George Orwell conveys his thoughts and feelings to the reader by using different language devices.
One language device he uses is superlatives such as ‘immense’ which empathises the size of the crowd and engages the reader, but is also shown to be ostracized from the large crowd as he is constantly referred to as the ‘white man’ this shows how insignificant he is from the crowd as he name is not often used. Another device used is colloquialism ‘it was a bit of fun to them’ and ‘excited’ I believe this is used to create unity between the reader and the author which sways the reader’s justification of the article to be positive.
In addition a proliferation of negativity towards elephants such as ‘I had got to shoot the elephant’ showing an opposite side of the article, portraying the views of the natives, them being that the elephant had to be gotten rid of due to it ruining their lives. This creates a chance for the reader to change their opinions on elephants and to make a clearer conclusion.
The tone of the piece is quite depressing and negative, although some language devices were used to make parts of the article positive the overall feeling in the article does not show that. I think that many parts of the article show that what George Orwell did was distressed which makes the article quite miserable, however I felt he did realise his actions were wrong which allows the reader to make a more comprehensive explanation of the tone.