George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia portrays the revolutionary struggle of a united Spanish Republic against Fascist rebellion in Europe during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s. Orwell, a member of the Worker` Party of Marxist Unity (POUM), joins the war to fight against members of the Fascist regime. Over the course of the war he accounts each soldier’s ambivalence for camaraderie among fellow soldiers. In addition, for the dirty, cold, stench, physically discomforting feeling that afflicts even the soldiers who fight for freedom in their country. In addition, Orwell bares witness to the crimes committed by the Stalinist bureaucracy in Spain and its betrayal of the Spanish Revolution. Through the juxtaposition of historical facts, and images,
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Orwell, determined to leave the POUM militia, confessed that he “would have liked to join the Anarchists (Orwell 116)” despite the fighting in Barcelona under Communist order between the CNT and the UGT. While witnessing the increased street fighting in Barcelona during the May Days under Communist order, Orwell claimed: “the last thing [he] wished for was to be mixed up in some meaningless street fight (Orwell 120)” believing that marching through the streets behind a red flag with elevating slogans was not the ideal way to win independence. The danger between parties during the course of the Barcelona May Days was due to the “antagonism between those who wished the revolution to go forward and those who wished to check or prevent it - ultimately between the Anarchists and Communists (Orwell 117-118).” Eventually the Communist controlled Social Party of Catalonia declares the POUM a disguised fascist organization declaring it illegal resulting in political issues at state witnessed by Orwell until his final
Orwell, determined to leave the POUM militia, confessed that he “would have liked to join the Anarchists (Orwell 116)” despite the fighting in Barcelona under Communist order between the CNT and the UGT. While witnessing the increased street fighting in Barcelona during the May Days under Communist order, Orwell claimed: “the last thing [he] wished for was to be mixed up in some meaningless street fight (Orwell 120)” believing that marching through the streets behind a red flag with elevating slogans was not the ideal way to win independence. The danger between parties during the course of the Barcelona May Days was due to the “antagonism between those who wished the revolution to go forward and those who wished to check or prevent it - ultimately between the Anarchists and Communists (Orwell 117-118).” Eventually the Communist controlled Social Party of Catalonia declares the POUM a disguised fascist organization declaring it illegal resulting in political issues at state witnessed by Orwell until his final