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Imperialism, a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force, is the main focus in this essay. Imperialism comes in many shapes and forms; George Orwell showed this many times in his essay. He views imperialism as an evil thing or as a wrongful doing. He shows us how evil imperialism can be by using allusion. He shows how he was forced to do things he does not want to do, but choose to do so because that is what was expected of him. He uses a story from his past to show how cruel imperialism can be. Orwell himself uses parallel between the British Empire and the elephant to send a message about Imperialism.
Orwell is a very complex man, he begins to contradict himself by saying he hates what imperialism does but chooses to work for that government. Even though he states that he hated his job, his actions show imperialism. When having the choice to kill or not to kill the elephant, he chose death. This here specifies how imperialism took over; oddly enough not by the government but by the people. The people staring and waiting for him to ki...

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