Many times we come to a stage in our lives where we must make a decision about something important, however the choice society would choose and the one believed to be correct don't always coincide. This is just the case in "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell and "Doctor's Dilemma" by James Dillard. In both these stories the main characters struggle with the internal conflict between the decisions that society is pressuring them to make and the ones they believe within themselves are right.
             Society has taught that we should make decision with the best interest of ourselves rather than the best interest of others. In "Shooting an Elephant", Orwell is in a position that is difficult for most to imagine. He, born of a British official, is in a foreign country as an Indian Imperial Police officer and striving for the acceptance of the individuals in society around him. He thinks that by making the decision they demand, it will be the right one. He has let his environment have much control over him. He also wants to avoid the embarrassment of looking like a fool in front of these thousands of people who had come to see the elephant shot for its wrong doing. He knows within himself though, that shooting the elephant goes against his moral ethics that he believes are right and takes away a huge value to the elephant owner. Orwell, makes the decision society expects and shoots the elephant. After the long, slow death of the elephant, Orwell is still questioning himself and the decision he made. He is thankful that the law also supported his decision and led him to believe he was not in the wrong. He gave into society's demands and yet didn't see the wrong in it.
             In "Doctor's Dilemma" however, Dillard knows that choice society would make for him isn't the right one, but will not put his entire career in jeopardy. The choice that
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