Shooting an Elephant

Shooting an Elephant

Is Orwell's tone suspenseful, humorous, or both?

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I don't find Orwell's tone to be suspenseful.... he is very straightforward, almost curt.

When a nimble Burman tripped me up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter. This happened more than once. In the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves.

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Shooting an Elephant