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Kurakova Alena Mr. Dunsmore ENG4U April 21, 2021

A Hanging by George Orwell Comprehension and Discussion Questions 1. Describe the setting of the essay. Prison 2. Why does Orwell choose to describe the condemned prisoners’ cells as looking “like animal cages” and the handling of the prisoner as “like men handling a fish”? (In other words, what idea is he trying to emphasize to his readers?) Because of prisoner threaten as an animals. 3. Describe the prisoner’s attitude toward his imminent hanging. In my opinion prisoner didn’t really care about what is going to happened 4. In paragraph 3, what is the effect on the reader of the superintendent saying, “For God’s sake hurry up, Francis. The man ought to have been dead by this time”? Lack of patience 5. Provide an example of something a character says or does that has a similar effect on the reader as the quote from question 4. Who let that bloody brute in here?’ said the superintendent angrily. ‘Catch it, someone!’ 6. What disrupts the procession to the gallows? Dog

7. What does the dog do that shocks all the guards? What’s ironic (the opposite of what’s expected) about this action and the behavior of the dog in general when he first appears? The dog was having manners as she went after the prisoner 8. Provide another example of an ironic statement or action from the essay. Explain the irony. “I found that I was laughing quite loudly.” The fact he is laughing and other people in this situation

9. What simple action by the prisoner provides an eye-opening moment for Orwell? That he is still avoiding puddle and that means that he still care that he will get wet 10. What is the thesis of the essay? In what paragraph does Orwell reveal it? That all the mans built the same way no matter who they are and that they done in the past 11. In paragraph 10, Orwell describes in detail the prisoner’s bodily functions to emphasize what idea? (Hint: It’s the opposite of the idea on which question 2 focuses. 12. Describe the behaviors of the remaining characters after the hanging? Their behaviour seems to be as everything that is happening is normal and usual 13. Why does Orwell choose not to reveal to the reader the condemned man’s crime? To show that specifics docent really matter in this type of context 14. What is the effect of the last sentence of the essay? How physically he is close to the death in the prison 15. How has reading this essay affected your perspective on the death penalty? This essay didn’t changed my opinion, I’m still against death penalty...