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George Orwell position on human motives in “Shooting an Elephant” is all based on what the right thing to do is. Orwell does not want to shoot the elephant but he feels as if he has to because the Burmans are expecting him to kill the creature. He states in the story, “ The people expected it of me and I have got to do it.” He has second thoughts because he thinks of owner of the elephant. Orwell says, “ Besides, there is the beast’s owner to think about.” He struggles between what is expected of him and what he knows is right. In the end his motive for killing the elephant is because the people wanted him to, not that he should and that was the right thing to do. Through my observation of this text, I believe he kills the elephant to get on the Burmans’ good sides. Orwell says in the beginning of the narrative, “ I was hated by large numbers of people.” This leads me to believe that he does it just because he wants to be the hero. Only the person who is committing the act can truly know the motive.
4/5 Good job addressing the struggle between right and wrong. I think he also has second thoughts after observing the gentleness of the creature. What are the motives of human beings in general terms, not just with this incident?
#3 In paragraph 6 of George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant, the narrator states, “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew when perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” Later on, he actually shoots the elephant. I believe that the European man only shot the elephant because of peer pressure, not because he wanted to. His original intention was only to take his rifle, “an old 44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” to try to scare the elephant away with noise. However, when he notices the thousands of Burmans following behind him, his motives changed. He says, “They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching.” The European man knew that if he did not shoot the elephant that the Burman’s hatred on him would grow. Therefore, he buckled under peer pressure and shot the elephant.
#5 George Orwell's motives in "Shoot an Elephant," were all centered around pressure. Orwell had no intentions of killing the elephant at all, he had only went to see what all the fuss was about. He states, "They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching." The Burman's did not like him, but since he was going to do something that looked entertaining, they were all giving Orwell their attention. Orwell was under pressure, he had all those people around him and had no idea what to do. When you are are pressure, you tend to do what other people want you to do instead of what you think is right. He had the decision of doing what is right and doing something so people would like him. Kind of like when you see someone bullying someone, you either stop it (the right thing to do) or you join in (to get them to like you.) He killed the elephant out of pressure. It lead me to believe that he doesn't really stand up for what he thinks is right, he follows the crowd. Not a leader, but a follower. Orwell had no intentions of killing the elephant at first, but once the crowd started gathering, all of his motives changed into something different. I observed from the story that Orwell wanted to impress the natives and would do anything in order to change their views about him.
#4 In the last paragraph of “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell speaks of the division of opinions among the Europeans over his shooting of the elephant. The older Europeans believed that what he did was right, an elephant causing harm to a village should be put down. The younger generation had the very racist thought that because the elephant killed an indian instead of a European it should deserved no punishment. My feelings toward Orwell are that he is a coward. He knew he did not want to shoot the elephant but he was too scared to be called a wimp that he did it despite his own feelings. I have no respect for someone that is a pushover and I think it was poor of him to kill the elephant for the reason that he did. Which was to gain the respect of the natives and the admiration of the other Europeans.
#2 In paragraph 3, He says that the government is more enlightening as an imperialism country and that the people that shot the elephant was an incident and that it also was in a roundabout way of enlightening. Under peer pressure the nature changes it makes you think differently and it gives people ideas to do something different like shoot an elephant this is how it show the nature.
#1 In George Orwell’s passage “Shooting an Elephant,” he displayed different attitudes toward imperialism, the native peoples, and toward his own position in Burma. In the second paragraph Orwell states, “I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” Obviously in this quote, Orwell does not agree with imperialism and thinks it should not exist, he thinks it is bad and he wants to get out of it as soon as possible. On the fourth page in the second paragraph, Orwell discusses his opinion on natives in this statement, “For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the “natives,” and so in every crisis he has got to do what the “natives” expect of him.” In this, Orwell seems to me as if he writing in the tone of sarcasm because the natives are who basically who he has to live for. He has to impress the natives and live his life doing what they expect of him, and this seems unfair to him to be under so much pressure. Orwell also writes about his own position in Burma and how he was hated by large numbers of people. He stated on page one, paragraph one, “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” So, even though Orwell was a police officer, which is usually known as someone to give the utmost respect to, he was made fun of and laughed at. People in Burma did not give him the respect he deserved as a police officer, which he later stated, “got badly on my nerves.” All in all, Orwell did not agree with imperialism, he felt very pressured by the natives, and he received no respect even though he was a police officer in Burma.
