Question

In "shooting an elephant," if the narrator does not know what he can do, why does he take his rifle with him? he thinks he might be able to manage the crowd with it. he thinks he might be able to kill the elephant with it. he thinks the noise might scare off the elephant. he thinks someone might trade with him for larger weapon.

Answer 1

He thinks the noise might scare off the elaphant

Answer 2

In "Shooting an Elephant", by George Orwell, the sub-inspector at a police station calls the narrator to tell him that an elephant was ravaging the bazaar and if he could do something about it. The narrator, as a British officer in Burma, takes his rifle with him, because he thinks the noise might scare off the elephant. He has the intention of frightening the elephant but not shooting it.