Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell

In the essay, Shooting an Elephant, writer George Orwell illustrates his experiences as a British police officer in Lower Burma. Since anti-European feeling was actually bitter, (Orwell) due to the British conglomerates absolutism in Burma, Orwell is being hard-boiled disrespectfully by the Burmese. This allows him to hatred his job and the British Empire. However, the fortuity of shooting of an elephant gives him a bring out glimpse of the real disposition of imperialism the real motives for which despotic establishment act (Orwell). Through his feel experiences as a British man, Orwell efficiently demonstrates the negative effect of imperialism on individuals and society.\nWith the usage of effective diction in his essay, Orwell famously conveys his emotions and message to his readers. He frequently uses the word natives for the Burmese: here(predicate) was I, the white man with his gun, standing(a) in front of the divest native crowd (Orwell). By doing so , he shows his emotions and respect towards the Burmese because calling them natives suggests that he agrees on the fact that they are the straight owner of Burma and not the British Empire. Also, by frequently development 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 plainly also set forth the message incorporated in the essay.\nThe body of the elephant is compared to machinery as Orwell thinks that cleaning an elephant is comparable to destroying a Brobdingnagian and costly piece of machinery (Orwell). This similarity 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 both(prenominal) oppressor and people being oppressed. When Orwell was followed by thousands of Burmese, he says, seemingly the lead actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd beast pushed to and fro by the will of those sensationalistic faces behind (Orwell). He calls hims...