#5 George Orwell's motives in "Shooting an Element," was based on how humans can be persuaded by the crowd or group of people that surrounds them. Orwell is saying that people can be motivated by outside forces, such as large crowds, to make what one would think to be the wrong decision. He says " The people expected it of me and I had got to do it; I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward, irresistibly." In that statement it shows that the human motive is to do what everyone wants you to do and take the pressure off yourself. Orwell chooses the most “popular” decision instead of the right one. After shooting the elephant Orwell did what most humans would do by trying to justify what he did as the right thing. I have been in situations where I second guessed myself on what the right decision was, just like Orwell, I tried to convince myself I made the right one. George Orwell was put in a position most humans have been through themselves; he let the pressure from outside forces help him to make a decision that would only bring consequences to himself. It shows that the human motive is to try to satisfy everyone around you by making the decision they think is right; instead of making the decision you think is right.
4/5 You addressed the general idea of what motivates people. Really good! Also, good bringing up the idea of justification. Careful with word count. Also, get in the habit of avoiding "you."
In paragraph three Orwell discusses how he had a better glimpse of imperialism than he had before of the real nature of it. When Orwell was called to take care of the elephant situation he knew what many of the people wanted him to do, which was to shoot the elephant. Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant because he did not feel like it was the right thing to do. When he arrived he realized what he had feared what was going to happen. In fact majority wanted him to kill the elephant. He was then pressured into shooting and killing the innocent and tame elephant because he did not want to be judged or made fun of by the two thousand people that were watching him.
#4 In the last paragraph the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said he was right for killing the elephant, but the younger men said it was worth more than killing a coolie, because a elephant was worth a lot more than a coolie. At the end of the conclusion I am quite furious at Orwell. I do not understand why he would kill the elephant just because of what the coolies would think of him. Yes, the elephant did kill a person but it is an elephant, and people are living in HIS home. I am also sorrowful at the thought someone would kill a animal in his own natural habitat. We cannot blame the elephant for it was in his nature to protect his territory and Orwell shot the elephant for his own benefit and the people around him.
#3 In the sixth paragraph the man does not want to shoot the elephant. The elephant was just eating the grass calmly like a cow. The elephant seems harmless, and he just wants to watch the elephant for a little bit longer and then just go home without killing the elephant. However, the elephant could destroy a large important machine. He wants to think differently because the elephant does not seem like he would destroy anything, He honestly thinks the elephant would just wonder off until another person comes along and then that person would shoot the elephant. There was a crowd that came up behind him. The crowd just looks at him and his rifle. The crowd expects him to shoot the elephant. He still did not want to shoot the helpless elephant. The elephant was still munching on the grass as the crowd kept starring.Sadly if he does not shoot the elephant the crowd would judge him. They would judge him because it is like his job to kill this elephant and if he does not kill the elephant than people will judge him and not have nothing do with him. It is peer pressure from the crowd that causes him to shoot the elephant. I just want to make one connection to life out of that part in the essay. That connection is peer pressure can cause people to do something they don't want to do, but that does not mean people have to give into it. I think if he would have realized that than he might not have shot the elephant.
3/5 You put a great deal of thought into your response, Nicole. You are right about peer pressure being the motivating factor. A couple of points: the elephant IS the machine to its owner ("the elephant could destroy a large important machine") and the people would hate him whether he shoots or not, right? Careful with word count.
#2 In paragraph 3, Orwell states that the incident of shooting the elephant "in a roundabout way was enlightening. It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had before of the real nature of imperialism." He identifies the real nature of imperialism to be the government and how he has to choose between shooting the elephant or letting everyone down. This incident reveals that because even though Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant, he did anyway to satisfy humankind and higher authority. To prevent his name from being taunted.
