Comparing Two Hangings Analysis

Scottie Maher

Hour 1

Hangings Compare and Contrast “He was about to signal his aides to pull the chair from under the young man's feet when the latter shouted, in a strong and calm voice: ‘Long live liberty! My curse on Germany! My curse! My—’” The two hangings are similar because during both executions a verdict is read, the Jews are forced to watch, and the Jews are forced to take their caps off and quickly put them back on. They differ in who is being hanged, the Jews overall mood after the hangings, and the Nazi’s overall mood as the the execution proceeds. The hangings differ in who is being hanged because it is a tall and strong young man during the first and a small pipel during the second. The soup tastes better than ever to the prisoners after the first hanging and there is a general mood of hope. After the second, all hope is lost and the soup tastes

The Nazis carry on protocol as usual throughout the first hanging, and everything seems routine. During the second, the Nazis seem nervous, and protocol is broken. Before both hangings, someone reads a verdict showing what the how the person being hanged is guilty. The Jews are also forced to take their caps off and quickly put them back on as a sign of respect. While the hangings proceeds, The Jews are forced to watch and do a walk by of both of the victims. The hangings have many similarities. The first similarity that the hangings share is that before both hangings are executed, a verdict is read. It is meant to show the Jews why the culprit deserves to be hanged, but also to scare them. The Nazis clearly say, “prisoner number … is condemned to death. Let this be a warning and an example to all prisoners.” The Nazis want the Jews to know that if they do the same thing as the people being hanged, their fates are going to be the same as