Abstract
Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the behavior or activity for which one critics the other. George Orwell’s ‘Shooting an Elephant’ is an essay where hypocrisy is exposed. Because in one side Orwell claims that imperialism is an evil thing and he hates it more bitterly and at the end of the story he establishes himself as an example of a genuine imperialist by performing his noble duty- that really carries his true identity as a hypocrite. It is an act of hypocrisy not heroics in a sense that he shows no courage to express the truth publicly and likes to impose it on the natives. As an agent of British imperialism Orwell shows the tendency of an act of hypocrite by wearing the musk of imperialism and finally unfolded it through the actions and his attitudes. So this paper is a modest attempt to show how hypocrisy is focused through the actions and the descriptions of the narrator who is bold enough in speaking the truth and exposing the lies. Actually the writer as an agent of the British Raj at first knows what he should do to the natives but he tries to show his innocence which becomes an issue here.
Highlights
LITERATURE REVIEWGeorge Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant and other essays is perhaps the collection of the most splendid essays in English language
Each and every single moment Orwell as an agent of true British imperialism tries to neglect the local people without having any right
Even in the last portion of the essay he insults the natives saying that while he is too upset for the dying Elephant the local people they make themselves to occupy in collecting the meat of the Elephant
Summary
George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant and other essays is perhaps the collection of the most splendid essays in English language. Orwell as a narrator has depicted all issues that make him realize what he felt It is a kind of confession for Orwell’s so called pride and hypocrisy. As he is bound to keep up the pride of the British Raj in the native area; it is known to him that the glory of the British raj is declining day by day in the colonized area. The native did not get the opportunity or the right to work for their own wellbeing because of the presence of the British Empire. Their fate is totally dependent on the West, perhaps on their own interest. The main purpose of the essay on one side is to establish the picture of imperialism how it affects the lives of both the imperialistic officers and the natives in the colonized area and on the other side he wants to represent himself an apple of eye to his readers
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