ShootinganElephant

It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one which had gone must. It had been chained up, as tame elephants always are when their attack of. must ...

For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the 'natives', and so in every crisis he has got to do what the 'natives' ...

Shooting an Elephant is an essay by British writer George Orwell, first published in the literary magazine New Writing in late 1936 and broadcast by the ...

由 G ORWELL 著作 · 被引用 10 次 — George Orwell (1903–1950) has written some of the most influential novels and essays of the 20th century. His work, including Animal Farm and Nineteen ...

In “Shooting an Elephant,” Orwell reflects on a specific incident from his time as a young police officer in. British-ruled Burma during the 1920s.

Shooting an Elephant, the essay of George Orwell. First published: autumn 1936 by/in New Writing, GB, London.

The elephant has escaped his captivity while his owner is away. It poses a threat to the humans for the simple fact that the elephant is lost and frightened.

由 G ORWELL 著作 · 被引用 194 次 — I took my rifle, an old .44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might be useful in terrorem. Various Burmans stopped me ...

It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant – it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery – and obviously one ought not to do it ...

[2017-09-15]. （原始內容存檔於2019-08-15）. George Orwell. Shooting An Elephant. The Literature Network.