A Hanging

Discuss the significance of the dog in George Orwell’s essay. How does its arrival create tension or otherwise disrupt the narrative?

Consider Orwell’s treatment of the relationship between colonized and colonizing peoples in this essay.

In what ways does the narrator fail to understand the actions of other characters due to his own biases? In other words, can you find examples of the narrator unintentionally misinterpreting or overlooking elements of characterization of the essay’s Indian or Eurasian characters?