3/5 Tough question. Your best comment: "he did anyway to satisfy humankind and higher authority." That touches on the answer. Still the question remains...what is the nature of imperialism? How does the incident reveal this?Careful with word count.
1 In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell’s has different attitudes toward imperialism, toward the native peoples, and toward his own position in Burma. He disagrees with imperialism, in the second paragraph he says, “ For at that time I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” He clearly does not like and wants to get away from it. He wanted to impress the native people, in paragraph nine he says, “But even then I was not thinking particularly of my own skin, only of the watchful yellow faces behind.” He felt like he had to do whatever the natives pressured him into doing. He hated his position in Burma, in paragraph two he says, “ As for the job I was doing, I hated more bitterly than I can perhaps make clear.” He clearly says does not like his job and wants leave, and he was never treated with respect from the people of Burma.
In paragraph 6 of “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell it is stated that, “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew when perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” I believe the European man shot the elephant because he was scared of what the Burmans would think of him. So he basically shot the elephant because of peer pressure, and it was like he had no choice. His intention was to scare the elephant away, but after he notcied the Burmans following him his intentioned changed. The European knew that if he did not shoot the elephant his life still wouldn’t be the same because the Burmans would hate him. He had no other choice but to kill the elephant. He stated, “Burmans would see me pursued, caught, trampled on and reduced to a grimming corpse like that Indian up the hill.” He thought they would laught at him for not shooting them, so under pressure he shot the elephant.
3/5 You are right about the peer pressure, but this statement causes me pause..."if he did not shoot the elephant his life still wouldn’t be the same because the Burmans would hate him." They would hate him regardless. Word count.
In paragraph three Orwell sees that the real nature of imperialism is how the government responds or acts toward an incident. Imperialism is defined as the desire or action of a stronger nation to take control of a weaker one, shooting the elephant was a tiny situation; but because the Burmese people had no weapons and knew nothing of how to get rid of the elephant, the nature of the incident was more evolved and paniced. Orwell states that it was in a way enlightening and it gave him a better glimpse of the real nature of imperialism; meaning that he sees how their desire of killing and getting rid of the elephant took control over other problems. Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant, in fact he only took with him an old 44 rifle, but because of the rush and excitement of what was going on; the people lead him to be caught up as well and that made him understand better how situations get escalated that way.
3/5 "how the government responds or acts toward an incident"--need an adjective here. What is your source for your definition of imperialism? "more evolved and paniced"--what do you mean here? Word count.
And this from Regan... In George Orwell’s passage “Shooting an Elephant,” he displayed different attitudes toward imperialism, the native people, and his position in Burma. Orwell says, “I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” It is obvious that he does not agree with imperialism. Orwell discusses his opinion on natives by stating: “For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the “natives,” and so in every crisis he has got to do what the “natives” expect of him.” This leads me to believe that he does not think too highly of the natives, it is almost sarcasm. He acts as though he has to do what the natives expect of him, which why he does not feel like he can make the decision he thinks is best, he just trying to impress the natives. Orwell makes it obvious that his position is not popular in Burma by writing, “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” This is saying that he is made fun of and not respected as a officer, so he obviously does not like his position in Burma. Orwell made it clear that he does not agree with imperialism and felt he needed to impress the natives even though they do not respect him
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George Orwell position on human motives in “Shooting an Elephant” is all based on what the right thing to do is. Orwell does not want to shoot the elephant but he feels as if he has to because the Burmans are expecting him to kill the creature. He states in the story, “ The people expected it of me and I have got to do it.” He has second thoughts because he thinks of owner of the elephant. Orwell says, “ Besides, there is the beast’s owner to think about.” He struggles between what is expected of him and what he knows is right. In the end his motive for killing the elephant is because the people wanted him to, not that he should and that was the right thing to do. Through my observation of this text, I believe he kills the elephant to get on the Burmans’ good sides. Orwell says in the beginning of the narrative, “ I was hated by large numbers of people.” This leads me to believe that he does it just because he wants to be the hero. Only the person who is committing the act can truly know the motive.
