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Irony and Argument in "Shooting an Elephant" — Homework
Read "Shooting an Elephant" (George Orwell) before answering.
- 1.Explain why Orwell shoots the elephant even though he states it is no longer dangerous.
- 2.Quote Orwell's claim about what a tyrant destroys.
- 3.Explain the essay's central irony about Orwell's position as a colonial officer.
- 4.In five or more sentences, explain how this essay uses one specific personal incident as evidence for a broader argument about imperial power, connecting it to the essay-as-argument skills studied earlier this year.
- 5.Describe a modern situation where someone might act against their own better judgment purely to avoid looking weak in front of an audience, and connect it explicitly to Orwell's argument.
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