This persuasive tool is an influential method used to gain stronger control over the reader's response. Readers respond to intriguing situations or words that strike them. The description “But even then I did not particularly think of my skin, only of the watchful yellow faces behind” makes the reader feel sympathy for the subdivisional police officer (Orwell 624). It is important to capture the attention and emotions of the audience. Therefore, readers consciously judge the Burmese people and allow themselves to be influenced through persuasion. It is clear that the narrator has more respect for the elephant because he focuses more on the details in his description. However, the reader only sees the narrator's point of view, which makes it difficult to relate to the Burmese citizens. The narrator does this on purpose because he wants the audience to agree with him. Details of the collapsing elephant "But as he fell he seemed for a moment to rise, for as his hind legs collapsed beneath him he seemed to tower upwards like a huge falling rock, his trunk reaching towards the sky like a tree” is vivid (Orwell 624). Images are a powerful method used to connect to the reader's emotions. The descriptive detail of “Shooting an Elephant” is a strong text that convinces its readers to agree with the narrator's point of view. These images can also be used to describe scenes of