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GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) - Coggle Diagram
GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950)
WORKS
Homage to Catalonia (1938)
Animal Farm (1945)
Burmese Days (1934)
Nighteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)
LIFE
Social experiment, he directly experienced poverty
Job
Joined the BBC
Reported on the Spanish Civil War
Early life
Strict preparatory school
Independence, indifference, atheism, socialism
Born in India, taken to England
Indian Imperial Police
He wished to break away from British imperialism in India
CHARACTERISTICS
His ability to see his country from the outside (strengths and weaknesses)
A deep understanding of the English character
Social themes
The misery caused by poverty and deprivation
Critic against totalitarism
Human fraternity
Realistic and factual language
Writing interpreted reality and therefore served a useful social function
ANIMAL FARM
Animalism
Comunism
Themes
Dreams, plans and hopes
Violence
Power
Satire
Characters
Horses
Mollie
Clover
Old Benjamin (donkey)
Boxer
Pigs
Snowball
Napoleon
Old Major
Dogs
Humans
Sheep