Shooting An Elephant Conflict Essay

In the story, “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author appears to be in some internal conflicts. Orwell introduce the reader about how the people in his village hated him, underestimate by his job because of the British Empire and how he had to kill an Elephant. In the beginning of the story, Orwell writes “ I was hated by large numbers of people --- the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me” this show the acknowledgment that he have within himself and surrounding by his environment that he is not accepted. Because he wrestles with competing a difficult decision, he was in a psychological conflict whereas, he had to adjust his cognitive thinking whether he can risk his life to kill an Elephant. In paragraph 5, Orwell said that he had no intention of shooting the elephant and he had a rifle for self-defense. This conflict provided enough tension to keep the reader interested because it makes the reader understand his moral beliefs, makes the reader wonder if he going

In this case, he had shown the to be a protagonist for many reasons. First, Orwell was in a difficult situation as a police officer where he had to investigate where the Elephant is located before it puts the city into danger. For example, the author had received a phone call about the elephant was ravaging the bazaar and said “I did not know what I could do...?” (Orwell, paragraph 3) Second, Orwell was very consistent character of his action to not make things worse than he had already been. He is already hated by large number of people, the British Empire, and maybe the poor animal? Although the Elephant had already killed a coolie ( laborer), Orwell was aware to save his village my preventing to do more danger. He responded the situation by being under pressure to “self-defend” himself to kill the elephant, even though, he got judge by the outcome no matter