Shooting the Elephant

This was a hard passage for me to read. In fact, I didn’t even finish it, I just couldn’t.

The passage was very good. It put a perspective on peer presage. You got to see him and what he wanted to do but also got to see him with the struggle of thoughts of what the crowd wanted to see him to do.

It was difficult for me to read because of how detailed the actual shooting was. I guess I’m too emotional but I just couldn’t read anymore. I could really find a reason to shoot the elephant and I guess that’s what I didn’t like or even understand. What reasoning did the crowd have for wanting this done? We probably will never know.

As for the actual writing itself, it was strong, detailed and very good.