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Questions in Shooting an Elephant tagged with "elephant"

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  What types of imagery are present in the story?

  Posted by manisingh on Mar 20, 2009 at 09:40 PM

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  What are the reasons why orwell does not want to kill the elephant?

  Posted by bxshayshay4u on Feb 19, 2009 at 12:23 PM

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  Orwell's better judgement tells him not to kill the elephant. Why, then, do you think he decides to kill it after all?

  Posted by cathrynnicolai on Feb 7, 2009 at 05:44 AM

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  Where does Orwell start telling the story of the elephant? What information did he need you to have before you began reading?

  Posted by mariocooper on Jan 20, 2009 at 03:53 PM

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  How does Orwell compare the description of the death of the coolie and to how the elephant's death was described using rhetorical devices?

  Posted by vane9892 on Jan 20, 2009 at 02:03 PM

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  When Orwell finds the elephant, what two reasons does he give for not wanting to shoot it?

  Posted by pbhs on Oct 17, 2007 at 08:34 AM

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  In "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell, why was the writer willing to shoot the elephant, and why did he finally shoot it?

  Posted by soma55 on Jul 2, 2007 at 01:29 AM