Essay Archive - Personal Response to Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"
Personal Response to Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"
Reading Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant" helped me to remember about
many decisions I have made, including a decision I made on a warm senior
day of high school during lunch. "Shooting An Elephant" is ingeniously
linked to everyday life. Orwell writes about his experiences as a
political intruder in a western country, how it affected his life, and how
these people influenced him to kill an elephant. My decisions are often
based on the same subliminal whispers Orwell he....
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