English 12 - "Shooting an Elephant" by Mrs. McDougall https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi What was Orwell's claim? Give a 1-2 sentence summary. Give an example of ethos, pathos, and logos. Please make sure you include your first name and last initial. en-us 2021-10-03 20:05:03 UTC 2023-10-10 13:40:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/notebook.jpg Keira A https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739912223  Orwell felt that he had no choice but to kill the elephant because that's what the town wanted him to do. He claimed that he had to shoot it to impress the natives. George shooting the elephant created a stunning visual image that builds pathos ]]> 2023-10-10 13:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739912223 Raegan S. https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739913202 In the short story, "Shooting An Elephant", Orwell criticizes the oppression that the white men bring upon the people of Burma. More specifically, these men often fail to realize how they oppress themselves. To support this idea, he uses the appeal of Ethos, which can be seen when he is describing how the Burmese People see him. He also uses logos, or reason, when he talks about how he will only kill the elephant to avoid looking like a coward. Finally, pathos is used when he is describing the elephant's death.]]> 2023-10-10 13:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739913202 Connor M https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739913412 Orwell was faced with the choice of shooting the elephant. He made a moral decision that will stick with him for the rest of his life. One example of pathos is the death of the elephant. An example of ethos is Orwell's relationship with the Burmese people. And logos is when Orwell makes his moral decision to kill the elephant.]]> 2023-10-10 13:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739913412 "Shooting an Elephant" - Liam H. https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739914037 Orwell's claim is that people should reflect on idealizations of politicized society and figure out if their values actually align with the actions of ones they follow. 
Ethos - his credibility is shown through his descriptions of being a British policeman; this shows his experience in the field
Pathos - the way he describes the elephant's death makes the reader emotional; it gives the elephant an almost domestic, puppy-like quality
Logos - he shows logic through his inner thoughts on different political sides, he describes having to do the things he does not want to and discusses why]]> 2023-10-10 13:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739914037 Cali Janis https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739917940 The claim in this story was about how others think of us is how we react, especially with those who are in power. Including the destructiveness of imperialism, since he did not want to shoot the elephant, but felt like he had to.
Ethos: when he talks about pulling out his rifle, but it is too small to kill an elephant. 
Pathos: the death of the elephant. 
Logos: when it describes him as an officer in Burma. ]]> 2023-10-10 13:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739917940 "Shooting an Elephant" Syriana B https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739919657 Orwell was a policeman in Burma and he talked about his experience with the people there. He told a story about when an elephant got out and reeked havoc on the town. An example of Pathos sis when he took pity on the elephant and didn't want to kill it because it looked innocent. An example of logos is when he thought about what the elephant had did and how it deserved death. An example of ethos that has a British policeman and he criticizes what the British were doing.]]> 2023-10-10 13:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739919657 "Shooting an Elephant" Riley B beauchampr https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739921725 I think that Orwell's claim was that how we react to things when we know they are bad but we don't want to look bad in front of others. So, with this, he didn't want to shoot the elephant but had to in front of the Burmese people. Examples of this are pathos  “ the wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages of the lockups”( 1319 Orwell). The Ethos is the way she shows his place in the story and how others react to it. Logos being ” there were several thousand of them in the town…”( 1319 Orwell).

]]> 2023-10-10 13:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739921725 Avery E https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739925879 In the short story "Shooting an Elephant", Orwell's claim was that imperialism is an evil thing. He felt he had no choice to kill the elephant because he didn't want the Burmese people think of him as a "fool". He uses ethos, when describing being a policemen. Pathos, when he didn't want to kill the elephant. And Logos, when how he will kill the elephant. ]]> 2023-10-10 13:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739925879 Brian McGinn https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739927524 Orwell's claim was that imperialism as a concept was evil and needed to be stopped as it made things worse for everyone on all sides. In "Shooting an Elephant" Author George Orwell talks about the time where he was forced to shot and kill an Elephant due to the pressure given from the natives. Orwell chooses to use ethos at the very beginning of the story where he mentions that he was an officer for the British empire in Burma and that he knew how bad British imperialism was first hand. Orwell chooses to use pathos mainly when he is describing things throughout the piece. One example of this is when he describes the way he shot the elephant and the way it died. Orwell chooses to use logos when he explains the reasons as for why he had to kill the elephant such as the fact that the elephant had killed a person. He also uses it when talking about the different weapons he had to use to kill the elephant. ]]> 2023-10-10 13:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739927524 Shooting an Elephant Response https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739935253 Stephanie O.
