to shoot an elephant

Becky Harlan (lee)

Mr. Neuburger

101-104

30 January 2013

Synopsis on Shooting an Elephant

By George Orwell

There was an elephant on a rampage. George was told to go take care of it because it was in the village. It already killed a man and it was in a field when George got to it. He really didn’t want to shoot it but there was about 2000 people standing behind him and cheering him on. The elephant was minding his own business. George continued to question himself if he should shoot this massive animal or not. The people were still waiting for him to shoot it so they could get the meat off of it. He finally shot the elephant but it didn’t die. He shot it 2 more times and still nothing. The elephant was lying on the ground gasping for air. So George tried to kill him by shooting him several more time. Finally he had to leave because he couldn’t stand to watch it suffer anymore. He was ashamed because the only reason he shot the elephant was so he wouldn’t look like a fool