Saturday, September 19, 2009

Shooting An Elephant

"Shooting an Elephant" was an excellent Narration by George Orwell. In whom a larger number of people hated a police official(the main character) in Moulmein in Lower Burma.(hence the point of view from Orwell's perspective) The former British colony of India is where Orwell is best known for his novels. He served with the Indian imperial police and worked at various jobs in London and Paris. Caught in an internal conflict with himself in a group of people in India he has the choice to shoot an elephant which is worse because he knows is tons worth of work loading animal verses not shooting the large animal at all risking more deaths and another must or elephant hormonal rampage during the same season. The story works from very interesting points and leaves Orwell narrating from the main character he debates to kill the elephant finally shooting it, slowly by the ear and neck down, dying in the end. Giving him a sense to redeem his self worth as well in front of the group of people whose lives or livelihood were being destroyed.

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