Orwell's claim in "Shooting an Elephant" was that the imperialism that controlled the area of Burma was infecting and rotting the brains of the people who lived there. Orwell thought that the effects of imperialism were making the people who lived in Burma under British rule were going insane. He explains this through many lines throughout the short story. 
Pathos - "They had not shown much interest in the elephant when he was merely ravaging their homes, but it was different now that he was going to be shot. It was a bit of fun to them … besides they wanted the meat.". Orwell crafts a very clear story of how the people there have lost their empathy towards other living beings, in this case, the elephant. By mentioning how it was a bit of fun, he shows just how far it has gotten.
Ethos - “The young Buddhist priests were the worst of all. There were several thousands of them in the town and none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans.” While you would expect a Buddhist priest to be kind to all as defined by their faith, Orwell notes that they were some of the worst people for the job. Even the priests were not safe from the effects of imperialism, and Orwell makes a point to mention that fact.
Logos - “I took my rifle, an old 44 Winchester and much too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might be useful in terrorem … At the second shot he did not collapse but climbed with desperate slowness to his feet and stood weakly upright, with legs sagging and head drooping. I fired a third time. That was the shot that did for him.” Multiple times throughout the story Orwell notes how the guns he carried on him were not of the type to kill an elephant, and yet they did. Through the people's will behind him, he fired upon the elephant, despite knowing it wouldn’t die from simply one shot.




]]> 2023-10-10 13:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739935253 Andrea L. https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739938090 Orwell's claim is based on doing things or get the courage to do something you're afraid of or think it's not the best option to to look good around others. Making it look like actions count more and sometimes you have to do what the rest wants because you could end up with a worse consequence. He uses logos when he's describing the reasons of him killing the elephant and why he needed to do it. He tried to make the audience felt sympathy and have some type of credibility towards him. ]]> 2023-10-10 13:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739938090 Lexie Ellis https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739948332 In the story, I believe that Orwell's claim is that imperialism brings out the worst of both sides. He talks about how he hated the ways of his home country, but he also couldn't help but hate the natives. In the story "Shooting an Elephant" Orwell recalls a instance where he felt pressured to shoot an elephant so he was viewed higher by the natives that already disliked him. Through this example we are able to see how sometimes the "bad guys" do not want to do the bad things. An example where logos is present in the text is when Orwell tries to give himself reasoning for shooting an elephant. If the elephant killed a man, surely he would not be punished for killing it. An example of pathos is present in the final paragraphs of the story. Orwell describes the painful and torturous death of the elephant, trying to make the audience feel sympathy. Finally, an example of ethos he uses is in the beginning of the piece. This is when he mentions his years of being an officer and the experiences he witnessed himself.]]> 2023-10-10 13:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739948332 Zachary R https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739951260 George Orwell faced the problem of having to come face to face with a raging elephant that had gotten loose and trampled a civilian. He used ethos, pathos and logos to get an emotional output from the story to have us understand what it was like in the moment. But at the end he says that he did feel remorse, but also, his reasoning was to not look like a fool. ]]> 2023-10-10 13:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739951260 Shooting an Elephant (Stephen Price) https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739970596 In George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant", he tells a story in a very interesting way, switching from reality to satire.  In the story, Orwell talks about his time as a police officer from the UK stationed in Burma. He talks about how the Burmese people did not like the fact that another government was enforcing rule, and how he was treated because of being a cop. He begins the switch to satire when he hears about the elephant that is destroying the bazaar. After he hears about the elephant, he begins to march to the bazaar with a rifle, in hopes of shooting and scaring it into submission. But as he marches he realizes that the Burmese people are cheering for him to kill it, and by the time he arrives at the elephant a mob has assembled. Orwell had no intention of shooting the elephant, but because of the number of people, he felt if he did not he would look a fool. This is ironic because as a police officer, he is supposed to be the one with power, however, it seems that the Burmese people hold more power than any cop could.]]> 2023-10-10 13:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/qi6karouu2jc8yyi/wish/2739970596