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1、班级：商务英语0906班学号：2009303010635姓名：陈飞CommentonshootinganelephantAbstractShootinganelephantwaswrittenbyGeorgeOrwell.Itisagreatessaycombiningpersonalexperienceandpoliticalopinion.GeorgeOrwelluseshispersonalexperiencewithamoraldilemmatoconveytothereadertheevilswhichresultfromcolonialpolitics

2、andimperialism.Becauseheputshisownpersonalthoughtsandopinionintohisstory,IwillfollowtheessaytoexpresssomeofmyownviewsandhowIunderstandtheessay.InBurma,GeorgeOrwellisactedasanimperialpoliceman.Shootinganelephantishisownexperience.NowIwanttoreadtheessaysindetailsanddiscusswhethershootin

3、ganelephantisarightchoiceornot.Asapoliceofficer,Orwellofteninsultedbytheyellowfacedman,healsomentionedthatimperialismwasanevilthingandthesoonerhechucheduphisjobandgotbetterone.Obviously,Orwelldoesnotsupporttheideaofimperialismforalltheseoppressedhimwithanintolerablesenseofguilt.Butone

4、thinghappenedinadaythatmadehimrealizedthattherealnatureofimperialism.Anelephantwasravaginginthebazaarandthisisthestartingpoint.Orwellwascalledtodealwiththisproblem,becausethosepoorvillageshaveabsolutelynodefenceagainstthis.Orwellproclaimswhatadilemmaitiswhenpeopleexpectgroupsofpeoplet

5、odocertainthingsanddocertainactions.Humanscanbeinfluencedsoeasily.AndheshowshowtheinfluencesofImperialismharmbothsides.Atfirst,hedidn'tmeantoshoottheelephant.Hetookarifletothescenejustwenttoprotectpeoplefromtheelephant'sattact.HeultimatelyfallsintotheexpectationsoftheBurmapeople.Again

6、sthiswillandmoralbeliefhedecidestokilltheelephant.Moreover,hesawtheelephantkilledapersoneasilyandfeltpressedthetroopsbehindhim.Sohedidn'thaveanotherchoicebuttokillit.Nextthefullpictureofshootinganelephanthadbeendescribedbyaseriesofspecificverbs.Somepeopleenjoyedtheprocessofshootingane

7、lephantandthinkOrwelldidagoodjob.Whilesomecriticizedhiscrudeaction.Orwellalsoconsideredthechoicelater.Hetalkedaboutthevalueofanelephant.Theelephantisjustlikeahugeworkingmachineitcanmakesmuchmoneyfortheowner.Iftheelephantwaskilled,onlytheteethofithassomefunction.However,itisvaluelessth

8、anthe