Like the elephant, the empire is dominant. The elephant, an enormous being of the animal kingdom, represents the British Empire in its magnitude. Size represents power because it is assumed that both are insurmountable. Furthermore, both the elephant and the British Empire share the same hideousness in the effect it causes in Burma. To create a comparison between the elephant and the empire, the author describes the elephant as wild and terrorizing when “the elephant was ravaging the bazaar” (324); thus, it symbolizes that the British Empire is restricting the economy of the Burmese. When the elephant kills the Indian worker, it represents the British oppressing the Burmese. On the other hand, the elephant is a symbol of colonialism. Like the natives of Burma who were colonized and who mistreat Orwell, the elephant behaves destructively by being provoked and oppressed “he had been chained” (324). Despite the fact that his aggressive behavior and the more astute rebellion of the Burmese might be undeniably good things, they are doing the best they can given the oppressive conditions that the Burmese and the elephant must endure. Furthermore, the elephant symbolizes the economy of the oppressor as well as that of the oppressed. This animal is a “working elephant” (326) in Burma, and for the colonial power. The Burmese are also draft animals because they work hard and unwittingly follow the rules of the British Empire..