One of orwell’s purposes in telling his story is to show how it gave him a glimpse of “the real nature of imperialism” (3). what does he mean? how does his essay illustrate this purpose. shooting an elephant.

In "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell, "the real nature of imperialism" is shown when Orwell says that as a British officer in Burma, he himself is against colonialism because in a job like that you see the dirty work of the British Empire. And when he faces the elephant he sees clearly that even though he doesn't want to kill the elephant, he has to because the Burmese expect him to, so he is not free. By limiting the power of the others the British Empire has limited its own freedom making a place of hollow power.

it's either a or b. i'm leaning more towards a.

m

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