George Orwells “A Hanging” Essay

George Orwells A Hanging is a very descriptive piece. It starts off going into a detailed description of the weather, jail cells, and the inmates. The description goes so far to however mention that the man who was going to be hanged jumped over a water puddle. This shows me that even though it shouldnt issuing because hes closely to die it is just a natural instinct. When Orwell starts to describe the weather it sends out a smutty uneasiness atmosphere. He describes the jail cells where the condemned people live as sm all(prenominal) animal cages this gives the impression on how bad the conditions were. This is the first sign of how inhumane it is there. Orwell indeed described the pris 1r a puny wisp of a man with vague liquid eyes. He described him desire this without telling about the crime so no one could stereotype the prisoner or be influenced to see him in a assorted light but only as a favorable, powerless Hindu man. Orwell gives intense description to show the harsh treatment and to give his dislike for the way the people were treated.The dog that jumped on the man who was about to be executed was friendly to him and didnt see him in his wrong doing unlike the people who int terminate to execute him. This made the inhumane execution expect even worse. I think the major conflict is that he knows that this harmless seeming man is about to be executed and he has no preference but to go along with the killing of this man even though he knows it is wrong. He has a strong dislike for the situation but because of his commerce and he doesnt want to be looked at differently he doesnt stand up for the man and stop the execution. He is expected to sustain with the hanging because it is one of his duties as an imperialist British police officer. In the story Orwell said, I saw the mystery the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a behavior short when it is in full tide. To me this means they would be ending a mans life that has a future and once his life is ended that future will never be experienced. After this Orwells view of capital penalty it is chastely wrong and he thinks that no person should take some other persons life.When the prisoner begins to chant to his god it started to build up tension between the execution party and him. When Orwell said the Indianshad gone grey like bad coffee. He is simply expressing his distaste for the actual hanging itself. When he talks about the clanking sound wherefore the dead silence he showed me how quick and easy it was to take a persons life. The dog then again showed human like emotions against what was going on. Orwell said it stopped short, barked then retreated into a corner of the yard. This made me think the dog had emotional ties with the man also and it shows the dog in shock and just disgusted at the things that had just took place. Throughout this story Orwell expresses his outrage of the things that are taking place but doesnt seem to try to stand up for what is morally remediate. Orwell uses extended imagery and vivid description to revel his disapproval for capital punishment.Orwell skillfully manipulated the mood to engage readers emotions and convinces his anti-capital punishment among you. He sometimes even showed his emotional reactions with the dog. The purpose is to show the contrast of the overall value of life with it being destroyed by a nonher people. He also tries to improve the mood of intellectual the issues of capital punishment that have took place by presentation how wrong it is to take someones life no matter their crime, religion, or anything that makes them different from another person. He resolves his conflict by writing about this and informing people that your morals shouldnt be put to the side just because it is the duties of your occupation. Orwell is showing people that capital punishment is wrong no matter what the circumstances. Some feelings I felt while reading this were sympathy, compassion, uncomfortableness, surprise, and unease.At the beginning of this I was all for capital punishment but as I have read it I feel as if capital punishment is wrong because no one should have the right to say because of whatever reason it may be you need to die. They should just stay locked away forever if people think that they should be killed for some kind of wrong doing. I dont see how the how the execution party could watch either because handing somebody is inhumane no matter how you look at it. I feel that the people that are conducting the execution are the most inhumane people and that the execution party that watches it are not far from it. I now understand the actual meaning of capital punishment and reading this short story has changed my perception on capital punishment a great deal. I also understand why I should not let other outside factors influence what I know is morally correct whether it be something as seriousas capital punishment or just day to day things in my life. Whats right is right and whats wrong is wrong.