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3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
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dark
informative
reflective
fast-paced
no fui fan del libro en general, pero me gustó mucho el concepto de reunir un brainstorming extraño de temas en un libro. algún día me gustaría hacer algo así! gracias georgito por la idea
dark
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs
reflective
sad
fast-paced
reflective
tense
medium-paced
In this disturbing short story the "yellow faces" of the Burmese "coolies" lie just in the background of Orwell's acknowledgement that he is not where he wants or ought to be. He is as angry as pathetic in his inability to finish a botched job (the shooting of the elephant) that he clumsily got into.
In a different way, it reminds me of when the crowd on the bus pushes Bube (in [b:Bebo's Girl|6829483|Bebo's Girl|Carlo Cassola|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348682178s/6829483.jpg|2319703] - not sure why the English translation has Bebo instead of the original Bube) into flattening the priest accused to be a Fascist collaborator. What is common to both stories (and many others) is how easy the unwilling descent into violence and prevarication just to save face. Compared to the cold dutiful determination of a [a:Rudolf Höss|160621|Rudolf Höss|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1340538634p2/160621.jpg], this is equally terrifying, as Orwell shows much easier it is to slide into it than to try and resist it.
In a different way, it reminds me of when the crowd on the bus pushes Bube (in [b:Bebo's Girl|6829483|Bebo's Girl|Carlo Cassola|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348682178s/6829483.jpg|2319703] - not sure why the English translation has Bebo instead of the original Bube) into flattening the priest accused to be a Fascist collaborator. What is common to both stories (and many others) is how easy the unwilling descent into violence and prevarication just to save face. Compared to the cold dutiful determination of a [a:Rudolf Höss|160621|Rudolf Höss|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1340538634p2/160621.jpg], this is equally terrifying, as Orwell shows much easier it is to slide into it than to try and resist it.
reflective
medium-paced
it’s alright, i guess
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Colonisation
Revisiting an A level text after many years. Orwell’s writing is always wonderfully clear; I think that his essays are Orwell at his very best.
informative
reflective
slow-paced