Shooting an Elephant
What is the difference between killing the elephant and “murdering” the elephant?
What is the difference between killing the elephant and “murdering” the elephant?
What is the difference between killing the elephant and “murdering” the elephant?
From the text, we can infer that killing the elephant is considered a needful action during the elephant's rampage... the time in which the elephant was a danger to others. In the end, Orwell's resistance to killing the elephant, which is no longer dangerous, becomes an act of murder.
Shooting an Elephant