at their grey, cowed faces of long term convicts, which made him afraid of what was to come. While he stood there with a blank face, he examined the scarred buttocks of the men, and smelled the rotten odor of the cages. As he thought in his head what a terrible thing to do, he just had to remember that he was in charge and don’t back down. Millions of thoughts went through his head as he wondered what it would be like to be in their position. All he could do was think out his problems in utter silence, since no one would