... do. Self-respect allows one to own up to their choices, no matter what the income. In George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" Orwell is confronted with a situation in which the latter statement directly applies. While in Burma, working as a police officer for the British ... concern for governing the people is to keep their faith and thus in return, the people will stay under his rule. (59) This is how Orwell thinks when he decides to kill the elephant. He shoots it, not for himself but, for the Burmese people; "I often wondered whether any of ... very similar. Basically, our only differ...

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