George Orwell Stories Review

In the story On the Rainy River a 20-year old named Tim OBrien is about to be given the license to go anywhere in life until he receives a draft notice requiring him to join the army in the Vietnam War. Tim OBrien is tested some(prenominal) physically and mentally. He has the option to flee to Canada or go to the war. Each option would result in abandoning family, friends, and fond memories. In his es express Shooting an Elephant, reminisces about a bad decision he made earlier in life, just like Tim. Reflecting on his experience, Orwell has in any case identified the reasons why he did it I could place nothing into perspective.I was young and stricken-educated and I had to cogitate out my problems in utter silence, Tim OBrien also dealt with his problems alone, I felt isolated I spent a lot of time alone. Both Tim and George are struggling to deal with their problems and its eating away at them. In On the Rainy River, having a technical education doesnt film much on an im pact on Tims life, because if your nation calls on you to defend your country, youre going to have to choose a difficult decision on whether youre going to flee or going to war.Being educated makes Tim more open-minded, and prevents him from indulging in the nationalism that was sweep the nation during that time. Although Tim may have good reasons we shouldnt be in the war, the nation was depending on men like him. In Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell says I could halt nothing into perspective. I was young and ill-educated and I had to think out my problems in the utter silence that is imposed on every Englishman in the East. George Orwell is trying to say that when youre young and inexperienced youre bound to make a lot of mistakes. When youre young your family, peers, and own country have influenced your opinions. Many individuals are afraid and unwilling to deviate from the norm. George is an anti-imperialist at heart, but puts on an officer uniform and represents imperiali sm because that is how the European nation is viewed to the rest of the world. Based off of Orwells ideas, you should think individually so you wont regretthings later on in life as George and Tim do. Your conscious would show you wrong from right. George Orwells ideas can also be applied to On the Rainy River. Although Tim is educated on the war in Vietnam, he does have to deal with his problems in utter silence because hes afraid that the people he can talk to will tell him to go to the war and he doesnt want to be called a coward, which takes a toll on his body. How at work one morningI felt something break open in my chestit was a skeletal frame rupture. So not only is Tim losing sleep and becoming paranoid, but now the stress is affecting Tims physical health as well. If Tim had talked to Elroy Berdahl he would have been much better off. The guilt and stress has been eating away at Tim all summer, and will continue to get at him until he can plow to someone about what hes go ing through. If Tim had vented to Elroy, his physical and mental health might have returned to normal, which would have helped him to make his decision. George faces being ill educated along with dealing with his problems.George is an outcast in the native village. He is supposed to be striking fear into these people, however he is against the brutality and harm that imperialism instills on its subjects. If only George had had the courage to tell the natives who he really was, he might have had an easier time being accepted by them. If George had been better educated, he might have cognize how to think straight when surrounded by two thousand people he might have also known where to shoot the elephant so it wouldnt have to suffer the way it did.To conclude, both Tim and George tried to run away from the inevitable. You cant escape who you are, and that is what Tim and George tried to do. Tim was an American citizen who was caught up in the draft for the Vietnam War, and George was a citizen of an imperial nation. Tim couldnt face leaving his friends and family behind so he ended up damaging himself both physically and mentally without even trying to talk this out with his family and friends.While George an anti-imperialist at hear must enforce it upon this Asian country. Both decisions were forced by others whether it is Tim decision making to go to the war due to the devastating fact that if he were to go to Canada, he would never see his family again and if George didnt shoot that elephant, the tribal people would be more disrespectful than ever. George Orwell wants us to be individuals and think for ourselves. We shouldnt be influenced by others to make decisions we wouldnt normally do.