Somebody vil hjælpe mig:) vil i være søde at rette den igennem for mig:) på forhånd mange tak:) skal nemlig aflever imorgen.

In this exercise, I have to analyse the short story and interpret it. Georg Orwell writes the short story “Shooting an elephant”. I will start to analyse the text, were I will give a characterization of the main character and the people in the town. After that, I will interpret the text, with my own opinion. The text is finding place in Lower Place, where the main character is a police officer, who have being teased from the people, and he was aimless. He thought that the sooner he gets out of the job the better. After a period, the sub inspector of the police station contacts him, because an elephant was ravaging the bazaar. Then he went out for shooting an elephant. The course of events is realistic, the place were the short story is finding place, is a full up city. There are many people, who were going after him, for looking at him, when he was shooting the elephant. We form a general view throughout the course about the police officers personality and status. The police officer lack of self-confidence. He listens to the people’s opinion, and not to the logic. He is just dreaming that, the people like him, proud of him, and that he will become a hero in there eyes. They just called after him, when they needed help, but if he needs help, I do not think that the people would help him, on the contrary they would to resist him. I think the reason that let him shoot the elephant is, to get a higher status among the people. He thinks that, they always want to mention his name in front of the people. The people who live in the town are selfish. They are strange; they do not love other types of human.