After working as an imperialistic police for England George Orwell saw fist had the good and the bad that comes with imperializing a country. Three important symbols that come together to give a vivid description in Orwell’s “shooting an Elephant” are , the rifle, the elephant, and the villagers.
A rifle can be week, powerful, large, or small. The rifle in Orwell’s “shooting an Elephant” fistly represents England 's power. England was losing its power as a rifle can as it ages. A rifle can be improved, it can be fitted with new parts therefore giving it the power it lacks. The same can be said about England 's power, it has to expand when lacking power to strengthen it from within therefore improving it abilities to fight in the future. …show more content…
In the text it states that Orwell was worth watching for a small period of time, he had the power to control the peoples emotional state, whether he killed the elephant or not. Similar to the rifle Orwell was a pawn. The villages controlled him in any direction they wanted to, like when they laughed at him for no reason, and when the pressure of the two-thousand people forced him to shoot the elephant, because he was afraid to upset a multitude of people. The same way Orwell had no say in things the same a rifle has no say t what it shoots, it never fails to disappoint the user.
Lastly the rifle represents the sheer power of imperialism. A country that imperializes has to remain powerful no matter the situation. A rifle that is well oiled and maintained regularly will stay strong in any situation the user puts it in. Like a country imperializing a rifle will remain trustworthy. Because England was losing power, it has to conquer more land to gain strength . When a rifle become weak and untrustworthy, it is either replaced with a new one or fitted with better part to continue its …show more content…
The villagers symbolize the expectations of imperialists versus the expectations of the people. The village officials expect Orwell to deal with the elephant not knowing what to expect. He was was inexperienced at controlling elephants, but he Bernese where, they could have dealt with the situation a lot simpler than Orwell could. The villagers also symbolize how the people being imperialized see the the imperialists. In Orwell 's dissertation he describes the villagers as yellow faced, and sneering. The villagers had no defense mechanism and the only way they could defend who they were was to make the English disappear by frightening them or making any situation staying there unpleasurable. The Burmese villagers crowded into a massive group of two-thousand to show their view of the English while being invaded. They used similar tactics as the english to obligate Orwell to shoot the
A rifle can be week, powerful, large, or small. The rifle in Orwell’s “shooting an Elephant” fistly represents England 's power. England was losing its power as a rifle can as it ages. A rifle can be improved, it can be fitted with new parts therefore giving it the power it lacks. The same can be said about England 's power, it has to expand when lacking power to strengthen it from within therefore improving it abilities to fight in the future. …show more content…
In the text it states that Orwell was worth watching for a small period of time, he had the power to control the peoples emotional state, whether he killed the elephant or not. Similar to the rifle Orwell was a pawn. The villages controlled him in any direction they wanted to, like when they laughed at him for no reason, and when the pressure of the two-thousand people forced him to shoot the elephant, because he was afraid to upset a multitude of people. The same way Orwell had no say in things the same a rifle has no say t what it shoots, it never fails to disappoint the user.
Lastly the rifle represents the sheer power of imperialism. A country that imperializes has to remain powerful no matter the situation. A rifle that is well oiled and maintained regularly will stay strong in any situation the user puts it in. Like a country imperializing a rifle will remain trustworthy. Because England was losing power, it has to conquer more land to gain strength . When a rifle become weak and untrustworthy, it is either replaced with a new one or fitted with better part to continue its …show more content…
The villagers symbolize the expectations of imperialists versus the expectations of the people. The village officials expect Orwell to deal with the elephant not knowing what to expect. He was was inexperienced at controlling elephants, but he Bernese where, they could have dealt with the situation a lot simpler than Orwell could. The villagers also symbolize how the people being imperialized see the the imperialists. In Orwell 's dissertation he describes the villagers as yellow faced, and sneering. The villagers had no defense mechanism and the only way they could defend who they were was to make the English disappear by frightening them or making any situation staying there unpleasurable. The Burmese villagers crowded into a massive group of two-thousand to show their view of the English while being invaded. They used similar tactics as the english to obligate Orwell to shoot the