Für eine komplette Inhaltsangabe empfehlen wir euch die offizielle Lektürenhilfe.
George Orwell, 1936
Setting
Town if Moulmein in Burma
20ies / 30ies
Point of View
mixture of a narrative and essay, 1st Person narrator, autobiographical story.
Characters
police officer - anonymous narrator, young, is harassed by the Burmese, hatred of imperialism, frustrated, fears shooting the elefant, fear of ridicule by the natives.
Burmese (crowd) - hates the opressors, want to have a funny incident, are depended on the whities, easy to entertain, speak with only one voice.
Elefant - dangerous (at the beginning), calm (later), symbol of the dying empire, tries to break the tyranny of the white man.
Plot
Exposition - The police officer shows the situation in Burma.
Conflict/Rising action - The elefant destroys the town.
Climax - The decision to kill the elefant
Resolution - The police officer shoots the elefant, who dies a slow and paintful dead.
Themes
Conflict between British colonial administrators and native Burmese
The Life of Europeans in colonies
Criticism of british imperialism
Human nature and universal morality
Animal shooting
Decline of the empire
Shooting an Elefant – Caught between Cultures wurde eingetragen am Mittwoch, 3. September 2008 um 19:19 im Fach Englisch.
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