Yes he is a god and dosent know it
I also had this question for my assignment and I had to write an essay about it. Here's what I wrote for your question
Answer:
In paragraph 7 of <em>Shooting an Elephant</em>, Orwell appeals to pathos by using descriptive language and imagery to convey his feelings of having to shoot an elephant in the presence of natives. Orwell says "the sea of yellow faces" and "garish clothes" to describe his surroundings and to evoke imagery from the reader. This effect helps substantially with placing us alongside him in the book, and helping us to understand more about the setting. Furthermore, Orwell tells us about the way the natives gather around him, saying "it was an immense crowd, two thousand at least and growing every minute." By doing this, Orwell makes it as if we can almost experience the peer pressure of feeling obligated to do something because of those around us. Lastly, this effect of peer pressure is further by the last line in which he expresses that if he does not kill the elephant, everyone around him will be dissapointed.
(Hi! I tried my best, I just finished AP Lang so i hope its not terrible.)
The answer is in the question! First of all Figurative means, "departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical." So based on that figurative language is metaphorical, while literal is... literal (If you don't know what that means look up the word)
Not trying to be a smart aleck but this is more of a question that you should do yourself because this is more of a essay type question. Introduce yourself and your side of the issues, then give a few reasons and explain them. At the end thank them for taking to time to read it and restate your side of the issue.