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Did George Orwell’s biography help understanding the short story? ...
Reading about George Orwell’s biography indeed helped us understanding the basic meaning of the short story. We actually learned a lot by reading about George Orwell but the most important thing that we discovered was that Orwell have got his knowledge about imperialism from his period of conscription in the British police in Burma from 1922-27.
The information about George Orwell helped us understand George Orwell’s description of how it was like to be a British policeman in Burma in the twenties during the British colonisation. ...
With the story “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell wants to show the imperialism of the twenties and thirties the way he sees it. ... ”
This specific way to express opinions is typically done by George Orwell and examples of this could be “Animal Farm” and “The Road to Wigan Pier”, where he also shows his opinion through writing. ...
We think the main ideas in the short story are that George Orwell describes and explains what it was like to be in Burma as a British policeman and what thoughts that was in ones head in this situation. We also think that George Orwell will try to express the influence of the imperialism in the twenties and what the consequences of this new way of thinking could be.
Approximate Word count = 1039
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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