"Shooting An Elephant" Comic Strip
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Storyboard Tekst
- Dia: 1
- Hatred and Isolation
- WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE
- Dang these people really don't like me.
- The man was hated by large numbers of people and he felt it was the only time in his life that he had been important enough for that to happen to him. People felt that way about him because he was a sub-divisional police officer of the town affected by imperialism.
- Dia: 2
- Stranger in a Village
- A Burman tripped the man up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) did not bat an eye at the situation as the crowd got hyped at seeing him down.
- Dia: 3
- Full of Guilt
- Working as an officer, the man saw all the dirty work of the Empire at close quarters which oppressed him with an intolerable sense of guilt. But since he was young and ill-educated he had to think out his problems in silence.
- Dia: 4
- Finding Out the News
- Can you please do something about the ravaging elephant?
- What could I do? I will just bring my gun just in case.
- Early one morning the subinspector at the police station told the man that an elephant was ravaging the bazaar and asked him to help. The man was a little confused about what he could do but he agreed and brought his gun which was too small to kill an elephant.
- Dia: 5
- Elephant Escapades
- It was not a wild elephant, but a tame one which had gone must. It had been chained up, as tame elephants always are but on the previous night, it had broken its chain and escaped.
- Dia: 6
- Seeing the Destruction
- This is not good, the elephant killed someone. I have to act fast.
- Seeing the destruction and a dead man flipped a switch in the man and he had to act, he sent an orderly to borrow an elephant rifle to prepare for the worst-case scenario
- Dia: 7
- Calm Elephant
- He is being so peaceful, maybe I shouldn't kill it.
- As soon as the man saw the elephant he knew with perfect certainty that he ought not to shoot the elephant. He also knew that killing a working elephant was not in his best interest as they were very costly.
- Dia: 8
- Peer Pressure
- All of a sudden these people have shown interest in me and this situation. Maybe I should do what they want.
- KILL IT, KILL IT!
- He looked at the crowd that followed him and it was full of people happy and excited over this bit of fun since they were certain the elephant would be shot. They did not like him, but with the rifle in his hands, he became worth watching.
- Dia: 9
- Making a Decision
- A white man mustn't be frightened in front of natives ; and so, in general, he isn't frightened. I have to shoot it.
- Instead of walking up to the elephant to see if it was truly peaceful, the man decided to shoot as he did not want to embarrass himself in front of his coworkers and the Burmese people if it did attack.
- Dia: 10
- Divided Opinions
- I wonder whether any of the others understand that I had done it just to avoid looking a fool.
- Yay it's dead!
- I want it's tusks!
- The man had to make sure that the elephant was actually dead so he shot it many times. Afterward, there were a lot of discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but legally the man had done the right thing since a mad elephant had to be killed although opinions were divided, even his thoughts were divided.
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