I See A Killer Die Summary
I See a Killer Die
The purpose of Allan Hall’s article, ‘I See a Killer Die’, is to inform readers about one of the many convicts who have died from capital punishment in America. Hall wrote about a man, Robert Harris, who killed two innocent boys; he used a shotgun to ‘blast to death’ two teenage boys in a robbery. Harris did not show any remorse after the murders.
In my opinion this is an important subject, because many people disagree with this method of punishment. They believe that capital punishment is pointless and unpleasant. Others believe that it acts as a crime deterrent and helps society by protecting people from killers, psychopaths and the mentally insane.
Harris was not loved by everyone; in fact some people may have even hated …show more content…
This proves to me that Harris was a fake and trying to hide his emotions; Harris only got emotional when it was him who was dying; this tells me that he only cares about himself. Harris must have thought that if the families were there to see him die then they might have forgiven him. Instead, by using the word ‘deny’ it shows that he hasn’t realised how much pain he actually caused. I believe that the families had the right to watch him be executed because they needed the justice for the death of their children. Some people may say that everyone has the right for a private death because they believe it is more enlightened. I think that not everyone deserves to die privately because not everyone is civilised; Harris was not a civilised man.
Harris said “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the reaper”; these words were Harris’ last before he was taken to death. I believe that Harris is saying, no matter what you made of yourself, everyone is going to die in the end and it doesn’t matter how. He might have said this to the guard to tell him that he was not sorry for killing the boys and that they were going to die in the end anyway. In my opinion Harris says this as an excuse for the crimes he has committed, this makes me feel like he still hasn’t realised that killing is
The purpose of Allan Hall’s article, ‘I See a Killer Die’, is to inform readers about one of the many convicts who have died from capital punishment in America. Hall wrote about a man, Robert Harris, who killed two innocent boys; he used a shotgun to ‘blast to death’ two teenage boys in a robbery. Harris did not show any remorse after the murders.
In my opinion this is an important subject, because many people disagree with this method of punishment. They believe that capital punishment is pointless and unpleasant. Others believe that it acts as a crime deterrent and helps society by protecting people from killers, psychopaths and the mentally insane.
Harris was not loved by everyone; in fact some people may have even hated …show more content…
This proves to me that Harris was a fake and trying to hide his emotions; Harris only got emotional when it was him who was dying; this tells me that he only cares about himself. Harris must have thought that if the families were there to see him die then they might have forgiven him. Instead, by using the word ‘deny’ it shows that he hasn’t realised how much pain he actually caused. I believe that the families had the right to watch him be executed because they needed the justice for the death of their children. Some people may say that everyone has the right for a private death because they believe it is more enlightened. I think that not everyone deserves to die privately because not everyone is civilised; Harris was not a civilised man.
Harris said “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the reaper”; these words were Harris’ last before he was taken to death. I believe that Harris is saying, no matter what you made of yourself, everyone is going to die in the end and it doesn’t matter how. He might have said this to the guard to tell him that he was not sorry for killing the boys and that they were going to die in the end anyway. In my opinion Harris says this as an excuse for the crimes he has committed, this makes me feel like he still hasn’t realised that killing is