User:Andreacomposition

I felt the point that Orwell was trying to make was when you are in a position that you do not like and around people that do not like your position you make decisions that you do not want to make. In this essay Orwell knew that he should not and did not want to shoot the elephant. He knew that the elephant had calmed down and was pass his rage stage. He also knew that the elephant was worth more dead than alive for the natives. When he asked for the rifle, it was expected of him to shoot the elephant. Even though he was not put in that position to carry out the expectations of the natives but to do that the job that is expected of the people that put him in the position. It was unfortunate for him he did not like or believe in what he was doing. Sometimes, we are put in situations where we do not want to do something but do it for the approval of others.