Analysis of George Orwell’s story “The Hanging”
- Type:   Essay (Any Type)  • Category:  Society  •  Words: 575
George Orwell’s short story “A Hanging” reflects on unnecessary hangings of death row inmates, Orwell has been given the opportunity to travel from Europe to participate in the execution of a Hindu male. “I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man.” After reading that line, it sinks in how distraught Orwell felt. In this essay, Orwell uses a variety of literary elements and devices to create