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In "Shooting an Elephant", when Orwell finds the elephant, what two reasons does he give for not wanting to shoot it?

Answer 1

He says

1. One should not shoot a working elephant, because it is like shooting an expensive piece of machinery
2. He also believes his attack of “must” is wearing off as the elephant is calmly eating

Answer 2

The narrator, George Orwell, thought that "it would be murder to shoot an elephant." When he found the elephant, he did not want to kill it because he thought that it was no longer dangerous. But he still kills it because of the want to be a part or liked by the society. In short, he was "peer-pressured" by the people.

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