Shooting an Elephant Essay -- essays research papers

â€Å"Shooting an Elephant†   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  I was not comfortable with many aspects of this story. The prejudice throughout the book was unimaginable, I find I am uncomfortable with any kind of bigotry. Reading of the Burmese people and their disrespect toward someone who was there to â€Å"protect and serve†, was difficult. I suppose I am naà ¯ve, I try to hold on to the belief that people of God are inherently good. I know there are bad apples in all walks of life, bad people are everywhere so holding on to this optimism is harder each day. This story wasn’t like that, this was a blatant attitude of prejudice for sport, ignorance, and peer pressure. I found it very hard to embrace. Story or not, it was and is deeply disturbing.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The idea ...