shooting an elephant
- Created by: caitlin farquhar
- Created on: 02-02-14 12:42
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- shooting an elephant
- OPPRESSORS
- british
- "imperialism was an evil thing"
- hated the oppressed
- hatred of empire vs "evil - spirited little beasts"
- INTRO
- author
- title
- very brief summary
- repeat question
- NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE
- description
- ancedote
- climax of shooting
- anti-climax ending
- THEATRICAL METAPHOR
- "theater curtain"
- "leading actor"
- "two thousand wills"
- "absurd puppet"
- "i first grasped the hollowness, the futility of the white mans dominion in the East"
- NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE
- anti-climax ending
- climax of shooting
- ancedote
- description
- SHOOTING OF THE ELEPHANT
- "devilish roar of glee" -burmese
- "suddenly shricken, shrunken, immensely old"
- "he sagged flabbily to his knees"
- use of "he" rather than "it"
- "tortured breathing"
- "i had done is soley to avoid looking a fool"
- OPPRESSORS
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