"Shooting An Elephant" and V. Woolf's Narratives

What type of narrator does Orwell establish in the first 2-3 paragraphs? With what purpose? Write at least 5 sentences and cite direct text evidence.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

On page 1254, in the first paragraph, Orwell makes several contradicting, if not mutually exclusive statements. Please cite text evidence that would illustrate those statements.

What social tendency does he describe?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Both Woolf and Orwell include references in foreign languages. Please describe, what effects do these references to foreign literature produce in each essay. What rhetorical device may it be considered?

Provide translations of all phrases and interpret the influence of all sayings on the overall messages of the texts. Do their foreign words carry a different function?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does the elephant symbolize in Orwell's essay? Back up your answer with text evidence.

• The Power of Imperialism

• The colonizer

• The colonized

• The cowardice of the Oppressor

• The stoicism of the Oppressed

On the page 1258, Orwell writes: "A white man mustn't be frightened in front of 'natives'; and so, in general, he isn't frightened. The sole thought in my mind was that if anything went wrong those two thousand Burmans would see me pursued, caught, trampled on, and reduced to a grinning corpse like that Indian up the hill. And if that happened it was quite probable that some of them would laugh. That would never do". How do these words reveal imperialist fears and misplaced priorities?

Based on our readings and discussions, what narrative techniques would you like to use for your own Personal Narrative?

• Rhetorical questions, Ethos, Pathos and/or Logos

• Literary devices (metaphors, symbolism, analogies, etc.)

• Unreliable narrator, mutually exclusive statements

• Inner conflict to reveal the character of your narrator

• Argumentation and counter argumentation