A Fool: An Analysis of George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
             Shoot the elephant or don't shoot the elephant? To some readers it is an easy decision; hard for some. And even though there were signs of the yearning to shoot the elephant, somehow the reader was kept in a rollercoaster ride until the end. The Protagonist was full of doubts and hesitation and in the end he knew that he must kill the elephant. With a thorough examination of the story, George Orwell has used the literary elements of imagery and foreshadowing to indicate that the protagonist was most likely kill the animal.
             At the time of imperialism, an army officer was stationed in the country of Burma. As a police officer he was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. He hated the people who made his job "impossible". He despised his job and he hated the Burmese. After Burma has been taken over by imperialism, the Burmese had an anti-European feeling about the British. The protagonist was stationed in Burma without his choice and now is being ridiculed by people who he doesn't even know. At times when the protagonist gets insulted, he feels a "greatest joy in the world would be to drive a bayonet into someone's guts". He despised his job and the people so much that we would rather kill people in order to get rid of his frustration.
             When the protagonist finds out an elephant was ravaging through the city, he hesitated what to do. But after finding out that the elephant stampeded through a couple huts and killed a cow and a man. He realizes that "it was perfectly clear what I ought to do". From despising his job to hating the Burmese; stress and frustration is building up inside him. When he finds out that when an elephant is out loose, he realize he must kill it; in order to relieve the stress that was enduring inside him.
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