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班级：商务英语0906班学号：2009303010635姓名：陈飞Comment on shooting an elephantAbstractShooting an elephant was written by George Orwell. It is a great essay combining personal experience and political opinion.George Orwell uses his personal experience with a moral dilemma to convey to the reader the evils which result from colonial politics and imperialism.Because he puts his own personal thoughts and opinion into his story, I will follow the essay to express some of my own views and how I understand the essay. In Burma, George Orwell is acted as an imperial policeman. Shooting an elephant is his own experience.Now I want to read the essays in details and discuss whether shooting an elephant is a right choice or not. As a police officer, Orwell often insulted by the yellow faced man, he also mentioned that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner he chuched up his job and got better one. Obviously, Orwell does not support the idea of imperialism for all these oppressed him with an intolerable sense of guilt. But one thing happened in a day that made him realized that the real nature of imperialism. An elephant was ravaging in the bazaar and this is the starting point. Orwell was called to deal with this problem,because those poor villages have absolutely no defence against this.Orwell proclaims what a dilemma it is when people expect groups of people to do certain things and do certain actions. Humans can be influenced so easily. And he shows how the influences of Imperialism harm both sides. At first, he didnt mean to shoot the elephant. He took a rifle to the scene just went to protect people from the elephants attact. He ultimately falls into the expectations of the Burma people. Against his will and moral belief he decides to kill the elephant. Moreover, he saw the elephant killed a person easily and felt pressed the troops behind him. So he didnt have another choice but to kill it. Next the full picture of shooting an elephant had been described by a series of speci