Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

In the essay, Shooting an Elephant, author George Orwell illustrates his experiences as a British police officer in Lower Burma. Since anti-European feeling was truly bitter, (Orwell) due to the British empires monocracy in Burma, Orwell is being toughened disrespectfully by the Burmese. This allows him to despise his job and the British Empire. However, the hap of shooting of an elephant gives him a collapse glimpse of the real disposition of imperialism the real motives for which despotic government activity act (Orwell). Through his demeanor experiences as a British man, Orwell efficiently demonstrates the negative make of imperialism on individuals and society.\nWith the usage of impressive diction in his essay, Orwell magnificently conveys his emotions and message to his readers. He practically uses the word natives for the Burmese: hither was I, the white man with his gun, stand in front of the strip native crowd (Orwell). By doing so, he shows his emo tions and respect towards the Burmese because calling them natives suggests that he agrees on the fact that they are the honest owner of Burma and non the British Empire. Also, by frequently victimisation the word natives, Orwell reminds his readers the existence of imperialism in Burma so that the readers do not simply hang on to the elephant nevertheless also limit the message incorporated in the essay.\nThe body of the elephant is compared to machinery as Orwell thinks that kill an elephant is comparable to destroying a grand and costly piece of machinery (Orwell). This equivalence makes the readers realize that the British Empire is also like a huge piece of machinery, so the death of it would be a serious matter to two oppressor and people being oppressed. When Orwell was followed by thousands of Burmese, he says, seemingly the leading(a) actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd animal pushed to and fro by the will of those white-livered faces beh ind (Orwell). He calls hims...