Question

PART A: Which statement describes the main theme of the essay shooting an elephant?

Answer 1

Answer:

Unnecessary enforcement of total control over another person or creature would lead to abuse, violence and even death.

Explanation:

In his essay, shooting an elephant, George Orwell was able to describes how the souls of both colonists and their subjects get corrupted by colonialism. It expresses colonialism as a terrible ideology which evades human right and treatment.

Colonialism could change a man to become what he was not by being used against the will of his people due to a superior influence, expectations or command.

The statement that describe the main theme of the essay is that unnecessary enforcement of total control over another person or creature would lead to abuse, violence and even death.