This was a small village in lower Burma. Where he was hated by many people, in an aimless, pretty kind of way all anti-European feelings was very bitter. He was a ill-educated young man, and was forced to deal with all of his problems in silence and alone. This was brought on any Englishman in the east. The yellow faces of young men hooted at him from safe distances

, which got on his nerves. He lived his life as an outcast and without any knowledge of the culture. Except that it disgusted him how ruthless the Burmese were against their oppressors. This upset him very much because in sense he was the oppressor, and living with them was a crime. Theoretically, he was all for the Burmese and against their oppressors. But it was only because he took out all of his rage on little evil-spirited beasts (children) who tried to make his job impossible. He had

After he had requested for the gun, the villagers ran over with excitement that he was going to shoot the elephant. Before they gave no concern even though he was ruining their huts. The elephant was found in some paddy field right next to the village. The elephant took the slightest notice of the crowds approach, and then returned to breaking branches and eating them. When he saw the elephant he knew that he wasn't going to shoot him. He was going to watch him for a while to make sure he doesn't go on a rampage, then go home. As he turned around at the crowd they followed him. It was an immense crowd, two thousand or so. At that moment he realized that when he ordered the rifle he was going to have to shoot the elephant. He says " For it is the condition of his role that he shall spend his life in trying to imp

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)