Answer: B. He realizes that death is not peaceful.
"Shooting an Elephant" is an essay by the English writer George Orwell. The essay tells the story of an English officer who works in Burma. He is called by the locals to shoot an aggressive elephant. Although he does not want to do it, he realizes he has no other choice, and does it. However, the elephant suffers a slow and painful death. This causes great anguish to the narrator, and forces him to realize that death is not peaceful. The story is considered a metaphor of the British Empire.
The conclusion can you draw from Ida Willensky's description of trying to open the eighth floor door is that you had to pull the door to get out or the door opens inward
