1. The speaker repeatedly insists that he was not a witness to the condemned man’s execution because he did not know if the Indian man actions and his own actions were right or wrong. The speaker feels that “those Indians are always gambling” (14). However, the speaker said that he “season [the] last meal with all [he had]” (15-16). This shows that the speaker knows that the Indian man actions were probably not right, but he gave him everything he could on his last meal anyways. The speaker is confused if he should have feel sympathy to the Indian man, even though his execution might be well justified. The speaker also feels that the Indian man actions are not particularly right or wrong, because he says that “[the Indian man] doesn’t want
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The poem’s author seems to be against capital punishments because he implies that if we were all in an “electrical storm…” (107), and “a lightning would eventually strike us” (108). We would not know for which of our “sins” (109) we would die. In other words, the author of the poem is saying that capital punishment is a worthless act, because it does not benefit the executer or us in any positive way. The author also said, “it’s mostly the dark ones who are forced to sit in the chair” (6-7). He is emphasizing that the people who received a capital punishment are mostly colored people, and more specifically this only happens “when white people die” (8). The author believes that the people who usually enforce capital punishments might as well be bias towards one particular race. He also thinks that capital punishment might also be an extreme solution or justification for what we known as justice. The author of the poem thought that it might make sense to the Indian man not to eat his last meal because everything that he would ate will only “taste like heat” (62-63), since he knows that he is about to be executed. The author said that the prison “dims when the chair is witched on” (50-51). This shows that the speaker believes that the prison becomes less bright as they continue to practice capital punishments to
The poem’s author seems to be against capital punishments because he implies that if we were all in an “electrical storm…” (107), and “a lightning would eventually strike us” (108). We would not know for which of our “sins” (109) we would die. In other words, the author of the poem is saying that capital punishment is a worthless act, because it does not benefit the executer or us in any positive way. The author also said, “it’s mostly the dark ones who are forced to sit in the chair” (6-7). He is emphasizing that the people who received a capital punishment are mostly colored people, and more specifically this only happens “when white people die” (8). The author believes that the people who usually enforce capital punishments might as well be bias towards one particular race. He also thinks that capital punishment might also be an extreme solution or justification for what we known as justice. The author of the poem thought that it might make sense to the Indian man not to eat his last meal because everything that he would ate will only “taste like heat” (62-63), since he knows that he is about to be executed. The author said that the prison “dims when the chair is witched on” (50-51). This shows that the speaker believes that the prison becomes less bright as they continue to practice capital punishments to