Hanging by George Orwell: a Critique on the Injustices of Capital Punishment
Words: 414 Pages: 1 1526A Hanging is a short story about the execution of a prisoner by hanging. An imperial policeman inspired George Orwell in Burma to write this story. Orwell uses a variety of literary elements and devices to deliver his disapproval of capital punishment. He creates a gloomy, melancholy atmosphere from a first-person point of view. He builds up irony about the jailer's attitude toward the prisoner's death to represent that everyone is involved in the hanging process, thereby revealing how capital […]