In many cultures, the elephant represents grace, prosperity, power, loyalty and wisdom.
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For political debates the Elephant represents the Republican party and the donkey represents the Democratic party.
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Republicans. Democrats are often represented by a donkey.
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In politics, a donkey represents republicans while an elephant is for democrats (or the other way around
The elephant is the symbol of the Republican political party of the United States of America.
ummm why don't you look it up but any way it is an elephant Sources: Been a republican all my life
One interpretation is that the elephant represents imperialism, which is oppressing the Burmese people. The elephant already killed a coolie, which represents imperialism taking over the people on a small scale. The elephant needs to be killed before it oppresses the people even further. To look at the story from a literal sense, the elephant needed to be killed simply because it already killed one of the citizens and it posed as a threat to the people's safety.
The elephant in this dream represents a problem the dreamer perceives as enormous. The dreamer is afraid that the problem is out of control and is destroying something important, represented by the elephant killing people.