Human Nature In Short Story

Although human nature is part of our everyday lives, plenty of people don’t understand what it is. To help people understand what it is, authors use different text types, such as short stories. Short stories are part of our culture. They give readers knowledge and life lessons through the character’s problems. Many short stories, such as “A Real Durwan” and “Shooting an Elephant” convey human nature. Short stories such as these expand our knowledge of human nature. They convey human nature and dignity through the character’s problems, their actions, and how they solve their issues. A character’s actions convey human nature to the readers. When a human character does something, the author wants him to do it in the most “human” way as possible. This way, the readers are able to relate to the character and comprehend what the author wants to convey in a more comprehensible manner. For example, in a short story titled “Shooting an Elephant”, the Burmese gathered around Orwell when he was shooting the elephant. He was the only one capable of doing it because he had a gun. The human behavior presented here is that people tend to gather around violence or interesting acts. Although the Burmese were already waiting for Orwell to do it, some of them would have run into safety when after the elephant rampaged the village. However, there could have been some people who stayed to watch, attracting a large crowd. In addition, the Burmese would have an opportunity to get money by