Aidan Schulmeister English 18, September 2017 Mr. Barazuol K “Smitty” Smith is a round character in the story, “Two Fisherman” written by Morley Callaghan. Smitty works as an executioner or “hangman” for a living. Smitty does not particularly enjoy this job, but does it because as Smitty says, “Someone’s got to do my job. There’s […]
Category: Grade 11
Capital Punishment in “Two Fisherman”
Capital Punishment or the death penalty was first introduced in Canada in 1865. It was originally attempted to be abolished in 1914, however this was unsuccessful. Ever since 1961, the death penalty requirements became much larger. By the time it was 1966, it became limited to only killing on-duty officers. 10 years later in 1976, […]