Back to My Own Country
The Caribbean island is where Andrea Levy's parent emigrated from.
What is Jamaica?
This author wrote shooting an Elephant based on his experiences as a colonial police officer.
Who is George Orwell?
It is a hard life.
What is life on the sea?
No one can disregard the widos wishes
What is the speakers view?
Care given to a child while growing up.
What is upbringing?
Levy's essay focuses on this struggle of finding a place where she truly fits in.
What is belonging?
The essay takes place in this Southeast Asian country, then under British rule.
What is Burma(Myanmar)?
Causes him to follow the life or the sea despite its hardships.
What is curiosity?
represents the British empire
What is ladg?
Becoming like the majority.
What is assimilate?
In the essay, Levy reflects on growing up in the European country.
what is Britian( the UK)
The narrator is pressured into killing the elephant because he fears looking this way in front of the crowd.
What is foolish(or weak)?
The speaker craves the sea as his soul craves this.
What is heaven?
Causes the people to do this in public
What is smile?
Uncountably large amount
What is myriad?
Levy discusses being part of the generation children of immigrants who grew up between two cultures.
What is the Windrush generation?
In the essay, the elephant symbolizes the oppressive system that harms both rulers and ruled.
What is imperialism?
Those who live in this world have lost this.
What is joy?
A large, old, crowded city
What is London
Native to a county or region
What is indigenous?
A major theme in the essay is how society treats people differently because of this visible characteristic.
what is skin color (or race)?
The narrator realizes he shot the elephant not out of duty, but because he felt controlled by these people watching him.
Who are the Burmese crowd.
Where the parents of the speaker of old country are from.
What is china?
Queen fulfills her duties with public appearance but it is this
What is stressful?
Combined from different sources.
What is hybrid?