is a narrative essay about Orwell's time as a police officer for the British Raj in colonial Burma. The essay delves into an inn
er conflict that Orwell experiences in his role of representing the British Empire and upholding the law. At the opening of the essay Orwell explains that he is opposed to the British colonial project in Burma. In explicit terms he says that he's on the side of the Burmese people,who he feels are oppressed by colonial rule. As a police officer he sees the brutalities of the imperial project up close and first hand. He resents the British presence in the country.
George Orwell wrote his "Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" in a narrative form. The essay was about the unjust shooting of an elephant, that too, not a wild one but a tame elephant.
The essay may also be metaphorically taken as the two identities of British imperialism. While the elephant represents the colonies, the victims of its imperialist actions, the executioner of the elephant represents the British authority, power, the imperial country/ kingdom. The narrative essay is Orwell's way of presenting the conflict between the two sides of imperialism, the conflict that he also faced as a police officer under the British but empathize with the colonies.
Thus, the correct answer is "Shooting an Elephant".
Me personly i think that it is important because we need to know the other person is feeling in order to know what to talk about and what not to talk about I guess. we need to see how they are feeling so we can know what to do. like if someone is sad then we see if we can help in anyway. Anyways you get the point.
