Question

Can someone paraphrase this or just make it sound better lol (30 points)

In Paragraph seven of Shooting an Elephant, Orwell tries to convey to his audience how he is feeling about the natives being there with him when he has to shoot the elephant. He uses descriptive language and imagery to get his point across to the reader.
When Orwell uses imagery to describe the native around him he is allowing the reader to feel that they are there with him. so when Orwell says " the sea of yellow faces" and " "garish clothes" he is trying to get the reader to feel that they are in the book with him. Using imagery allows Orwell to give his readers an idea of where he is.
When Orwell talks about the natives gathering around him he is very descriptive about what they do. the quote " it was an immense crowd, two thousand at the least and growing every minute." He tries to tell the reader what is happening and how many people were actually there. this quote "; I could feel their two thousand wills pressing me forward, irresistibly." He uses these words to show that the crowd is pressuring him and that he does now have to kill the elephant, that the crowd is now watching and will be disappointed if he doesn't do it.

Answer 1

In paragraph 7 of Shooting an Elephant, Orwell appeals to pathos by using descriptive language and imagery to convey his feelings of having to shoot an elephant in the presence of natives. Orwell says "the sea of yellow faces" and "garish clothes" to describe his surroundings and to evoke imagery from the reader. This effect helps substantially with placing us alongside him in the book, and helping us to understand more about the setting. Furthermore, Orwell tells us about the way the natives gather around him, saying "it was an immense crowd, two thousand at least and growing every minute." By doing this, Orwell makes it as if we can almost experience the peer pressure of feeling obligated to do something because of those around us. Lastly, this effect of peer pressure is further by the last line in which he expresses that if he does not kill the elephant, everyone around him will be dissapointed.

(Hi! I tried my best, I just finished AP Lang so i hope its not terrible.)