Cruelty Beyond Explanation


"A Hanging" written by George Orwell, depicts the tragedy of taking a healthy man's life, Orwell uses numerous similes, imagery, and symbolism. The main focus of this essay is centered around the hanging, and the events which precede in a Burma prison. The reader never becomes aware of what crime the condemned man committed. Therefore, there is no room to judge if this ultimate punishment is just. The tone dramatically shifts throughout the essay, giving rise to changes of emotion by the reader. Yet, it is the emotions of the characters are predominantly responsible for these shifts in the essay. Capital punishment has been a heated and most debated issue for decades. Each character in "A Hanging" deals with this immoral act of murder differently, affecting the tone of the essay.

Orwell begins the essay, describing the setting elaborately to a point where it seems tangible. The reader becomes aware that the essay starts in jail and......

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Title: A Hanging
Approximate Word Count: 649
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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