SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT George Orwell's service as a member of the imperial police in Moulmein in lower Burma from 1922 to 1927 produced in him a sense of guilt about the British colonial rule in the sub-continent and the evils it let loose. A feeling grew in him that he must make some kind of ...

In his essay "Shooting an Elephant," George Orwell attempts to relay the inhumanity of imperialism. Orwell uses his personal experience with a moral dilemma to convey to the reader the evils which result from colonial politics. An English petty officer in colonial Burma is routinely required to...

Over one hundred years ago, an English visionary was born in India. On June 25th, 1903 Eric Arthur Blair was born to Richard and Ida Mabel Blair. Eric would grow up to take the pen name George Orwell, and he would go on to write many essays and novels, of which the most famous are Nineteen Eighty-Fo...

Eric Arthur Blair, later to be known as George Orwell, was not like the typical author. He struggled in his life with many obstacles and mainly wrote about his experiences and views. His works reflect his understandings of what was going on during his time period and the observations that he encoun...