Nataliya Dzyadyk Stacie Hankinson - Rhetorical analysis of “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” is an essay published in the literary journal New Writing and composed by the famous English writer George Orwell, recognized for his clairvoyance. The story describes it in colonial Burma in the first quarter of the th century. The essay recounts the responsibility of the colonial officer to shoot down a rogue elephant. Although Orwell's essay explores human nature, it must be noted that Orwell's nature requires him not to shoot the elephant, but it is the aura and decorum of,