4-Shooting+an+Elephant

1) What did the man do? 2) What did the vilagers think when he shot the elephant? 3) What would you have done in this situation if you were the main character?
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1)Sub-divided- the act of sub-dividing/split, this story has a lot of conflict, which results in splitting 2)Bogged- To cause to sink, the character is upset 3)evil-spirited- evil minded, the character says the people against him are evil-spirited 4)Ravaging- to work havoc upon, the elephant was wrecking havoc upon the town 5)Pursuit- chase, he was planning a pursuit 6)Palmleaf- leaf of a palm tree, bamboo huts lached with palmleaf 7)exclaiming- to shout, the crowd was exclaiming 8)grinning- to smile, a man was smiling in pain 9)flocked- to leave, the people left their houes and followed him 10)natives- people of a certain area, the people in the story were natives
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1) The part when the main character was marching down the hill was like any war movie. The movie i thought of most was //**Flags of Our Fathers**// because that movie is about the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII which is the bloodiest campaign of WWII for U.S. I thought of this movie because in the story the elephant became very bloody and i heard that the sand on Iwo Jima is stained red by the blood of the soldiers.

2) The elephant rampaging is like the comic series T**he Hulk** because the hulk would always get angry and rampage destroying things in his path. 3) The police officer didn't want to shoot the elephant just like almost all students don't want to go to class/school but as the officer had to do his job which was to shoot the elephant, we have to go to school required by law. 4) In the tv show NCIS the special agents use double tap, which is basically using 2 bullets to make sure the villian is dead. The officer definitely uses multiple bullets to kill the elephant.

1) What happened to the elephant? 2) Infer about whether the elephant was replaced by the owner. 3) Imagine you were the officer in that situation, what would you have done?
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This image is of Groucho Marx, one of the Marx Brothers. The caption text is a quote from one of their movies.

This is an Asian Elephant. This is most likely the kind of elephant the officer in the story shoots.

This is an elephant gun. This is the type of rifle that the officer used to shoot the elephant.

This is an interesting map of India, where the story takes place. It shows the different geographic regions, and some associated cultural traits.

This is the flag of Great Britain. This is related because the British Empire is in control of India at the time the story takes place.

Alex's Questions

 * 1) What title did the main character hold?
 * 2) Why did the local populace hate the main character?
 * 3) Why did the main character need a larger gun to shoot the elephant?