The art of telling a story is based on the language used. Whether a writer is good at using language appropriately is essential for an interesting and impressive story. So how can using appropriate language affect the entire telling of a story? George Orwell, one of the most famous English authors, was born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, India, in 1903. His father was a colonial official for the British and his mother's family also had colonial connections. In 1922, Orwell worked as a British Imperial policeman in Burma for five years, but eventually returned to England because he recognized the injustices of British Imperial rule in Burma and could no longer bear the guilt of oppressing the Burmese. Orwell later spent the next twenty years as a writer; the essay “Shooting an Elephant,” set in 1920s Burma and written in 1936, is one of his most famous works. At the beginning of the 20th century, Burma was still a British colony, but anti-imperialist demonstrations and social movements grew very quickly, causing "great tensions between the Burmese, the Indians and the English, between civilians and the police” (Meyers 56). Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant" is based on this historical tension. In this essay, Orwell depicts an older narrator recounting the experience of his imperial policeman killing a runaway elephant that destroyed a market and killed an Indian in Burma. Throughout the story, Orwell carefully chooses language to develop his narrative to help readers explore the emotional struggle of a young Imperial officer. First, Orwell begins his story by frequently using carefully chosen diction to indicate the young policeman's hatred and sympathy. the Burmese. When he describes how he has always been "an ob...... middle of paper...... and even feeling lucky that someone's death could free him from the responsibility of killing the elephant. But this naive voice can increase the credibility of the old narrator because readers can sense his sincerity; he's willing to admit that his younger self actually felt a little lucky that he wasn't punished because of the elephant that killed an Indian at that time. He convinces the reader to finally believe what the narrator maintains: as an imperial officer, he must do what the natives expect of him in order to conform to his "conventional sahib figure" (Orwell 95), which consists of “avoid appearing like a fool” (Orwell 99) in front of the natives. Overall, in this essay, Orwell uses effective language to make his telling of history more impressive and thoughtful, and to explore an imperial officer's struggle between his good nature and his imperial role.