ReplyDelete4/5 Good job addressing the struggle between right and wrong. I think he also has second thoughts after observing the gentleness of the creature. What are the motives of human beings in general terms, not just with this incident?
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ReplyDeleteIn paragraph 6 of George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant, the narrator states, “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew when perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” Later on, he actually shoots the elephant. I believe that the European man only shot the elephant because of peer pressure, not because he wanted to. His original intention was only to take his rifle, “an old 44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant” to try to scare the elephant away with noise. However, when he notices the thousands of Burmans following behind him, his motives changed. He says, “They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching.” The European man knew that if he did not shoot the elephant that the Burman’s hatred on him would grow. Therefore, he buckled under peer pressure and shot the elephant.
4/5 Good job.
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ReplyDeleteGeorge Orwell's motives in "Shoot an Elephant," were all centered around pressure. Orwell had no intentions of killing the elephant at all, he had only went to see what all the fuss was about. He states, "They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands I was momentarily worth watching." The Burman's did not like him, but since he was going to do something that looked entertaining, they were all giving Orwell their attention. Orwell was under pressure, he had all those people around him and had no idea what to do. When you are are pressure, you tend to do what other people want you to do instead of what you think is right. He had the decision of doing what is right and doing something so people would like him. Kind of like when you see someone bullying someone, you either stop it (the right thing to do) or you join in (to get them to like you.) He killed the elephant out of pressure. It lead me to believe that he doesn't really stand up for what he thinks is right, he follows the crowd. Not a leader, but a follower. Orwell had no intentions of killing the elephant at first, but once the crowd started gathering, all of his motives changed into something different. I observed from the story that Orwell wanted to impress the natives and would do anything in order to change their views about him.
4/5 True, it is all centered around pressure. In general terms, what motivates humans?
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ReplyDeleteIn the last paragraph of “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell speaks of the division of opinions among the Europeans over his shooting of the elephant. The older Europeans believed that what he did was right, an elephant causing harm to a village should be put down. The younger generation had the very racist thought that because the elephant killed an indian instead of a European it should deserved no punishment. My feelings toward Orwell are that he is a coward. He knew he did not want to shoot the elephant but he was too scared to be called a wimp that he did it despite his own feelings. I have no respect for someone that is a pushover and I think it was poor of him to kill the elephant for the reason that he did. Which was to gain the respect of the natives and the admiration of the other Europeans.
4/5 Good identification of racism.
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ReplyDeleteIn paragraph 3, He says that the government is more enlightening as an imperialism country and that the people that shot the elephant was an incident and that it also was in a roundabout way of enlightening. Under peer pressure the nature changes it makes you think differently and it gives people ideas to do something different like shoot an elephant this is how it show the nature.
1/5 Look again at the question.
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ReplyDeleteIn George Orwell’s passage “Shooting an Elephant,” he displayed different attitudes toward imperialism, the native peoples, and toward his own position in Burma. In the second paragraph Orwell states, “I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” Obviously in this quote, Orwell does not agree with imperialism and thinks it should not exist, he thinks it is bad and he wants to get out of it as soon as possible. On the fourth page in the second paragraph, Orwell discusses his opinion on natives in this statement, “For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the “natives,” and so in every crisis he has got to do what the “natives” expect of him.” In this, Orwell seems to me as if he writing in the tone of sarcasm because the natives are who basically who he has to live for. He has to impress the natives and live his life doing what they expect of him, and this seems unfair to him to be under so much pressure. Orwell also writes about his own position in Burma and how he was hated by large numbers of people. He stated on page one, paragraph one, “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” So, even though Orwell was a police officer, which is usually known as someone to give the utmost respect to, he was made fun of and laughed at. People in Burma did not give him the respect he deserved as a police officer, which he later stated, “got badly on my nerves.” All in all, Orwell did not agree with imperialism, he felt very pressured by the natives, and he received no respect even though he was a police officer in Burma.
