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George Orwell
Deception
Pretended to be a tramp in Paris for his first book
DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS - it was
He was from a privileged family
He was not a PROLE (member of the working class)
He would ask for a PINT not a DRINK - to appear more working class
Eton and Wellington
Did he feel guilty of his past ?
Went to work in India - Police 1922
Ground down by
British Imperialism
He was born into dying
Imperialism
PHRASES
KNOWN TO ALL
"Big brother is watching you"
From 1984
"Room 101"
From 1984 - torture chamber at the Ministry of Love
Who controls the past controls the future.
Who controls the present controls the past.
From 1984
1984 written in 1948 after war
working tittle
Last man in Europe
Totalitarian world administered by BIG BROTHER and
THE PARTY
Orwell was not against socialism
Saw bombing in London during war - was this the dystopian future in 1984 ?
Orwell worked at BBC
Was this the Ministry of Truth in 1984
Written whilst on island of
Jura in Scotland
Was his last book
Was Orwell paranoid ? though
spies and Communists were after him even on Jura
a
1984
Breakdown of family
Languages
War on fringes of the big countries
Southwold
went aged 18 when parents retired
10 years there
fell in love/proposed
no real support from father
Wrote books
He was ill a lot of the time
used same tailor all life
Used Southwold in parts of books
Said he detested the seaside lifestyle but quoted 'suet puddings
and pillar boxes enter into your soul"
Real name
Eric Arthur Blair
Unable to have children
Adopted a child
wife died a after routine operation
born India
RAISED
England
died aged 46
LANGUAGE
POWER
POLITICS
Vision of the future ?
Nuclear war
Rise of China/Russia/Iran/
Vietnam War
Gulf War
9-11 ?
Staring point for a book
an injustice
to expose a lie
draw attention to fact
strength no political party line
From the left of politics
but heavily criticised the left of politics
and as such was liked by the right of politics
easily spot a bogus argument
1936 - went North to see poverty
Wrote
The Road to Wigan Pier
Miners
Slum people
how the poor
supported the rich
and privileged
He first moves to Socialism
1936 - Traveled to
Spain
Volunteer Spanish Civil War
Saw left wing soldiers die for a
left wing cause
Re-enforced his views on Socialism
Suffered lots of Illness
Shy
Traditional with women
addressed some of the major political movements of his times, including
imperialism, fascism and communism.