ENGL 3040 - George Orwell's To Shoot an Elephant by Mady Ramlan https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell 1. Take a selfie of your group and post it. 2. What is the essay about? 3. What are its major themes 4. Do you like this essay? 5. What have you learnt from this essay? en-us 2016-10-30 12:16:42 UTC 2025-12-02 22:06:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 2 selfie https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128506 2016-10-31 02:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128506 Group 5 💕 https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128533 2016-10-31 02:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128533 https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128580 Group 1]]> 2016-10-31 02:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128580 Group 3 https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128668 2016-10-31 02:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128668 Group 3's 2nd task (what is the essay about?) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128754 This essay is about a police officer who was in the struggle between pressure from community and humanity. He was already hated by the community so the urge to get the community's approval is emerging. A chance to get acknowledged by them is to change himself for the sake or the community which involved himself in both internal and external conflicts. He struggled in the consideration of self-image and conscience since he was living in the society that obviously he needed to be fitted in. At the end of the story, he gave up upon an helpless elephant's life for the sake of a clear-headed objective.]]> 2016-10-31 02:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134128754 GROUP 6 SELFIE ❤ https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129222 2016-10-31 02:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129222 Group 4 :) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129423 2016-10-31 02:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129423 Group 4 ( what the essay is about) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129708 It is about British Colonization towards Burmese. The narrator is a British policeman serving in Burma. He is hated as a foreigner and repressive authority figure of white English society. The action of the story concerns a rogue elephant taht has killed a Burmese man. The narrator finds the elephant standing peacefully in a field. He doesnt want to kill the elephant but he knows that crowd expect him to do it. ]]> 2016-10-31 02:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129708 Group 3 Themes  https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129882 1) Humanity vs Community
2) Colonialism and Imperialism
3) Conflict of principles
4) Pressure from power]]> 2016-10-31 02:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129882 Group 4 (Do you like the story) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129917 We like the story because it is brief and understandable. It also critizes imperialism and talks freedom should be everywhere. Plus, the way Orwell tells the story is so detailed that it feels like we are part of the story especially at the shooting part. ]]> 2016-10-31 02:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134129917 Group 1 (major themes https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130009 1. Disrespect
 - British Empire disrespect Burmese
2. Responsibility vs Self-conflict
- to kill or not to kill the elephant
3. Loving animals
- stop cruelty towards animals]]> 2016-10-31 02:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130009 GROUP 6 TASK 5 https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130109 What have you learnt from this essay?
1) To think rationally
2) To make sacrifice 
3) To respect your leader
4) To be responsible of your task
5) Do not hate a person too much because you might need the help from the person
6) Cannot be selfish
7) Do not be judgemental]]> 2016-10-31 02:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130109 Group 4 (Theme https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130114 1. The evil of emperialism
It humiliates the occupied people, reducing them to inferior status in their own country.

2. Loss of freedom in a colonised land.
They restricted the freedom of the natives.]]> 2016-10-31 02:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130114 Group 6 (Major themes https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130139 1. Racism
2. Hypocrisy 
3. Humanism
4. Prejudice
5. Imperialism 
6. Ignorant 
7. Sacrifice ]]> 2016-10-31 02:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130139 Group 3 ( Do you like the story) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130167 No. An unjust and selfishness resulted immoral product in the story whereby a precious life is taken away unfairly. It is unexpected curtain down where the problem is considered solved by shooting an elephant.]]> 2016-10-31 02:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130167 Group  https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130174 We do like how sophisticated this essay is. Unfortunately, the message of this essay disgusts us because we can see how the police officer is hypocrite. The fact that he didn't want to killed the elephant at first, shows how thoughtful he is towards animal habitats. But when he killed that elephant anyway, it shows that he is trying to lift himself up among the Burmans because that's what the Burmans want. It is very upsetting too to see that the Burmans didn't even care about the elephant at all but for its meat and tusks and leave it to die.]]> 2016-10-31 02:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130174 Group 4 (Lessons learnt) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130217 1. He sacrifices his self interest for the sake of getting approval from others.
2. People might forget the value of a life (the elephant) and humanity when it comes to self-satisfaction. (Applies to both the officer and the Burmese people)

