In the story “A Hanging” by George Orwell it is not specified what crime the man had committed. You can simply take the information given to guess what was the crime committed that led up to the man hanging. It is states in this short story that the man who was put to death was Hindu. “He was a Hindu, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes.” (Orwell 1) As you continue to read the short story you take to notice that this man’s punishment for whatever crime he committed was the capital punishment which is also known as the death penalty. It was a bit disturbing to find out that the man being punished was Hindu because. Hindu’s do not believe in the death penalty. So, I thought it would be interesting to understand what
