Synopsis of "Shooting an Elephant" George Orwell, 1950 Shooting an Elephant is about the experiences the author goes through living as a British police officer in Lower Burma. He tells how he was hated for being a European, even though he did not agree with British Empire. He was stuck betwee...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Farm! Over the last couple weeks I have been reading Animal Farm (by George Orwell), a satire of totalitarian countries and leaders spanning from the 1920s to the 1950s. To give a brief synopsis of the book so you first understand it, the story starts out on a small farm where animals who slave daily for an ungrateful incompetent master lead an insurrection which ousts ... ...

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