How ‘race’ is an important unifying concept in the Empire, or how it acts as a dividing line. The symbolic meaning of the killed leopard and how Orwell connects that to his wider critique of the British imperial ‘mission’. How does the character of Dr. Veraswami relate to the notion of the ‘Brown Englishmen’? How is violence a central part of life in the British Raj? How are gender norms, and sexual contact, important themes in the book and how do they relate to the British Raj? The depiction of Burmese people and their (lack of?) political agency. How do characters and/or plot points relate to anti-imperialism critiques of the era?
