After reading George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," one realizes just how ineffective an imperialistic government really is. ... George Orwell reveals the great space between the ideals and realities of imperialism through his usage of the word hate. ... Orwell realizes just how futile Imperialism really is. ... From George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant," it's easy to see just how flawed and what a failure Imperialism really is. ... While the idea of governing a country through imperialism might seem like an effective means for the tyrant, George ...

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George Orwell, Author of" Shooting an Elephant". ... But in the second paragraph Orwell says" He was all for the Burmese because he hated British "Orwell 134. ... The article says George Orwell had done a mistake by killing the Elephant. Orwell said(" He did not want to shoot the Elephant")Orwell 136. ... Orwell, So justice can be served for the Animals sake....

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Orwell takes great length in describing the elephant's demise. ... Orwell makes use of which of the following in paragraph 2? ... What can one infer about Orwell's feelings based on his use of such diction as "puppet, " "dummy " and "mask " in paragraph 7? ... What rhetorical strategy does Orwell NOT use in paragraph 11? ... What word best describes Orwell's choice of diction in the following phrase: grinning with an expression of unendurable agony "? ...

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"Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by George Orwell. Orwell was born in Motihari, near Nepal, where his father served in the Civil Service. ... Orwell hated his job because it was impossible for anybody to take him seriously. ... Orwell was almost pressured to stand up against the elephant and take him down immediately, but Orwell had every 2 intention of not going through with putting it out of its misery. ... Orwell was particularly descriptive through these parts of "Shooting an Elephant." ...

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The narrator in George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is faced with precisely this kind of situation. ... However, unlike the mob of over two thousand Burmese in Orwell's account, today the groups are generally made up of peers and in much smaller numbers; nevertheless, the outcome is the same. ...

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Henry Lamartine, from the "Red Convertible" and George Orwell, author of "Shooting an Elephant", in many ways are a lot alike. ... George Orwell writes about the time when he was in Burma and was sent out to shoot an elephant. George Orwell was a European sub-divisional police officer of the town of Moulmein, in lower Burma. ... George was sent of by his command! ... George Orwell and Henry Lamartine are very similar; they both have internal and external conflicts. ...

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In "Shooting an Elephant", why does the police officer shoot the elephant? The elephant could have been shot because the police officer felt the animal was uncontrollable and would cause more harm; or he could have killed the elephant because he caved to peer pressure. The actual killing of the el...

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Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was an interesting peace to read. I thought that it was very descriptive and a good story. I thought that the moral of the story fits well into today's society. It sounded like the only reason the man shot the elephant was to uphold is image for the natives. "To...

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"Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, is an essay about a British police officer in Burma who is called upon to shoot an elephant that has escaped from its owners cage. ... Throughout the story, Orwell allows the main character - as well as the reader - to contemplate things before the elephant is captured. ...

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Take George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" for example. ... However, in Orwell's story we see an image that is entirely different. ... In reading the story, I came to realize that Orwell, in light of all of this, personally agreed with the Burmese people. ... "I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors" (Orwell 350). ...

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The juxtaposition of the policeman and the elephant in George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant is a clear representation of the impact of imperial rule on a country. ... The event of the elephant's death is quite clearly enough to show the impact of imperial rule on the country as a whole however; Orwell goes to the extent to show how imperial rule affects the individual as well through the policeman's struggle to overcome the hatred of the people. ... Orwell distinctly shows the impression imperialism leaves on the country as a whole as well as the individuals working under Briti...

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