Narrator

What important information about the narrator is gleaned in the first two paragraphs?

Some important imformation we gained was that he dislikes the empire because it was corrupt and "evil". In addition we also learn that he hates the Burmese greatly because of all the trouble they cause him. He even says that "I thought that the greatest joy in the world would be to drive a bayonet into a Buddhist priest's guts."

The narratoris between a rock and a hard place. He hates the country and Empire (Britain) he works for the way they have prisoned the Burmese and the poor treatment they recieve. He hates the Burmese people for they way they treat women and outsiders. He want to make everything right for both countries, and on the other hand he wants to just quite and go have a better life.

We learn about the narrator that he actually agrees with the people of Burma, even though they hate him because he represents the British empire. He is however starting to hate the citizens of Burma because they are making his job very hard to do.

In the first few paragraphs we learn that the narrator was a police officer. We learned that he worked in India, and that the people there didn't like him because he was European. We also learned that he didn't really like the British either.

We learned about this guy in first couple of paragraphs that he is greatly hated by people in Burma. And he also abhors people in Burma for their treatment they are showing to outsiders. "All I knew was that I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible" this quote is from the first page, Second Paragraph.

The narrator is working for the British but really sympethises with the Bermise. He only dislikes them because they harrass him, and he agrees with their reasons to do so.

The first thing you find out about the narrator is that he's an English police officer in Burma.
Then you see that he resents the Burmese people because they tease him and make fun of him, making his job very hard. But the only reason they don't like him is because he represents their enemy, the British. Burma was a part of the British Empire, and the Burmese weren't treated very well, so of course they harassed him. It's a cycle--the coolies wouldn't have such a problem with the narrator if he wasn't British or if the country wasn't being controlled by the British.

In the first few paragraphs we find out that the narrator use to be a police officer, and he lived in India where he was unliked because he was European. We also find out that he disliked the british.

I agree with most everything that is said above. Also, the narrator said, "But I could get nothing into perspective." Yes, the narrator is a European and is disliked, but he really can't comprehend everything that is going on. The narrator also says that he had to work out his problems in silence which means that he prabably has a lot of personal opinions about the Burmese (aka. he was against their opressors). It also can be guessed that he is stuck obeying orders. Because he is in the middle of the conflict and doesn't really prefer either side, he is in a rut that he can't get out of. From this info it seems to me that he is more of a follower than a leader.

I agree with Billwash in that the narrator wants good for both contries, but i think that it is more important to the narrator that he get what he want

H ei smostly saying stuff about why peopole hate him so much and how he has to put up with it. It's kind of ironic that he has to be the hero and shoot the elephant

I think the most important information given about the author in the first paragraph, is the fact that he is a young white male. Another important fact is that he is a police officer, who works for the british government and who does not agree with what they are doing.

We learn about his serious dislikes about the empire that he is working for, and also how the Burmese harass him and tease him. He doesnt have the nerve to stand up against either of these.

as most people have already said in the first two paragraphs we laern both about where the narator is working and why.
Through this we can get some insite into who this character is. Also, in these paragraphs we learn about the narators fellings about his job and the peaple he works with and for.

The narator hates the british empire and dosn't agree with what they are doing. He also sympethises with the Burmese, yet hates them because of their relentless taunting.

We are able to discover that he is a member of the British Empire in the East. However, we can see that he doesn't know excatly how he feels about the situation he is in because he talks of the Empire as if it is becoming corrupt and yet he still hates the native people there. He gives us insight on the disturbing things that are happening to the natives and shows us the motive of the British using the occupied area as a foothold into the East.

He is decribing what it is like to live there and his opinion and how people treat him and what he thinks about that. There is also a bit of his personality coming out too

I think the most important information givin in this is that he is a white man living with native americans, and being the "superior outcast" he is put in a very bad position. His apperence makes him unliked before he even meets anyone, which is difficult for anyone.

In the first two paragraphs we find out that the narrator is hated by all of the people that he has power over and that he is torn between two hates, a hate for the british empire because they are opressive to the poeple they have command over and between the poeple because they make his job hell