The essential point of the story is that ______.
A.
Orwell regretted the streak of cruelty that had led him to shoot an elephant
B.
Orwell, as an official, had to defend the Burmese crowd b shooting the elephant
C.
A foreign ruling class has to behave in the way that the conquered natives expect it to behave
D.
Circumstances can lead men--as they led Orwell in this story--to carry out more extreme actions than were necessary