We began questioning the people as to where the elephant had gone and, as usual, failed to get any definite information. That is invariably the case in the East; a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.Some...
but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed, like a mad dog, if its owner fails to control it. Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right,...
Afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed, like a mad dog, if its owner fails to c...
On the surface, the story told in the essay is about the exercise of that power, as the imperial officer kills a large, powerful, valuable animal. The fact that the elephant is placid and harmless, no longer posing any threat to anybody, only underlines the tyranny of the act. However,...
Analysis of “Shooting an Elephant”This story is about an English policeman. But he is not working in England, he is working in Anglo-Indian official. There are a lot of yellow faces of young men. The local people are not very friendly to the policeman. Because he is the colonialist. ...
Shooting an Elephant猎象记 Shooting an Elephant George Orwell In Moulmein, in Lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people — the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town, and in an ...
Theelephantinthestoryisthesymbolofimperialism.Theysharemanysimilaritiesjustmentionedabovetheparagraph.ShootinganelephantvirtuallyistoendimperialismonthewilloftheBurmese.Thewritershowedhisrageagainsttheevil(empire)spiritedbeast(elephant)impliedinhiswritings.WhenIpulledthetriggerIdidnothearthebangorfeelthekick（后座力）...
English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma. Because the locals expect him to do the job, he does so against his better judgment, his anguish increased by the elephant's slow and painful death. The story ...
看得不忍卒读,心痛地湿了眼眶。 原文在此: Shooting an Elephant In Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people—the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was subdivisional police officer of the town, and in an ...
"Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell is a first person view on living and working as a European police officer in Moulmein, Lower Burma. There was a bit of tension between the locals and the foreign law enforcement since the British had taken over the country, so Orwell was not thoug...