SUMMARY - NOTEA Hanging is a reflection on one of the many judicial executions witnessed by Orwell in his official capacity as a chief of justice.Orwells detailed observations of the prisoner and the events leading up to his eventual death illuminate the banal reality of death and highlight his strong anti-capital punishment sentiments.

These experiences went on to inform much of his written work including his essay, A Hanging. His most famous works are the satirical novel Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).ДЄ HANGING - CONTEXTIn the 1920s the south-east Asian country, Burma, (now known as Myanmar) was part of British Empire.ДЄs a young man, George Orwell enlisted with the Indian Imperial Police and quickly attained the rank of Assistant District Superintendent.ДЄ HANGING - CONTEXTDuring his time as a British police officer in an Asian country, Orwell experienced, first hand, the social inequalities present in a country ruled by a foreign power. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language.Д¬onsidered perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English culture, he wrote works in many different genres including novels, essays, polemic journalism, and poetry.

GEORGE ORWELL - BIOGRAPHYEric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author.

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