SOAPSTONE "Shooting an Elephant"

A-George Orwell's specific audience for Shooting an Elephant was most likely people in Europe. The author's target audience is revealed by him saying that there were several thousands of them in the town and none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans. By him saying this, he is telling the european population of how these burmese feel towards them and their ways.
 The author's general audience for Shooting an Elephant is anyone who has ever come by a form of peer pressure or conformity. The author's general audience is exhibited when he says I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool. By Orwell saying this, he is implying he only did this task to avoid being made fun of, and thereby falling under conformity.

P-George Orwell's purpose in Shooting an Elephant is to inform us about the power of a crowd and the social pressures that come with it. This peer pressure is illustrated when he says the following: The people expected it of me and I had got to do it. Because he felt that the Burmese were forcing the murder upon him, he thought if he didn't go through with the murder they would jeer and mock him for the rest of his life.

S-George Orwell, an English writer, believes that there is much social injustice in our world. This value is illustrated by his ridicule of imperialism because it oppresses the Burmese people. This helps explain the moral of his essay and how the murder of the elephant, and oppression of people was unjust. This helps the essay's purpose to inform us of how social pressures can create injustices in our world.

T-George Orwell shows a strong and sturdy attitude about comformity in Shooting an Elephant. These attitudes are expressed by saying that he  did not in the least want to shoot him, but they were so forceful. By implying that th groups pressure was so strong on his actions, he too is having a sturdy tone with their pressures.