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dd100
dd100
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What are the different styles that orwell uses in "Shooting an Elephant"?

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Posted by dd100 on Monday September 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM and tagged with style.

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  1. writeacher
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    Different styles of what?

    At first he describes his overall situation in the incident he remembers. Then there's a flashback to a specific situation which crystalized his opinion of the people he is in charge of, so to speak. And finally he narrates the rest of the story, going back and forth between the narration and the description and explanation of his emotions.

    So I guess you could say he was mixing past and before the past, as well as mixing narration and description.

    What are your impressions of this non-fiction story?

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    Posted by writeacher on Monday September 21, 2009 at 5:49 PM


  2. brandih

    eNotes Editor

    You can also check out some previously asked questions about the following:

    Paradox

    Imagery

    Metaphor

    Tense

    Irony

    Viewpoint

    Narrative Style

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    Posted by brandih on Monday September 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM