Shooting an Elephant

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Questions in Shooting an Elephant tagged with "theme"

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  What is the paradox in the story "Shooting an Elephant"?

  Posted by patycake on Jul 15, 2008 at 08:04 PM

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  Discuss at least two of the occurrences of the term "East" in the essay and explain the point Orwell is making in Shooting an Elephant.

  Posted by mazin on Mar 13, 2008 at 01:20 PM

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  What is meant by, "It was a tiny incident in itself but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism"

  Posted by swbacktail on Feb 29, 2008 at 08:53 AM

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  Why does the writer preface the narration of the incident with paragraphs 1 and 2? What is their logical relation with the rest of the essay?

  Posted by plux on Jan 14, 2008 at 10:20 PM

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  What does the brevity of the second last paragraph add to the general effect of the essay?

  Posted by kirsch on Jan 14, 2008 at 10:14 PM