Shooting an Elephant
1. In the context of the essay, how might the interaction between the police officer and the elephant act as an extended metaphor for the conflict between the colonizer and the colonized? If we view the conflict between the police officer and the elephant
1. In the context of the essay, how might the interaction between the police officer and the elephant act as an extended metaphor for the conflict between the colonizer and the colonized? If we view the conflict between the police officer and the elephant as a metaphor, what is the colonizer attempting to “kill” in the colonized? How do the colonized respond?