In the end i could not stand it any longer and went away. i heard later that it took [the elephant] half an hour to die. burmans were bringing dahs and baskets even before i left, and i was told they had stripped his body almost to the bones by the afternoon.

why does the narrator in “shooting an elephant” by george orwell leave before the elephant is dead?

1the crowd has gotten out of control.
2he can’t stand the sight of it anymore.
3he wants to sell the elephant meat.
4the subinspector calls him away.

2. He can’t stand the sight of it anymore.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell, we can see the description of how and elephant was shot and it took it half an hour to die. The narrator describes the situation with sadness and disgust, and he expresses that he could not stand to see how the elephant suffered, so he went away, this means that the correct answer is the corresponding to option 2.

it translates into:

read the letter of your pen pal. write and answer 3 questions.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease