The narrator’s character and personality changed because of peer pressure as explained in his short story "Shooting an Elephant" by the narrator. He started off frustrated and hated because of the job he had. The narrator was a police officer and he had seen everything the British had done to the prisoners of Burma. He absolutely hated his job which made him feel blameworthy. He was also humiliated and hated often by people, making him feel undesirable and not special. He got called to go find the elephant that got loose. This elephant had made lots of damages in some lands and the native’s wanted protection. Through the course of the story the narrator’s personality and character change because of fear, foolishness, decisions, and guiltiness which is brought by peer pressure.
People change when faced with peer pressure. At the beginning of the story, the narrator was very frustrated with what was going on in his life he did not like his job, because he would see what the British of Burma would do to the…show more content… The narrator never wanted to murder the elephant in the first place. "At that age, I was not squeamish about killing animals, but I had never shot an elephant and never wanted" (p. 7.) He felt foolish and ashamed because he never thought of killing animals at his age nor ever kill such a big animal. This was such a big shock to him because he can’t get what he just did through his head, it wouldn’t make any sense to me either. At this point, he starts to feel more dissonance about himself and admits that he had done it solely to avoid looking like a fool. He noticed that he was doing all of this because of peer pressure and he did it to please the people. At the end, he realized he became what he hated: the narrator became like the other British officers because he hated what the British did and that’s what he ended up
