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George Orwell

Published on Nov 19, 2015

The life and times of George Orwell.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

George Orwell

Hannah Gordon 
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childhood

  • Born: June 25, 1903, Eric Arthur Blair
  • Began writing early
  • Very intelligent
  • India Imperial Police Force
  • Writer

"I had the lonley child's habit...

...feeling of being isolated and undervalued."

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Journalism days

  • Monde, a political/literary journal
  • Professional writer,  Oct. 6 1928, G. K.’s Weekly
  • Le Progrès Civique 
  • Fell ill
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Published works

  • Down and Out In Paris and London (1933)
  • Burmese Days (1934)
  • A Clergyman's Daughter (1935)
  • Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)
  • The Road to Wigan Pier (1936)

Personal life

  • Got married to Eileen Maud O'Shaughnessy
  • Spanish Civil War
  • Newfound hatred for totalitarianism

THe Spanish Civil war

Orwell, his wife, and Milton

PUblished works

  • Homage to Catalonia (1938)
  • Coming Up for Air (1939)
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Personal life

  • 1941 takes job at BBC
  • 1943- leaves BBC, goes to The Tribune
  • 1944- Adopts son
  • 1945- Wife dies

Published works

  • Animal Farm (1945)
  • "Politics of the English Language" and "Why I Write"  (1946)
  • 1984 (1949)
  • As well as hundreds of essays, articles, letters, ect.
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Personal Life

  • Health failing fast
  • Marries again (1949)
  • Death: January 21, 1950 

Why I write

George Orwell's
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why writers write

  • Sheer egoism
  • Aesthetic enthusiasm 
  • Historical impulse 
  • Political Purpose

my favorite quote

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narrate a part of your day.

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