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A review by xenobio
Decline of the English Murder by George Orwell
5.0
My Form 6 teacher gave us this the first week of school.
Bear in mind that until Form 5, the standard of English education in Malaysian public schools is abysmal so most of my classmates who weren't from nerdy anglophone families had probably never read anything this advanced or emotionally intense. During my time (90s) the syllabus didn't even include a single novel. I think the other students were a little traumatised!
I thought it was good and it's contributed to me thinking that the death penalty should really be reserved for unrehabilitatable monsters who commit the most heinous crimes against humanity like war criminals. Not even average murderers or robbers.
Bear in mind that until Form 5, the standard of English education in Malaysian public schools is abysmal so most of my classmates who weren't from nerdy anglophone families had probably never read anything this advanced or emotionally intense. During my time (90s) the syllabus didn't even include a single novel. I think the other students were a little traumatised!
I thought it was good and it's contributed to me thinking that the death penalty should really be reserved for unrehabilitatable monsters who commit the most heinous crimes against humanity like war criminals. Not even average murderers or robbers.