A simple glance at George Orwell's writing style helps one understand a lot. He first begins the essay by explaining how the narrator was treated poorly in Lower Burma while he was a policeman. Specifically, the narrator states: "I was hated by a lot of people" and "the anti-European feeling was very bitter." From this it could be interpreted that although he was a British soldier with a lot of power, he was "baited whenever it seemed safe to do so". He then goes into great detail and paints scenes in the reader's mind, such as how a European woman could not walk through the market without someone "spitting betel juice on her dress", to create a feeling of remorse among mistreated Europeans. Additionally, Orwell creates detailed imagery throughout his text to show how poorly Europeans were treated in Burma. He uses words with connotations in the scenes he creates to display a certain feeling. For example, in a football scene where someone trips, he uses the word "hideous laughter" to show the audience's support for the mistreatment of Europeans and their cruelty. Soon after successfully gaining the reader's sympathy by expressing the narrator's feelings as an Anglo-Indian in Burma, Orwell focuses on criticizing imperialism. In his second paragraph, the narrator openly expresses his criticism of imperialism when he says: "I once thought imperialism was a bad thing...I was all for the Burmese and all quite against their oppressors, the British. "At this point, the reader can interpret that the narrator has sympathy for the Burmese; however, he finds himself in a situation where he has no choice but to obey the oppressor, the British, in reason for his position This is where the reader can tell them...... middle of paper ......irony in his essay to bring out the goal of ending imperialism which is; symbolized by the “elephant” in the essay There are many parts of the essay where irony can be found For example, when the narrator was mistreated by the Burmese and, later, the. narrator sympathized with the Burmese being part of British rule The other type of irony that Orwell implies is when the narrator, a leader in Burma, follows Burmese expectations and shoots the elephant to avoid looking like a fool. and to be part of the “imperialist leaders”. The irony here is that he states at the end of the essay “I was very happy that the coolie was killed; this proved me legally right and it gave me sufficient pretext to shoot the elephant." because he was happy that someone had been killed, so that he could help the Burmese by killing as well.