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“Shooting an Elephant” is on an experience the author, George Orwell had in Burma. In this piece of literature he describes his typical day. He was working as a sub-divisional police officer. Because of his job, he is the center of hate by all Burman. In George Orwell's “Shooting an Elephant,” he takes on the role of a Burma sub divisional police officer. Orwell takes on a job even though he dislikes and does not care not for the people he has to deal with. This can be seen throughout Orwell's essay in his word choice to describe the people, and his job, “I hated it more bitterly than I can perhaps make clear. In a job like that you see the dirty work of empire at close quarters”(658). Orwell has to deal with a corrupt empire in which he is too cowardly to do anything about. If Orwell were in a different setting this too would have a big effect on his decision-making, as well as his feelings for these people. Orwell must make a decision about his job or his job is going to make a decision for him. Orwell’s use of word choice, color, and setting, help determine his feelings towards the Burmese people and the elephant. The native Burmese do not take kindly to Orwell; they take every opportunity to verbally and physically attack him. One day he encountered a situation involving an elephant that had gone "must." The elephant had ransacked parts of town and he had killed a coolie. Orwell was faced with a difficult decision when it came to dealing with the elephant.
Approximate Word count = 1023
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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