The European Industrial Revolution in George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant"
Title: The European Industrial Revolution in George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant"
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 572 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The European Industrial Revolution in George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant"
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 572 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
In George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant", he gave into the peer pressure. Orwell killed a beautiful healthy elephant because he was just doing what was expected of him. He felt obligated and pressured to impress the natives so he shot the poor defense less creature. If he didn't he would have been brutally attacked by the racist mob behind him. In Orwell's perspective imperialist nations who oppress other nations lose their own freedom and
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to see the pain and suffering of the animal and how much stronger and noble the elephant is to him in comparison. He did not want to shoot the elephant but he did it because of imperialism and he gave up his freedom. Orwell should have been free to not shoot the elephant and to not have to have the guilt of killing an innocent animal, but because of imperialism he didn't have this option.