00969pam a2200193 a 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000250007304000130009804100080011108200150011910000270013424500600016126000400022130000290026152004660029065000190075611201IN-BhIIT20251209160735.0840406t19841950cau           000 0 eng    a9780141187396 (pbk.)  aIN-BhIIT  aeng00a824bORW/S1 aOrwell, GeorgeeAuthor10aShooting an elephant and other essays /cGeorge Orwell.  aLondon  :bPenguin Classics,c1968.  a375 p. ;bill. ;c21 cm.  a'It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act' Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.  aEnglish Essays