Appearance: The man's appearance is not given.
Thoughts: He does not want to shoot the elephant but does because of the yellow-faced people. .
Speech: He speaks to himself inside his mind trying to give himslef reason to shoot and not to shoot the elephant. .
Reaction by others: The yellow-faced people are happy because he shot the elephant and now they had something to eat. .
Plot: .
Man v Man: The man in the story was afraid not to shoot the elephant because of all the yellow-faced people would judge him even more. .
Man v Nature: He did not want to shoot the elephant because he thought that it would soon leave in a couple hours, when its trainer got here. .
Man v Self: Inside he did not want to shoot the elephant but he did because of all the yellow-face people watching him. Part of him was glad because the elephant had killed a coolie and it gave him a reason to shoot the elephant. .
Theme:The theme of this short story is no matter how much the man did not want to shoot the elephant he did because of the yellow-faced people. He thought that if he was to kill this elephant then he would gain some respect from them. .
Other Literary Devices/Tools/Terms: When the man arrived at the scene of the crime many of the children were being pushed from behind a hut. The man walked back there, he saw a dead coolie. The coolie was lying on his belly with arms crucified and head sharply twisted to one side. This was imagery. The coolie represented Jesus Christ. When he was crucified it was for our sins. The coolie's death gave the man a reason to shot the elephant. Later on when he was getting ready to shoot the elephant, he described the scene like a theater. He was the puppet of the play and the yellow-face people were the puppetmasters. He would do what they wanted or the strings would be pulled harder.