e Orwell, it is his extensive writings that give us insight to his life.
             During his service in Burma, Orwell would experience firsthand England's colonial reach, which he would later write about in a collection of essays called Shooting an Elephant (1950). In these essays, Orwell would document the behavior of British officers, which led to his growing distaste for imperial rule. In a 1931 essay A Hanging, Orwell gives this account of the hanging of a Hindu man, "An enormous relief had come upon us now that the job was done. One felt an impulse to sing, to break into a run, to snigger. All at once everyone began chattering gaily." Orwell's disdain for the hurried, yet routine way the man was killed is clearly stated. Orwell's stint as an assi
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