SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT

        Oh well, the essay is quite lengthy. Never mind. The essay is about an imperial police office who confess his inner conflict. It was wrote  during colonial rule at Burma. Although , there are a few issues mentioned in this essay, I was particular impressed with this paragraph , “ I perceived in………………. turns tyrant it his…………………….. For it is the condition of his rule that………………………….the  “natives” and so in every  crisis………………. what the  “natives “ expect of him. He wears a mask and his faces grows to fit it ,” that  implies although the writer doesn’t  want to shoot the elephant, he felt he was unable to do it. He needs to meet the expectation of the natives. He need to do so as , the colonial limited the freedom of the natives . The colonial also restrict their freedom in order to avoid any action that could provoke the natives to react. They need to do so to maintain their superiority over the natives

      The situation that the narrator faces reflects on what we go through in our lives. We want to do something that we think morally right but the entire world around us would influence us to change our decision. For example, take the life of a teacher and a student. As a teacher, we want to defend our colleague who was punished for an honest mistake . But we are afraid to do so because it will endanger our own life –lines. For students, they may have passion to study music and art but their parents may have other plan for their future that limit their passion in order to secure a good future. Honestly , I think that  a person should confess his or her inner dilemmas to face such situation without any hesitation so that they able to face the world around them boldly.