]]> 2016-10-31 02:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130217 Group 1 Q https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130258 We like and dislike the essay. We like the essay because we believe no matter how bad a thing could be, there is always a good in it. The officer is one good character that still have sympathy towards the Burmese despite the British Empire has done so much chaos in the Burmese land. We dislike the essay because it shows cruelty against other creatures. The innocent elephant 
was still killed despite it has calm down and harmless. This depict no mercy and no forgiveness. ]]> 2016-10-31 02:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130258 Group 2 -  what is the essay about? https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130273
Orwell, the author tells his experience of shooting an elephant in Moulmein, Burma. Orwell was a colonial policeman in British Burma but he was disliked by the local people. He didn't have the intention to shoot the elephant because of his position as the representative of British laws. The factors that lead to shooting the elephant are because are ravaging the bazaar and the incident and the death of local man who was killed by the elephant. As the crowd gathered, he felt the pressure to shoot the elephant. He realized the elephant was not dangerous as he drew himself near to the elephant, it did not attack him. He pulled a trigger to the elephant three times but three shots were just weakened the elephant and he decided to shoot his two remaining bullets to the heart of the elephant. At that time, he could not stand the elephant dying.]]> 2016-10-31 02:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130273 Group1  https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130327 Summary:
- The story is about a colonial policeman in British Burma who is gain no respect by the Burmese.
- Suddenly, there was a tame elephant ravaged/ had gone "must" in the town 
- That elephant had killed a local man brutally as described in the text as " lying on his belly with arms crucified & head sharply twisted on the side".
- The local people were frightened & panicked
- He was reponsible to settle down the situation
- He brought a gun & everyone was expecting him to shoot the elephant.
-Onced he arrived at the elephant roundabout, he realized that the elephant had become tame again & he did not want to shoot it.
- However, when he saw the local were all excited & anticipated him to shoot the elephant, he had conflict between himself whether to follow their expectations or not.
- Finally, he just followed their expectations to shoot the elephant & ignored his own feeling to save the elephant.

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What "Shooting an Elephant" is all about?
It talks about a colonial British police officer who has a conflict with his own British empire and Burmese since he does not have any choice left. He has been hated and disrespected by the local people. The local people are shocked about a raging elephant coming and destroying someone’s bamboo, killing a cow and devouring the stock. And later, he is assigned to kill the elephant because it brings chaos to the crowd. At first, he does not believe of elephant being a wild animal until he sees a dead corpse, an Indian victim and black Dravidian coolie dying horribly with his arms crucified and head sharply twisted to one side. The man is found lying with his body sprawling in the mud.
The British police officer brings a rifle with him with an intention of protecting himself from danger but the crowd of 200 people who has urged him to kill the elephant due to massive destruction. The thing that he does is just following the elephant silently at a metalled road located at the waste of paddy fields. He once realizes that unless he kills the elephant, the Burmese people will laugh at him. This makes him to shoot the elephant that is agonizing its death in suffering. After three shots, the elephant still does not die, until the British police officer fires his remaining shots into his heart and down his throat.
Then, it takes for half one an hour to die

]]> 2016-10-31 02:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130347 Group 1 (Question 5) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130366 1. Killing animals are inhuman.
2. We need to have our own firm decision.
3. Be yourself.]]> 2016-10-31 02:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130366 Group 5. 2) The essay is about a white British police officer who lives in Burma who ought to encounter a ravaging elephant when he was in duty. The narrator is disrespected by the Burmese and also against the British empire. While he was on duty, he is in a conflict whether to shoot the elephant or not. Because of the pressure by his surroundings, he shot the elephant to avoid looking like a fool. 3) Major themes a) Dilemma. The narrator originally does not have the intention to shoot the elephant but the unwanted circumstances have lead him to do it. b) Racism. Because of the police officer's origin and race, the natives tend to alienate and disrespect him. 4) We do not like the story because the narrator killed the elephant because of the pressure given by the natives. The act of killing is inhumane. He can make a better decision with a rational mind. 5) a.We must have our own stand and principle in life, not blindly follow other's people opinion to make a decision. b. One must know how to work   under pressure in order to have a better outcome.  https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130607 2016-10-31 02:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130607 Group 3 (Lesson) https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130669 1) To love animals unconditionally
2) To stand firm in what you believe
3) Colonization affect both colonizers and the colonized
4) Do not conform to social norms]]> 2016-10-31 02:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130669 Group  https://padlet.com/madyramlan/engl3040orwell/wish/134130794 Group 2
What are major themes?
In ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell, one of the major themes is colonialism. The fact that in the beginning of the essay he stated that he is a sub-division police officer in Burma who is hated by the native there shows us that it is related with colonialism that occur in Burma. Orwell tells us his own experience to shoot an elephant who ravaging a bazaar to save his faced by killing it. His acts is considered as cruel as it also delivered a hidden messages about colonialism.

The next theme is conscience. He had no intention of shooting the elephant, but because of the crowd following around, he feels the pressure as the people expected him to kill it, even though he knew that the elephant attack of must was already pacing.

Do you like this essay?

Yes, because the “I” in Shooting an Elephant tries to represent a character that is relatable to a specificgroup of audience which is an individual that lives in foreign country. The struggle of this character to appeal to the society that speaks different language in order to live peacefully without having to live his life through the judgment eyes. This situation is relatable to those students that choose study oversea and would find this struggle is reflected upon their own struggle.

Another reason to find this story to be relatable is when the main character is conflicted between his own morality or principles with people’s expectation of him. Sometimes, to remain likeable within a group or society, some sacrifices are necessary in order to not be alienated by the rest. 

Plus, the story is quite interesting because the writer uses elephant to symbolize the rebellion against the british rule. the burmese protests against the elephants’ death just like how they demand for freedom from the rule of  British Empire.

What have we learnt from   ory

The lesson that we have learned from this story is we have to obey the command of the people who have the higher authority from us. Besides, we should be brave in making any decision. We can see that Orwell is making a right decision by shooting the elephant because it might harm other people in that place. 
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