A Critical Analysis of “Capital Punishment” by Sherman Alexie
In the story “Capital Punishment”, Sherman Alexie wrote in third person and used different techniques to help the reader get a better visual of the events. The author aim was to show his view towards “Capital Punishment”. This story is told from the perspective of a cook who prepares the last meal for a man on death row. The author in this poem is very sympathetic with the man on death row because he think that he is there because of his skin color. Throughout this paper we will see how the author dealt with the fact that he is a witness to these such things and how he managed to deal with them.
In the poem the author uses a line saying “I am not a witness”. I think that he means …show more content…
The author aim was to show his view towards “Capital Punishment”. This story is told from the perspective of a cook who prepares the last meal for a man on death row. The author in this poem is very sympathetic with the man on death row because he think that he is there because of his skin color. Throughout this paper we will see how the author dealt with the fact that he is a witness to these such things and how he managed to deal with them.
In the poem the author uses a line saying “I am not a witness”. I think that he means that he do not want to be witness of “Capital Punishment” because he will have to watch these people suffer and some might die for crimes that they did not commit. Later on Alexie uses the line saying “I am a witness”. He means that he will have to be a witness because people are dying for crimes and he do not think that other people should say whether they should die or not because a sin is a sin. No sin is treated …show more content…
This poem showed me that he really cared about him and he do not agree with Capital Punishment because it does not make sense to kill another person. I also liked the fact that he tasted the last meal before he sent it away, just to make sure that his last meal was perfect. I think that Sherman Alexie wrote this poem so that people can see his views on capital punishment and that it does not solve anything. It is his way to protest against it. Another interesting things that was mentioned is “1 death + 1 death = 2 deaths” this means that two people will die and it do not make any sense for people to be killing people even if they did something
In the story “Capital Punishment”, Sherman Alexie wrote in third person and used different techniques to help the reader get a better visual of the events. The author aim was to show his view towards “Capital Punishment”. This story is told from the perspective of a cook who prepares the last meal for a man on death row. The author in this poem is very sympathetic with the man on death row because he think that he is there because of his skin color. Throughout this paper we will see how the author dealt with the fact that he is a witness to these such things and how he managed to deal with them.
In the poem the author uses a line saying “I am not a witness”. I think that he means …show more content…
The author aim was to show his view towards “Capital Punishment”. This story is told from the perspective of a cook who prepares the last meal for a man on death row. The author in this poem is very sympathetic with the man on death row because he think that he is there because of his skin color. Throughout this paper we will see how the author dealt with the fact that he is a witness to these such things and how he managed to deal with them.
In the poem the author uses a line saying “I am not a witness”. I think that he means that he do not want to be witness of “Capital Punishment” because he will have to watch these people suffer and some might die for crimes that they did not commit. Later on Alexie uses the line saying “I am a witness”. He means that he will have to be a witness because people are dying for crimes and he do not think that other people should say whether they should die or not because a sin is a sin. No sin is treated …show more content…
This poem showed me that he really cared about him and he do not agree with Capital Punishment because it does not make sense to kill another person. I also liked the fact that he tasted the last meal before he sent it away, just to make sure that his last meal was perfect. I think that Sherman Alexie wrote this poem so that people can see his views on capital punishment and that it does not solve anything. It is his way to protest against it. Another interesting things that was mentioned is “1 death + 1 death = 2 deaths” this means that two people will die and it do not make any sense for people to be killing people even if they did something