4/5 Very organized and thorough. Does he feel differently toward each segment? I think you're correct about sarcasm, too. Careful with word count.
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ReplyDeleteGeorge Orwell's motives in "Shooting an Element," was based on how humans can be persuaded by the crowd or group of people that surrounds them. Orwell is saying that people can be motivated by outside forces, such as large crowds, to make what one would think to be the wrong decision. He says " The people expected it of me and I had got to do it; I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward, irresistibly." In that statement it shows that the human motive is to do what everyone wants you to do and take the pressure off yourself. Orwell chooses the most “popular” decision instead of the right one. After shooting the elephant Orwell did what most humans would do by trying to justify what he did as the right thing. I have been in situations where I second guessed myself on what the right decision was, just like Orwell, I tried to convince myself I made the right one. George Orwell was put in a position most humans have been through themselves; he let the pressure from outside forces help him to make a decision that would only bring consequences to himself. It shows that the human motive is to try to satisfy everyone around you by making the decision they think is right; instead of making the decision you think is right.
4/5 You addressed the general idea of what motivates people. Really good! Also, good bringing up the idea of justification. Careful with word count. Also, get in the habit of avoiding "you."
DeleteIn paragraph three Orwell discusses how he had a better glimpse of imperialism than he had before of the real nature of it. When Orwell was called to take care of the elephant situation he knew what many of the people wanted him to do, which was to shoot the elephant. Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant because he did not feel like it was the right thing to do. When he arrived he realized what he had feared what was going to happen. In fact majority wanted him to kill the elephant. He was then pressured into shooting and killing the innocent and tame elephant because he did not want to be judged or made fun of by the two thousand people that were watching him.
ReplyDelete2/5 You retell what happens accurately. Still the question remains...what is the nature of imperialism, and how does what happened show that?
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ReplyDeleteIn the last paragraph the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said he was right for killing the elephant, but the younger men said it was worth more than killing a coolie, because a elephant was worth a lot more than a coolie. At the end of the conclusion I am quite furious at Orwell. I do not understand why he would kill the elephant just because of what the coolies would think of him. Yes, the elephant did kill a person but it is an elephant, and people are living in HIS home. I am also sorrowful at the thought someone would kill a animal in his own natural habitat. We cannot blame the elephant for it was in his nature to protect his territory and Orwell shot the elephant for his own benefit and the people around him.
4/5 good response
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ReplyDeleteIn the sixth paragraph the man does not want to shoot the elephant. The elephant was just eating the grass calmly like a cow. The elephant seems harmless, and he just wants to watch the elephant for a little bit longer and then just go home without killing the elephant. However, the elephant could destroy a large important machine. He wants to think differently because the elephant does not seem like he would destroy anything, He honestly thinks the elephant would just wonder off until another person comes along and then that person would shoot the elephant. There was a crowd that came up behind him. The crowd just looks at him and his rifle. The crowd expects him to shoot the elephant. He still did not want to shoot the helpless elephant. The elephant was still munching on the grass as the crowd kept starring.Sadly if he does not shoot the elephant the crowd would judge him. They would judge him because it is like his job to kill this elephant and if he does not kill the elephant than people will judge him and not have nothing do with him. It is peer pressure from the crowd that causes him to shoot the elephant. I just want to make one connection to life out of that part in the essay. That connection is peer pressure can cause people to do something they don't want to do, but that does not mean people have to give into it. I think if he would have realized that than he might not have shot the elephant.
3/5 You put a great deal of thought into your response, Nicole. You are right about peer pressure being the motivating factor. A couple of points: the elephant IS the machine to its owner ("the elephant could destroy a large important machine") and the people would hate him whether he shoots or not, right? Careful with word count.
