The aim is to intensify and darken the tone of the essay and make the elephant appear as a fierce beast-like creature. Orwell describes the setting as “a cloudy, sultry morning at the beginning of the rains” (2). By making the setting dark, it foreshadows that something bad is going to happen later in the story, thus making the plot worse. Additionally, Orwell describes hearing the cries of an old lady and seeing a dead man, killed by the elephant, lying in the mud. The skin of the dead man is illustrated as having been stripped “as cleanly as one skins a rabbit” (3) by the elephant. This creates vivid images in the readers' minds, allowing them to imagine this horrific scene in their minds. By adding these horrific details, Orwell manages to intensify the dramatic conflict of the