[s]uddenly i realized that i should have to shoot the elephant after all. the people expected it of me and i had got to do it. . and it was at this moment. 1. that i first grasped the hollowness, the futility of the white man's dominion in the east. here was i, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd - seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality i was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. which two ideas about colonialism are most clearly expressed in this excerpt? a. colonialism is ethical; colonial rulers must teach their subjects to act correctly and honorably. colonioliomie

the words "slavery," "devils," and "murderer" evoke a sense of disgust.

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jem is "moody and silent" after the pants incident. the new school year starts, and scout finds second grade just as boring as first. one day, she and jem are walking home together when jem reveals that when he found his pants that night, they were all folded up, and the tears had been crudely sewn up, as if someone knew that he would be coming back for them. he finds this highly eerie. then, they find a ball of twine in the radley oak tree knothole. again, they aren't sure if it is a gift for them or not, so they leave it for a few days. when it remains in the hole for a few days, they take it, and decide that anything left there is okay to take.