Kleban, Rachael, Research Paper
Many have read Animal Farm and know the lines, none of them are more famous than, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (George Orwell). George Orwell, the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist and essayist who wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. He lived through numerous wars and difficulties, not only external but also his own health. He was born in India in 1903 and died in 1950 in London at the age of forty-six. Writing throughout his life he went on many endeavors to inspire his writings.
Orwell’s childhood helped shape him into a famous writer. When George Orwell was born in India, it was a part of the British Empire. He lived a privileged life from his great grandfather’s wealth, but remained middle class. At the age of eight, his mother returned with him to England, where his mom shuffled off to a private preparatory school in Sussex. As a boy books and literature fascinated him, and he aspired to become a writer. He wrote later in life that, “From a very early age, …show more content…
In 1936 he went to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War. He ended up staying and joined the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification against Francisco Franco’s Nationalist Uprising. They were against the Spanish Communist party and it’s allies who also wanted to beat Francisco Franco. But when he went to serve on the front lines, the enemy shot Orwell in the neck and he almost died. It damaged his throat and temporarily lost his voice. While recovering, the communist partly gained control and began to target the group Orwell was part of. Orwell’s life was in danger. This experience is what mostly made him anti-Stalin and influenced Animal Farm later in his life. He managed narrowly to escape to France and later wrote about his time in Spain when he got back to England in Homage to
Many have read Animal Farm and know the lines, none of them are more famous than, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (George Orwell). George Orwell, the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist and essayist who wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. He lived through numerous wars and difficulties, not only external but also his own health. He was born in India in 1903 and died in 1950 in London at the age of forty-six. Writing throughout his life he went on many endeavors to inspire his writings.
Orwell’s childhood helped shape him into a famous writer. When George Orwell was born in India, it was a part of the British Empire. He lived a privileged life from his great grandfather’s wealth, but remained middle class. At the age of eight, his mother returned with him to England, where his mom shuffled off to a private preparatory school in Sussex. As a boy books and literature fascinated him, and he aspired to become a writer. He wrote later in life that, “From a very early age, …show more content…
In 1936 he went to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War. He ended up staying and joined the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification against Francisco Franco’s Nationalist Uprising. They were against the Spanish Communist party and it’s allies who also wanted to beat Francisco Franco. But when he went to serve on the front lines, the enemy shot Orwell in the neck and he almost died. It damaged his throat and temporarily lost his voice. While recovering, the communist partly gained control and began to target the group Orwell was part of. Orwell’s life was in danger. This experience is what mostly made him anti-Stalin and influenced Animal Farm later in his life. He managed narrowly to escape to France and later wrote about his time in Spain when he got back to England in Homage to