1. George Orwell uses the techniques of illustration. He drew a picture of the entire process of hanging using his words, protraying the helplessness of the prisoner and the callousness of the spectators, allowing the readers to "see" the stituation and feel as if they were in the shoes of the prisoners. He makes the reader understand the cruelty of capital punishment and feel the same condemnation towards it.
2. Some arguments for capital punishment are that people ought to pay a price for what they have done beacause no one owes them anything. Capital punishment is to dealt with criminals that have committed major crimes. This serves as a deterence to prevent other people from committing heinous sins. Capital punishment also aids in emliminating any threats to the society, country or even the entire world. Some arguments against capital punishment are that death cannot resolve anything because what is done cannot be undoned. Besides, the act of cruelty makes us no difference from beasts with no humanities. Furthermore, kins of the dead may revenge for them especially when they feel that their deaths are wronged.
3. In my own opinion, I think that capital punishment is essential because of the fact that the society seeks security and safety, hence eradicating human threats to the country and its people is important. Besides, sometimes harshness is inevitable in order to govern the country well. Others may say that hanging the criminal maybe a good way to help him escape from his internal struggles of guilt. Death penalty can be justified when someone intentionally takes someone else's life.
