The Real Nature of Imperialism

Throughout history, writers have written about many different subjects based on their personal experiences. George Orwell, under the pseudonym of Eric Blair, was one of the most famous political writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Bengal, India in 1903 to an English Civil Servant. Failing to win a scholarship to a university, he went to Burma to serve in the Imperial Police as an assistant superintendent. Eventually Orwell’s mounting dislike of imperialism led him to his resignation. His revelations of the behavior of the colonial officers appear in his essay “Shooting an Elephant.” In this essay, Orwell describes an incident that, he suggests, demonstrates “the real nature of imperialism.” This so-called imperialism found in “Shooting an Elephant” can be compared to that found in Joseph Conrad’s literature of empire, Heart of Darkness.

In “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell demonstrates that no matter what one’s beliefs, or position in society, no individual is absent from the immense pressure to conform. Orwell, a British police officer in Burma, allows an anxious crowd of locals to decid

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