In “Shooting the Elephant,” George Orwell's protagonist, the police officer, behaves in ways that contradict his views on colonialism and his position in society. The police officer confesses how his divided values ​​torment him. Between his hatred for the British colonization of the East and his desire to “plant a bayonet in the guts of a Buddhist priest”, he cannot feel sure of himself and his life in Burma. In the terminology of Critical Theory Today, the police officer suffers from a "cultural identity crisis" and, as a result, feels "homeless." Throughout the text, the police officer describes the Burmese's hatred for him and their passion to publicly humiliate him. . This treatment by the Burmese agitates the police officer because he believes he supports “the Burmese and [was] totally against their oppressors, the British.” His conflicting statements vent aggression towards both the British and the Burmese. Although the Burmese people will not accept the police officer, he describes how his views do not align with Eurocentric beliefs. He is burdened by his necessary duties as a police officer and his hatred for his home country. He revealed: “Feelings like these are the normal by-products of imperialism; ask any Anglo-Indian official. The officer makes it clear that this internal conflict affects other Europeans in Burma. The officer seems to understand that colonialism impacted both the colonizers and the colonized. It recognizes the combination of British and Burmese cultures that has occurred thus far. For example, he refers to other police officers as “Anglo-Indians”. However, he is unable to understand the lasting impact that colonization has had on him. a story always seems clear enough from a distance, but the closer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes. I assumed prematurely that the police officer would not be troubled by his job or the mistreatment of the Burmese. As the story progresses, the police officer expresses his inconsistent defense of the Burmese and the English. I felt a strong sense of uncertainty accompanied by the vagueness described by Orwell. I think Orwell outlines this vagueness on purpose. He is able to parallel this with the sense of uncertainty that the text exemplifies regarding colonialism. The blind spots left in Orwell's text are comparable to the policeman who "couldn't put anything into perspective." Overall, Orwell has produced a conflicting text that is “clear enough from a distance” but becomes much more ambiguous upon further analysis..