The people around the officer had not shown much interest on the elephant until they knew the elephant was going to be shot. The people around just wanted the meat. The officer however, did not want to shoot the elephant, he had a rifle only to protect himself. But, peer pressure was getting to him. Crowds of people were following him waiting for him to kill the elephant. The officer then finds the elephant and knows deep inside that he does not want to shoot the elephant. The officer just wanted to watch him till the mahout came back and caught the elephant. No one liked the officer but since he had the rifle ready to kill, the people thought he was worth
The people around the officer had not shown much interest on the elephant until they knew the elephant was going to be shot. The people around just wanted the meat. The officer however, did not want to shoot the elephant, he had a rifle only to protect himself. But, peer pressure was getting to him. Crowds of people were following him waiting for him to kill the elephant. The officer then finds the elephant and knows deep inside that he does not want to shoot the elephant. The officer just wanted to watch him till the mahout came back and caught the elephant. No one liked the officer but since he had the rifle ready to kill, the people thought he was worth