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What did George Orwell think of his job as a police officer?
George Orwell disliked his job as a police officer in Burma. He experienced guilt over being part of an oppressive colonial system, which he later criticized in his writing. The experience influenced his views on imperialism and social injustice.
As he looks back at the events narrated in Shooting an Elephant Orwell admits that he shot the elephant because?
he felt pressured to uphold his reputation in front of the Burmese locals who expected him to act decisively. Despite his moral qualms about shooting the elephant, the pressure to assert his authority and maintain control over the situation led him to ultimately pull the trigger.
How would you use the word guilt in a sentence?
She felt a lot of guilt and tried to apologize.
What emotion can we assume Macbeth is feeling based on his vision of Banquo's ghost?
He had felt guilt
What happened to the captain in the Titanic?
He went down with the ship, for he felt that the Titanicdisaster was his fault and felt that the guilt was to great to bear
What is losing innocence?
When you've done something and felt guilt or regret because of it.
How did killing Fortunato affect Montresor?
Killing Fortunato brought Montresor a sense of twisted satisfaction and power, as he felt he had successfully enacted his revenge. However, it also left him haunted by guilt and paranoia, as he continued to dwell on the crime and feared being discovered. This internal conflict ultimately consumed him, as evidenced by his confession in his final moments.
Why does Montag feel he has to wash his hands twice when the firemen are play poker?
" Montag felt the guilt of his hands. His fingers were like ferrets that had done some evil and now never rested." He did it because he felt guilty about his deeds and in some way was trying to wash away that guilt.
Shooting an elephant do you think he really has a choice?
In many ways, Orwell did not have a choice, he presents it soon after the first actual sighting of the elephant that while a practical method could be followed: "It was perfectly clear to me what I ought to do, I ought to walk within 20-30 yards from the elephant testing it's behavior: If it were to charge I would shoot, if it did not react it would be safe to be left until the Mahout arrived" It was not something he felt able to advocate: Orwell negates this obligation through a mixture of cowardice, prejudice and pressure that the massing crowd of "yellow faces" have instilled in him. Orwell is demonstrating that the splicing of cultures has led to this stand off and he must somehow act, he chooses to shoot the elephant, not because he has too but because it would be expedient to follow his prejudices against "appearing a fool " in front of the "natives" rather than adhere to idealist ethics. Evidence for this lies in his moment of comic irony when he says that if the elephant were to trample him the native would laugh at him- this touch of ridiculousness emphasizes the effect Imperialism has had on Orwell. Although that particular image is not intended to be fully serious it is representative of the "hopelessness of the white man's dominion in the East" that even in his death he is struggling not to be laughed at. He has become "the traditional image of the Sahib", who in theory has absolute power and as such could turn around and walk away, the compulsion to shoot the elephant comes about from the polar relationship that links the "natives" with the "Imperialists Orwell seems to be commenting on the battle between the compulsion to do what is right and what one feels obliged to do- his prejudices have led him in this case to abandon his morals. His argument running that once you have donned the "mask" your "face grows to fit it" and the empire you are master of compels you equally as much as you compel it. In such a relationship Orwell must bend to the will of the dehumanized collective mass who want the elephant dead, he is given no other choice.
How do you use the word pang in a sentence?
She felt a pang of guilt when she realized she had forgotten her friend's birthday.
Who felt the unease of wrongdoing in lord of the flies?
Ralph, after he participated in the killing of Simon.
How did Cecilia of Normandy Die?
Suicide. Her sister Adela of Normandy was tormented by guilt for the rest of her life for not realising Cecilia felt the way she did.
