6) Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is
directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or
understatement).

The Story, "Shooting an Elephant" is about a early moment in Orwell's life when his sense of injustices surfaced. This story has irony and tone. The tone of this story was basically angry. There were lots of powerful words being used such as hatred, intolerable, ravaging and upsetting. Orwell used these words to describe how he didnt like his job and other things. He didnt like how things weren't treated the way they were suppose to be treated. For example, Orwell worked at a Empire of close quarters. He hated how prisoners were mistreated bad. Orwell described the prisoners how they were wretched prisoners huddling in the sinking cages. Also Orwell's tone of when he had to watch the elephant, making sure it did not cause any danger to the people was worried. Orwell had a worry tone because he did not want to kill the elephant, if the elephant were to cause any danger he would have no other choose but to kill it.

The irony of the story is that he mentioned how people in town where he lived seemed to have nothing to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans.