| “Shooting
An Elephant” p. 2457 |
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| • | Critiques
imperialism from the imperialist’s |
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| • | Reveals
“the real motives for which despotic |
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act” (p. 2458) |
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| • | Colonizers
as well as colonized people |
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| become
victims of imperial policy (p. 2459- |
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| • | Shooting
the elephant becomes a metaphor |
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colonial violence |
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