George Orwell: Essays

Many Europeans think that Orwell was wrong to shoot the elephant because such an animal is worth much more than one dead coolie.(shooting an elephant)

Many Europeans think that Orwell was wrong to shoot the elephant because such an animal is worth much more than one dead coolie.

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Among the Europeans opinion was divided. The older men said I was right, the younger men said it was a damn shame to shoot an elephant for killing a coolie, because an elephant was worth more than any damn Coringhee coolie.

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Shooting an Elephant

I have true and false question and still dont know the answer is T or F

I'm sorry, you need to provide that information when posting. The answer would be true. As you can see in the quote above, the consensus among the Europeans was divided, thus, many Europeans did believe he did the wrong thing in shooting the elephant.

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