He could be anyone-and that is the point: he could be you or IвЂќ (Rodden 72). Author John Rodden notes, вЂњ He is an Everyman, described only as вЂњ a brown, sullen, puny wisp of a man with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes. When we first meet the prisoner he is described as a вЂњpuny wisp of a manвЂќ(Orwell 99)-someone who doesnвЂ™t look capable of even committing a capital crime.

OrwellвЂ™s Abolitionist message in вЂњA HangingвЂќ is conveyed through the prisoner, the dog, the functionaries, and their actions, words, and body language. The message of вЂњA HangingвЂќ revolves around the inhumane nature of taking a human life. The вЂ¦show more contentвЂ¦ As Orwell watches this man sidestep a puddle to preserve a modicum of his innate dignity, Blair/Orwell realizes what they are about to do to this healthy human being is an вЂњunspeakable wrongnessвЂќ(Orwell 101). вЂњA HangingвЂќ takes place at a prison in Burma, where Orwell and other officials are attending the execution of a Hindu man. Following this he changed his name from Eric Blair to George Orwell to save his family the embarrassment of being associated with him. In his years as an enforcer of the law Orwell (formerly known as Eric Blair) grew sick of his heartless job and the uncaring bureaucrats who seemed to lack any awareness of the sanctity of human life, so вЂњafter five wasted yearsвЂќ he resigned his position (Rodden 33). Orwell from 1922 through 1927 acted as Assistant Superintendent in the British Imperial Police (Rodden 33). Show More Why to be an Abolitionist George Orwell author of the short story вЂњA HangingвЂќ was not always a writer.

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