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George Orwell in General

 
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Newest Review: ... this book that the Left Book Club asked him to write about the poverty suffered in Yorkshire and Lancashire. From this came the controversial "Road to Wigan Pier". In 1936, Orwell put his military and police training to use, going to Spain and fighting in the Spanish Civil War. He joined the socialist POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista, or the United Marxist ... more

 ... Worker’s Party), who were self-confessed Trotskyites, offering Trotsky, according to various reports, either full control over POUM or asaylum in Spain after his exclusion by Stalin. Orwell, however, made no secret of his desire to join the International Brigad...more

jatkinson100
Crowned Review George Orwell in General: Coming Up For Orwell. (1434 words)
by jatkinson100 - written on 11/12/00 (Very useful, 666 readings)
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George Orwell is one of the most prolific authors of the Twentieth Century, if not ever, and it is often a suprise to readers that he has written a lot more than just "1984" and "Animal Farm". Not only does his prose fiction bibliography read a lot longer, but his poems, mainly written at Eton, and his investigative journalism are musts too. George Orwell, (b. Eric Arthur Blair) was born in Motihairi, India, in 1903. His family was, of course, English, but had moved out to the Indian sub-Continent with his father who was in the Civil Service there, India still being a British colony then. In 1907 the family, minus the father who stayed on in ...

Steverudall
Premium Review What an author (108 words)
by Steverudall - written on 18/09/00 (Very useful, 76 readings)
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Would you not agree with me when I say that George Orwell is probably the best author ever to put pen to paper (excluding Shakespeare). Not just the better known works of 1984 and Animal farm, but even te lesser known works of Burmese Days, and A Clergymans Daughter, prove to be both stunnning insights into the human soul, and also pwerful novels. Burmese Days is a stunning cry for recognition of the cause for abolition of colonialism, and both a touching story of hope and despair. Animal Farm shows the tradgedy and waste of the Russian Revolution and also at a lower level is a beautiful childrens story ...

FilmstarUK
Premium Review George Orwell in General: Big Brother is watching... (193 words)
by FilmstarUK - written on 15/09/00 (Very useful, 168 readings)
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1984 paints a picture of a world in which government is everything and everywhere, and individuality means nothing. A man named Winston rises up to find the truth and to see through the government coverups. Since the government is so allpowerful and corrupt, it allows such people as Winston to rise up just for the joy of crushing them and turning them into mindless believers. 1984 is like the other great negative utopias, Brave New World and Farenheit 451, because in all books the governemnt controls all aspects of life. However, Brave New World uses material pleasures such as the drug somna to control it's citizens, Farenheit 451 burns books to keep ...

 

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