Shooting_An_Elephant

Shooting An Elephant Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was an interesting peace to read. I thought that it was very descriptive and a good story. I thought that the moral of the story fits well into today’s society. It sounded like the only reason the man shot the elephant was to uphold is image for the natives. “To come all this way with rifle in hand … having done nothing – no, that is impossible. The crowed would laugh at me. And my whole life, every white man’s life in the east, was one long struggle not to be laughed at.” I got from this was that he had to shoot the elephant because he came all this way with his rifle and there was no backing out now or he was loose respect and show that he is weak to the natives. I have seen this elephant, thought, people, good, way, very, today’s, things, story, society, shoot, rifle, nothing, natives, long, life, just, fit, because, bad, worked, whole, white, weak, watch, uphold, try, think, struggle, sounded, smoking, show, shot