1. This story is about two different themes; imperialism and peer pressure. Imperialism is sown because Britain has control over India and the main character is a cop from Britain in India. The Indian people do not like him at all, they do not like Britain because they have control over India, from afar. Peer pressure is the the other theme. He goes through peer pressure when he has to choose whether or not he should shoot the elephant. These two themes are intertwined because, he is not liked there at all because of the imperialism that is going on and then when the elephant goes into "must" and goes crazy, the Indian people want him to be shot because he has killed a man, and the man gets a gun and has the option of shooting the elephant. If he shoots the elephant, then the Indian people will have more respect for him, then will like him more, because they want the elephant to be killed. But, if he does not shoot the elephant they will still hate him. He wants to be liked, if he has the chance to be respected more then he would take it, and with all the people behind him waiting for him to shoot the elephant, he is peer pressured into shooting the elephant, to be respected because of the imperialism.
2. Orwell uses the tactics like peer pressure to reveal the unflattering aspect that all he really does want is to be liked even though he has authority over them he still wants them to like him. He uses peer pressure by saying that he was peer pressured into shooting the elephant by the people just so he would be liked by the people.
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