George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant

 

1. Summarize the main storyline in about 200 words

2. Characterize the narrator.

3. To what extent is this story a criticism of colonialism. Comment.

 

Additional hints:

Task 1: to give you an idea of the number, the original text consists of 3267 words, the first paragraph alone has 198 words.

Tasks 2 and 3: please support your statements by referring to the text, possibly using quotations.