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Who is the officer from Britain who shoots the Elephant
What is George Orwell (the narrator)
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What does it symbolize when Orwell asks for a gun?
It symbolizes the English troops being ordered into Burma.
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What has the elephant left lying in the mud?
a dead "coolie" or laborer
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What caused the Burmese to become independent?
The Japanese occupation in World War II
100
What does Raj mean?
Rule over India?
200
Who asks to "take care" of the elephant?
What is the Sub-Inspector
200
What does the elephant's persistence to continue living symbolize?
The Burma natives's persistence to keep their village and traditions.
200
What does Orwell decide to do with the elephant?
He eventually decides to shoot it.
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Who controlled Burma in the 1880s?
The British
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What is the most common element of literature in the story?
Irony
300
Who has been causing damage to the town?
What is the Elephant
300
What does the death of the elephant symbolize?
How the Burma natives are being suppressed by the British Colonists.
300
How does Orwell Originally feel about killing the elephant?
he feels uncertainty and discomfort
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In 1989 what did the government change the country's name to?
Union of Myanmar
300
What are Dahs?
Large carving knives
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Who hates the narrator and everyone like him?
What is the village
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What does George Orwell symbolize?
The British military
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What is Orwell asked to do?
Shoot a disruptive elephant
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What year did Burma become independent?
1948
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What is the setting?
Moulmein, Lower Burma in the 1920s
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Who at first comes across as destructive but as the story goes on they become more peaceful than destructive.
What is an elephant
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What does the elephant symbolize?
What is the Burma Village
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How do the Burmese Villagers react to the English Military?
with disgust and hatred
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When was Burma allowed "some" self rule?
1937
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What continent is Burma in?
Asia