Shooting an Elephant

George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" critiques imperialism by highlighting its detrimental effects on both the colonizers and the colonized. Orwell illustrates how imperialism forces the British to...

The narrator reveals the important details in paragraph 4 of "Shooting an Elephant" by waiting right until the end, when he recounts the horrific sight of a dead man, his body hideously contorted...

If I were the narrator, I would consider quitting due to the moral conflict and ethical dilemmas posed by his role as an imperial policeman. Despite potential financial or personal constraints, the...

The implied assumption in the first sentence of "Shooting an Elephant" is that the narrator, being a British imperial officer in Burma, is hated by the local population. This assumption reflects the...

We should not assume that we can understand the experience of someone else.

In the first paragraph of "Shooting an Elephant," Orwell does not use a shift in point of view. He consistently employs a first-person omniscient and subjective perspective, recounting his...

In "Shooting an Elephant," George Orwell writes in a plain and straightforward style, using a first-person narrator to recount his experience as a police officer in Burma. The essay metaphorically...