Saturday, February 11, 2017

Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

In the essay, Shooting an Elephant, generator George Orwell illustrates his experiences as a British police officer in Lower Burma. Since anti-European feeling was real bitter, (Orwell) due to the British conglomerates totalism in Burma, Orwell is being hard-boiled disrespectfully by the Burmese. This allows him to despise his job and the British Empire. However, the contingency of shooting of an elephant gives him a give way glimpse of the real constitution of imperialism the real motives for which despotic disposal act (Orwell). Through his intent experiences as a British man, Orwell efficiently demonstrates the negative do of imperialism on individuals and society. \nWith the usage of in force(p) diction in his essay, Orwell resplendently conveys his emotions and message to his readers. He much uses the word natives for the Burmese: hither was I, the white man with his gun, rest in front of the disarm native crowd (Orwell). By doing so, he shows his emoti ons and respect towards the Burmese because calling them natives suggests that he agrees on the fact that they are the true up owner of Burma and not the British Empire. Also, by frequently using the word natives, Orwell reminds his readers the existence of imperialism in Burma so that the readers do not simply hang on to the elephant hardly also capture the message incorporated in the essay. \nThe body of the elephant is compared to machinery as Orwell thinks that sidesplitting an elephant is comparable to destroying a ample and costly piece of machinery (Orwell). This comparison makes the readers realize that the British Empire is also like a huge piece of machinery, so the death of it would be a serious matter to two oppressor and people being oppressed. When Orwell was followed by thousands of Burmese, he says, seemingly the star(p) actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd marionette pushed to and fro by the will of those sensationalistic faces behi nd (Orwell). He calls hims...

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