Shooting an Elephant

Why did the overall change in attitude to Orwell from the Burmese change when he was planning on shooting the elephant?

Why did Orwell shoot the elephant?

How did Orwell relate Imperialism to the shooting of the elephant?

      In the article "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell we read about George's plight with a rampaging elephant. George being a police officer in Burma surrounded by the native Burmese has been hated by them. Insulting and abusing him when the chance allows them. Orwell is a firm believer that the occupation of Burma by the British, and the overall aspect of imperialism as being evil and should be condemned.

    In the instance I which he remember a incident of a mad elephant ravaging through markets and homes of the Burmese .While he was tracking the elephant he noticed that a large crowd of the native Burmese have been following him. He proposed that imperialism was what he experienced with the crowd in which he had to impress them and make himself not look weak or foolish.

      But as I was reading I noticed a hidden meaning behind this recollection, The elephant was the symbol of imperialism, how it ravaged though the market stealing the goods of the Burmese merchants which we can translate to how imperialism take the resources of the country its occupying. This elephant pillaged homes and killed a person in which imperialism associates to. When it came down for the elephant  to die it didn't but stay alive after multiple shots, such as imperialism we may think it’s down, but really its behind the scenes clinging to life, trying to hold onto what influence it has created on a nation.  

          Another point I wanted to touch on is the decision of why Orwell shot the elephant. The meaning in why he did the deed just to entertain the crowd could have been a concept of how imperialism works that to be the overseer of these people you have to show that you’re not afraid and to demonstrate power but in Orwell’s case he seem to care about what people thought of him even though he hated them.