Human Nature :: essays papers

human beings NatureIn Shooting an Elephant , human nature is the same as it would be in just ab come on any story that we would read or hear. Human nature is no different in Burma than anywhere else in the world. In this story we see different degrees of human nature, from completely normal to in some(a) cases extreme. This essay is mainly focused on peer pressure. Should I wink the elephant or should I not? or Will I lose face with these people if I dont shoot the elephant? In this essay, I will discuss the traits of the different characters.Orwell was the kind of mortal that did not have a very high self-esteem. He did not have his ducks in a row, so to speak. I dont think that Orwell was one to function under pressure. He would give in to what he thought the people of Burma wanted, not to what he wanted. But in secret inside he detested the environment in which he lived, he hated the imperialistic government in which resided in Burma. He hated the residents of Burma. He sta ted that he would love to stick his bayonette into the stomach of a Buddhist priest. He felt all of this hatred for the people virtually him, but yet he felt as if he had to go along with everything and everyone else just to live in harmony.As Orwell was summoned to the tiny casualty as he called it, taking care of the elephant situation, he found that the residents of the hamlet did not know exactly what was going on with the elephant until they found out that there could possibly be a shooting, or at least(prenominal) some excitement. For example, he asked some of the villagers if they had seen the elephant. Some said that the elephant went to the left and some said that the elephant went to the right and some did not even know about(predicate) the elephant at all. The people seemed to be only out for themselves. They were not provoke in the situation until they found out that they might be capable to benefit from it. This is typical of people in any culture, especially in present times.In the last paragraph of Orwells essay, there had been deuce men that had feelings on the shooting of the elephant.