![]() Rather, he was “waiting outside the condemned cells…” This reveals to the reader that Orwell was originally involved in the executions and had no issues with them before. Orwell begins his essay without showing any signs that he had feelings of disgust towards capital punishment or even questions it before the hanging. Throughout his essay, Orwell’s diction reflects his changed attitude on the treatment and death of a prisoner after witnessing a hanging. Orwell’s belief that capital punishment is unjustifiable and a crime against humanity is supported through the use of diction, irony, and mood. Towards the end of the essay, the reader can question the idea of capital punishment and contemplate why or why not one human has the right to take another human’s life. With these experiences, Orwell writes his essay with the purpose to censure capital punishment. “I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man.” In his essay A Hanging, George Orwell reveals his experience watching a hanging, as an imperial police in Burma.
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