Shooting an Elephant | Shooting an Elephant—An Essay to Teach
In the following essay, Keskinen examines Orwell's style and structure in ‘‘Shooting an Elephant,'' which he states is an exemplary and effective essay.
As teachers of writing, we are concerned with teaching our students how to communicate thoughts and feelings clearly, effectively, and responsibly. Naturally we feel most comfortable and competent in teaching expository writing in which such matters as organization and paragraph development seem to be most apparent, and therefore most teachable. Furthermore, we find our best teaching models in expository essays that have a recognizable structure and a discernible progression of ideas. But we ask more than easy-to-outline mechanical exposition in our models; we want more than physics reports...
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