how did Orwell justify the shooting the elephant? what dose Orwell realize about the nature of imperialism from it
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He justifies the act completely by stating that it was his duty to shoot the elephant, he don't wanted to be coonsidered as a weak European in the eyes of the locals.
He learned that when a white man becomes a tyrant it is his own freedom to destroy. He has to impress the natives. So they are supposed to do what the native expects.
- The speaker of the essay was working as a police officer in Burma.
- Once he had an encounter with an elephant who has broken the chains.
- The agressive elephant killed a man and was prone to cause many more loss.
- The speaker saw the elephant on the farm and ordered for a rifle.
- Actually he never wanted to shoot the elephant.
- But in the pressure of fulfilling the expectations of the Burman natives he had to shoot the elephant.
- With displeasure he realizes that in imperialism you have to impress the natives, and do what they want you to do.
- Your personal feelings or judgements have no more value at this point.
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