Describing the elephants collapse

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Assignment:

Directions: Reread the essay to answer these questions. Use the "Shooting an Elephant" Text, not the chunked activities. Be sure to use text evidence to answer all questions. I have provided a few reminders, but they are just reminders, not an indication that you do not have to provide text evidence for all answers.

1. Based on details in paragraphs 1 and 2, what can readers infer about what the narrator is like as a person? How does he respond to the hatred of the Burmese?

2. In the first two paragraphs, how does Orwell use imagery to contrast between the people of Burma and the narrator? What is the effect on the reader?

3. In paragraph 3, what does the narrator mean when he uses the word "enlightening"?

4. Explain the sequence of events that leads to the narrator being called to "do something about" a rampaging elephant.

5. Paragraph 4 ends very differently than it starts. Describe how the narrator reveals the important details in the paragraph.

6. What is the narrator's attitude toward shooting the elephant in paragraphs 5 and 6? (b)What language does he use to convey this attitude? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

7. What makes the narrator change his mind about shooting the elephant? (b)What does he understand about himself-as an Englishman and a white man-at the moment of this decision?

8. In paragraph 9, the narrator formulates a logical plan of action that will allow him to avoid shooting the elephant, but he does not follow it. Why not? (b)What persistent thought or worry causes him to prepare to shoot the animal? Use text evidence.

9. What miscalculation does the narrator make as he prepares to shoot the elephant? (b) How does his error affect what happens next?

10. Reread Chunk 6 and mark the text for details describing the elephant's collapse. What do these details reveal about the writer's attitude?

11. What central idea about the value of life in imperial Burma is revealed by the "endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant" in the final paragraph?

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