George Orwell was the sub divisional police officer of the town of Moulmein in Burma. The people had anti-European feelings. No one had the guts to raise a riot people were just disorganized. The people did not like Orwell they picked on him and was the obvious target when he was playing football if there was a foul against him the referee would not call it and the crowd laughed at it. Orwell did not like imperialism he thought of it as an evil thing. Orwell worked for a British empire that had tyranny but he was against all that. He liked the idea of Burmese but hated the people of Burmese for personal reasons. One day he had to shoot an elephant. It started with the British people, he was ordered to shoot the elephant because that elephant killed an Indian coolie. Orwell saw that the elephant was calm and was just eating its fruits and was not harm to anyone. There were the crowds of more than two thousand people that wanted Orwell to kill the elephant. Orwell killed the elephant not because he did not hate him anything but he thought if he did not kill the elephant people of Burmese would think of him as coward. At the end there were many opinions that people had that Orwell did the right thing, some thought he killed a valuable elephant for killing a coolie. The owner was mad at the killing of the elephant butt couldn’t do anything because he was an Indian.
The essay shooting of the elephant was pretty lengthy but was a very well written essay. The form of the essay was written in point of view of George Orwell how his life as an officer was and what he disliked. The effect of this essay was big and lot of people had different kinds of opinions when it came to killing of an elephant. Some people thought it was cruel; some th...
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...nly that, the waste of the Elephants very important to the environment. Also, the dung beetles reproduce in their waste and monkeys and other birds also pick through it for undigested seeds that they could use as food. Also, it benefits humans because the waste is also used as rich nutrient soil manure that replenishes depleted soils. Also, the waste is used as a seed dispersal system. In brief, Elephants are really important to the environment as well as to the human community.
This essay talks about a man name George Orwell who was an officer and one day had to kill an elephant. The impact it had on people after the killing of the elephant. Elephants play an important role in the world; they are the key role for maintaining the balance between all the species in the community. Finally, we should preserve our elephants instead of killing them and harming them.