George Orwell
Eric Arther Blair, best known under the name of George Orwell was born on Jun 25th in Motihari, India and died on January 21st, 1950 in London, England. George Orwell was a novelist. He had wrote many novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four are the two best known and most widely read out of his works. [1] Orwell was born to a lower-middle class family, his parents struggled to afford the education fees, therefore he went to a preparatory school. During his school years, he realized that the amount of income a person earn represents his/her status in society. One of the essay Orwell wrote “Such, Such were the Joys” expressed his experience and difficulties he had faced during his school years and portrayed his keen sensitivity to social victimization. Orwell received scholarship to Eton, but left to participate in the Indian Imperial Police. However, while in the army, Orwell was not respected by his peers because of his economic status. Disgusted with colonial life, Orwell left the army after five years and determined to become a writer. [1] He began to write books with political and artistic purpose. For example “Down and out in Paris and London” 1933 and “The road to Wigan pier”.
What inspire Orwell in writing Animal Farm?
The painful experiences George Orwell had in both Eton school and Indian Imperial Police army made him disagree with the class system in English society. In 1930s and 1940s, Orwell was not into the Soviet Union and its policies like many British socialists. He could not turn a blind eye to the Soviet Communist party, which had replaced the Tsar with a dictator leader Joseph Stalin. [2] Orwell then became critic to both capitalism and communism when he saw the results of the influence of the Communism policy with the use of propaganda. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell had described the novel Animal Farm “Contre Stalin”. [3]
Was Orwell successful in writing Animal Farm?
George Orwell was successful in writing Animal farm to describe the historical events that had happened during the Russian revolution. He used metaphor to represent each political characters during the Revolution, such as using pigs as Lenin, Trotsky and Napoleon, horses as the working class. It is very effective as the metaphor used let readers easily relate both revolutions and the characters, therefore letting readers to gain historical knowledge in a creative way.
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Intext Reference
[1] "George Orwell." UXL Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L, 2003. Student Resources In Context. Web. 9 Apr. 2013.
[2]freedom, p. a. (n.d.). SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Context. SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/context.html
[3] . (n.d.). The Frantz Fanon Blog: Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945). The Frantz Fanon Blog. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://thinkingafricarhodesuniversity.blogspot.hk/2012/12/animal-farm-by-george-orwell.html
Was Orwell successful in writing Animal Farm?
George Orwell was successful in writing Animal farm to describe the historical events that had happened during the Russian revolution. He used metaphor to represent each political characters during the Revolution, such as using pigs as Lenin, Trotsky and Napoleon, horses as the working class. It is very effective as the metaphor used let readers easily relate both revolutions and the characters, therefore letting readers to gain historical knowledge in a creative way.
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Intext Reference
[1] "George Orwell." UXL Biographies. Detroit: U*X*L, 2003. Student Resources In Context. Web. 9 Apr. 2013.
[2]freedom, p. a. (n.d.). SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Context. SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/context.html
[3] . (n.d.). The Frantz Fanon Blog: Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945). The Frantz Fanon Blog. Retrieved April 10, 2013, from http://thinkingafricarhodesuniversity.blogspot.hk/2012/12/animal-farm-by-george-orwell.html