Posted by ALLY on May 29, 2001 at 19:49:45:
In Reply to: I NEED HELP ANALYSING SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT posted by cmd on May 14, 2001 at 20:27:57:
I HAD TO READ "SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT" ALSO, AND I KNOW THAT:
ORWELL DIDNT JUST SYMBOLIZE FOREIGN RULE--HE WAS ITS AGENT.
HIS AWARENESS OF BEING AN ENEMY WITHIN ANOTHER CULTURE KINDLED
ENORMOUS COMFLICTS INSIDE HIM. ORWELL USES BOTH VERBAL & SITUATIONAL
IRONY (TONE). IN THE ESSAY, ORWELL EMBODIES AN IMPERIALIST PERSPECTIVE.
ORWELL INCLUDES AN IRONIC MESSAGE: TYRANTS DESTROY THEIR OWN
FREEDOM!!! THERE ARE ALSO 2 ORWELLS IN THIS ESSAY: THE ONE ACTING &
THE ONE LOOKING BACK. ....... THATS ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW......
I KNOW SOME BACKGROUND INFO 2, IF U WANT LET ME KNOW.
HOPE I HELPED!