He's hated by a large group of people in Burma because he's European. His mixed feelings are probably caused by the fact that some Burmese he likes, but others he doesn't.
The local officials want something done about the elephant because it's killing people and causing distress. They want Orwell to shoot it because he's the only one with the rifle.
He kills the elephant because that's what the Burmese expect of him. He hesitates at first because he thinks it's wrong to kill something that's not harming others unless it's being agitated.
He's glad the coolie was killed because it justified, and made him shooting the elephant legal.
"Real nature of Imperialism"... Meaning doing what others want you to do, regardless of doing what you feel is right in your heart. Like a coward..like a coward.
Inform, for sure. I mean, why would he want us to follow what people want us to do? That's just stupid. I don't think he expected a drastic reaction but one that made us shake our head and say how stupid that was.
The thesis waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas....I can't find it. )):
Were we supposed to do Style and Structure too? D:
No comments:
Post a Comment