Questions: a) The author bas a moment of understanding when the prisoner steps' lightly aside to avoid a puddle on the path". What realization does Orwell come to? How is this insight related to the small incident of avoiding a puddle? b) Paragraphs 1, 2

Questions:
a) The author bas a moment of understanding when the prisoner steps' lightly aside to avoid a
puddle on the path". What realization does Orwell come to? How is this insight related to the
small incident of avoiding a puddle?
b) Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 contain vivid description of the people and things surrounding the author
on the morning of the execution. What details does he uses that appeals to readers' senses of
sight, hearing and touch? What is the effect of all these details?
c) The author' thesis is most clearly stated in paragraph 10: 'When I saw the prisoner step aside to
avoid the puddle, I saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it
is in full tide." Do you agree that capital punishment is always wrong? Explain your answer