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bamaland7
bamaland7
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High School - 12th Grade

In "Shooting an Elephant", why is the narrator a target for the anti-European feeling in Burma?

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Posted by bamaland7 on Tuesday September 15, 2009 at 6:17 PM and tagged with characters, narrator, target.

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  1. kc4u Teacher
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    The author served the Imperial Police in Moulmein, in Lower Burma, as the sub-divisional police officer. The natives there grew a strong dislike towards the sahibs, i.e. the Europeans, for their British masters unleashed severe brutalities on the natives. Although the author was full of criticism and hatred towards the British Imperialism and even thought of leaving the job, he was identified with the oppressive Imperialism, and the Burmans used to ventilate their displeasure by laughing at him and insulting him. On the football-field, in the streets, and elsewhere, he was a target of attack for being a sahib and a member of the oppressive Imperial government.

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    Posted by kc4u on Wednesday September 16, 2009 at 2:32 AM