Sunday, October 26, 2008

Shooting An Elephant - Enemy [Exercise]

Enemy - A hostile force or a person in opposition.

The Britishers were against Orwell because they sent him to Burma. The Burmese hated him because he was a "Britisher" who wanted to impose imperialism on them.
They didn’t realize the fact that he was a police officer who is supposed to protect them.
I consider the tamed Elephant as an enemy too because he was a danger to the Burmese as well as Orwell.
The situation and events that Orwell describes emphasize the hostility between the administrators of the British Empire and their ‘‘native’’ subjects. Both sides feel hatred, disbelieve, and resentment. The situation is universally degrading.