| In the case of George Orwell's "A Hanging", the writer put up a protest against capital punishment using a subtle yet impactful style of writing out what seemed like a normal day in a prison, describing it in full details. It is shocking how the prison guards simply view the lost of a live of indifferently.' Well, quick march, then. The prisoners can't get their breakfast till the job's over.' Also, to the hangman, ending the lives of the deserving crimminals seemed nothing more than a mundane task to him. At the moment in which the prisoner was going to be executed, one of the prison guards did have some reflections on life, and what it meant to have someone body who was kicking live in front of you to vanish from the suface of the earth at the very next minute. However, that was just momentary. right after the death of the prisoner, the superintendent checked to ensure that he was no longer alive, and viewed it as a task accomplished. Nothing much was said afterwards, the prison presumes its daily routines and activites, and the prisoners were served their breakfast. Later on, the deceased prisoner was briefly mentioned by the Eurasian boy, who gossiped about how he had passed out after his appeal had been dismissed, but quickly digressed to another topic, and to how prisoners on death rows been giving them troubles by refusing to succumb to their fates without putting up a strong struggle. The last sentence of the essay,' The dead man was a hundred yards away', is an indication of how he had been forgotten and how the prisoners had be de-sensitised by the nature of their careers that they no longer feel anything for the prisoners after prisoners who had thier lives ended in the very prison they were working at. This is the writer's way of responding to the reaction of the world towards captial punishment, such that human lives would be seen as nothing more than mere commodities if they were to perish with their own sins, as that would mean that the existence of human beings is simply to allow us to be able to contribute to the world, making it a better place, and that people contridict this rule through their actions do not deserve to continue existing, just like canned sardines on a convey belt, the ones with manufacturing defects would just be thrown away, never to be seen by anyone again, and no one would veto that fact. Views pertaining to capital punishment had always been an controversial issue, some people feel that crimminals who had committed crimes that are too heinious to be pardon ought to have their cease existing on this planet, while others think that capital punishment is a blatant infringment on human rights, and that everyone should be given a chance to redeem themselves for their sins which could have been committed in a moment of folly. Countries which put great emphasis and place importance on human rights such as Hongkong would naturally ban capital punishment, other countries such as Singapore see capital punishment as an effective way of detering people harbouring thoughts of committing crimes that could land them in such predicament. I personally feel that there is a need for capital punishment to exist. Although some poeple would view capital punishment as forcefully depriveing a person of a chance of living, it is no doubt a good deterence to remind others that crime does not pay. Implementation of capital punishment will definitely make one think twice about committing any crimes that could cause them to forfeit their lives. Also, by eradicating people who have done harm to the society severely, such as rapings, homicides or murders. E.g Jack the Ripper. These crimminals have engaged in more crimes in their lives than anyone can possibly imagine, thus removing their right to live is the only way to punish them for what they had done. Also, there is no telling if they had truly repented or even felt remorseful over what they had done, for they might just repeat their crimes if they were spared, and end up creating yet more problems for the society.Therefore, it might be better to simply not take that chance. |
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