The crowd urges Orwell to kill and he as a, "white man mustn't be frightened in front of "natives"; and so, in general, he isn't frightened"(846).After Orwell shoots and kills the elephant he, "[perceives] in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys"(845). The author also, comes to realize that he is part of a society, that places more value on an elephant, than on a human life. Orwell hears comments like, "it was a damn shame to shoot an elephant for killing a coolie"(847).At the end of the essay it is disturbing to think, that Orwell is actually part of the vicious cycle, instead of part of the solution when he ends with the comment; "I often wonder whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool"(847). ...
