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George Orwell was born in Motihari, India on June 25, 1903 as Eric Arthur
Blair. He was educated in England at St Cryprian's and Eton, he moved to Burma in 1922
Burma and joined the Indian Imperial Police. In early 1928 he resigned from the
Imperial Police Force and moved to Europe. He fought in the Spanish Civil War where
he was wounded and formed his hatred for totalitarian societies, which a lot of his
writing including two of his most famous books are based on. He bagan to write articles for magazines and newspapers under the pseudonym George Orwell, Orwell from the Orwell River in England. In 1933 he wrote Down and Out in Paris and London a book about his impoverish experiences in Paris and London. He wrote Burmese Days in 1934 about his work with The Imperial Police Force. Orwell published a lot of his books during the 1930's including A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. In the 1940's George Orwell wrote his two best known works the first Animal Farm, published in 1945. Animal Farm was a book about a totalitarian society run by animals on a small farm. In 1949 he wrote nineteen eighty-four which I believe is his best work. Nineteen Eighty-Four is the story of a totalitarian society in which history is constantly rewritten Winston Smith, the main character, is one of the people who work rewriting history. He then begins to grow tired of this society and begins a futile attempt to fight back against the party. On January 21,1950 George Orwell died of complications due to his chronic tuberculosis, he was buried in the Sutton Courtennay, Berkshire. Even though George Orwell is dead his work still lives on and is read by everyone from high school students to adults. His books still teach us the evil's of society and even tell us the story of his very life. |
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