George Orwell shows his own experience in this short story. He was police officer who is forced to kill an elephant in Burma. However, this story is not about the killing an elephant. Writer criticizes that the imperialism in Burma (by England). George Orwell wanted to show that the results of imperialism and he use the elephant to show this situation. Elephant refers to the British imperialism in this story. In addition, the death of elephant is slow, which means painful and slow process. The victim of the imperialism is not only exploited nations but also the citizens of the Western Empires. We made a presentation about shooting an elephant short story with Bedi, Selim, Elif and me.
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