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George Orwell - Coggle Diagram
George Orwell
admitted to Eton
treated badly because he's not wealthy
main theme
interest in language
Animal Farm
satire of the Russian Revolution
1903-1950
pen name of Eric Arthur Blair
Born in India, Bengal
sent to school in England at the age of eight
parents did not have enough money
served in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma
writer who considered his art as a possible instrument of liberation of man kind
political committed intellectual
turns political writing in art
"Good prose is like a window pane"
if the message is not understood, the thoughts of the writer are not clear
freedom of the mind
moral duty to the fight on the republican side in the Spanish Civil War
saw manipulation of socialist enthusiasts who had flocked there from all over Euripe
Homage to Catalonia
works for the BBC Indian Service
literary editor of the socialist newspaper the Tribune
died in in 1950
grew disillusioned with political ideals
lived with and wrote about the poor of London and Paris
simple language
journalistic style (worked for BBC)
prose: perfectly structured
