Shooting an Elephant Critique
Shooting an Elephant Critique George Orwell wrote Shooting an Elephant in 1950. The story is about himself actually having to shoot an elephant that had gone into sexual heat and was on a mad rampage through town. ... When the day comes that he is asked to kill the elephant, he becomes momentarily famous and loved by everyone in the town. After many inward struggles with morality, feeling deeply pressured by the two thousand followers watching his every move, he does indeed shoot the elephant. ... -The first disturbing point is that Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant. He makes it clear to the audience by using very direct statement such as: “At that age I was not squeamish about killing animals, but I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to. ... He also makes it clear that he thought the elephant to be potentially harmless and would no longer hurt anyone.