George Orwell: Essays

A hanging by George Orwell

Orwell's message on the puddle in the essay about the hanging

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The prisoner about to be hanged avoids the puddle and it strikes Orwell that the man is very much a live and little different than any other man. The prisoner still has the same flesh, blood, and organs of any other man that are alive and vibrant: he is a life about to be cut short.

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