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ReplyDeleteIn paragraph 3, Orwell states that the incident of shooting the elephant "in a roundabout way was enlightening. It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had before of the real nature of imperialism." He identifies the real nature of imperialism to be the government and how he has to choose between shooting the elephant or letting everyone down. This incident reveals that because even though Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant, he did anyway to satisfy humankind and higher authority. To prevent his name from being taunted.
3/5 Tough question. Your best comment: "he did anyway to satisfy humankind and higher authority." That touches on the answer. Still the question remains...what is the nature of imperialism? How does the incident reveal this?Careful with word count.
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ReplyDeleteIn “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell’s has different attitudes toward imperialism, toward the native peoples, and toward his own position in Burma. He disagrees with imperialism, in the second paragraph he says, “ For at that time I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” He clearly does not like and wants to get away from it. He wanted to impress the native people, in paragraph nine he says, “But even then I was not thinking particularly of my own skin, only of the watchful yellow faces behind.” He felt like he had to do whatever the natives pressured him into doing. He hated his position in Burma, in paragraph two he says, “ As for the job I was doing, I hated more bitterly than I can perhaps make clear.” He clearly says does not like his job and wants leave, and he was never treated with respect from the people of Burma.
3/5 Complete response.
DeleteIn paragraph 6 of “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell it is stated that, “As soon as I saw the elephant I knew when perfect certainty that I ought not to shoot him.” I believe the European man shot the elephant because he was scared of what the Burmans would think of him. So he basically shot the elephant because of peer pressure, and it was like he had no choice. His intention was to scare the elephant away, but after he notcied the Burmans following him his intentioned changed. The European knew that if he did not shoot the elephant his life still wouldn’t be the same because the Burmans would hate him. He had no other choice but to kill the elephant. He stated, “Burmans would see me pursued, caught, trampled on and reduced to a grimming corpse like that Indian up the hill.” He thought they would laught at him for not shooting them, so under pressure he shot the elephant.
ReplyDelete3/5 You are right about the peer pressure, but this statement causes me pause..."if he did not shoot the elephant his life still wouldn’t be the same because the Burmans would hate him." They would hate him regardless. Word count.
DeleteIn paragraph three Orwell sees that the real nature of imperialism is how the government responds or acts toward an incident. Imperialism is defined as the desire or action of a stronger nation to take control of a weaker one, shooting the elephant was a tiny situation; but because the Burmese people had no weapons and knew nothing of how to get rid of the elephant, the nature of the incident was more evolved and paniced. Orwell states that it was in a way enlightening and it gave him a better glimpse of the real nature of imperialism; meaning that he sees how their desire of killing and getting rid of the elephant took control over other problems. Orwell did not want to shoot the elephant, in fact he only took with him an old 44 rifle, but because of the rush and excitement of what was going on; the people lead him to be caught up as well and that made him understand better how situations get escalated that way.
ReplyDelete3/5 "how the government responds or acts toward an incident"--need an adjective here. What is your source for your definition of imperialism? "more evolved and paniced"--what do you mean here? Word count.
DeleteAnd this from Regan...
ReplyDeleteIn George Orwell’s passage “Shooting an Elephant,” he displayed different attitudes toward imperialism, the native people, and his position in Burma. Orwell says, “I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” It is obvious that he does not agree with imperialism. Orwell discusses his opinion on natives by stating: “For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the “natives,” and so in every crisis he has got to do what the “natives” expect of him.” This leads me to believe that he does not think too highly of the natives, it is almost sarcasm. He acts as though he has to do what the natives expect of him, which why he does not feel like he can make the decision he thinks is best, he just trying to impress the natives. Orwell makes it obvious that his position is not popular in Burma by writing, “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so.” This is saying that he is made fun of and not respected as a officer, so he obviously does not like his position in Burma. Orwell made it clear that he does not agree with imperialism and felt he needed to impress the natives even though they do not respect him
4/5 "almost sarcasm"? I think it is sarcasm. Thorough.
Delete4/5 "almost sarcasm"? I think it is sarcasm. Thorough.
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