Shooting an Elephant

Shoong an elephant: master or slave? In the story “Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell, the character finds himself at the mercy of a hooting crowd of Burmese villagers eager to see him shoot an elephant gone “must.” The character is confronted with a moral dilemma and abandons his morals to escape the mockery of the native Burmans. He feels compelled to shoot the animal because the Burmans “did not like me, but with the …

…possible to be both a slave and master at the same time because all people will eventually be enticed to do something by someone else. The pressure the character receives from the natives was enough for him to cave in and do something he did not want to do and was made a slave of society. He was force to kill the elephant from outside sources. Therefore making him a slave in his own dominion.