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kathleenrae
kathleenrae
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High School - 12th Grade

In "Shooting an Elephant" by Orwell, who is the audience/for whom did Orwell write the essay?

I'm trying to complete a SOAPSTone analysis.  Thanks!

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Posted by kathleenrae on Sunday October 25, 2009 at 1:49 PM and tagged with burma, eric blair, orwell, shooting an elephant, shooting and elephant.

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  1. pohnpei397 Teacher
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    The main audience for Orwell in writing "Shooting an Elephant" was the English people as a whole.

    The point of the essay was to argue that colonialism was a bad system -- that it hurt both the colonized and the colonizers.  He argues that the colonizers lose their integrity and their moral values when they rule over others.

    Since he's arguing against colonialism, it makes sense for him to direct his argument at the people who could actually do something to either improve or end colonialism

    The people who could do that were the English public.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/shooting-elephant/themes

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    Posted by pohnpei397 on Sunday October 25, 2009 at 2:04 PM