George Orwell

As valued as privacy is, how have George Orwell’s warnings from the past been so neglected? 1984 by George Orwell has gained the attention of the masses in recent years due to its increasingly accurate message on government invasion of privacy. With the citizens of the “land of the free” questioning if they are as free as they should; these warnings become increasingly relevant to the modern world. Orwell set out with the purpose of warning readers of the dangers of government invasion of…

as “Big Brother”. This phrase has been used throughout the years to intimidate citizens into following one way of thinking or another. What was written as fiction has been taken as fact by extremist, to further their own way of thinking. George Orwell, author of “1984”, sparked a thought as far back as 1944, when he wrote a letter about Hitler and Stalin stating, “the horrors of emotional nationalism and a tendency to disbelieve in the existence of objective truth because of the facts have…

The book 1984 by George Orwell was written in the time of Hitler and the emerging Soviet Union. Orwell wrote the book thirty years into the future, describing what life would be like. Much of this was based on his own experiences traveling the world. He was well educated and a devoted writer all throughout his life. He had seen the poverty within Europe and his own country and was inspired to write. He wrote the book 1984 as a warning to protect people. He wanted everyone to be aware of the bad…

Response After reading the first book of 1984 by George Orwell there are many things I like and understand and a few things that are confusing, and parts I don’t like as much. The concept of the book is very interesting as it takes place in a futuristic world (not really anymore since it is currently 2016). I really enjoy how the book was written in 1949. And now that that year has passed the reader can compare and contrast what is true about what Orwell thought the future would be like. For…

about the relevance of Aldous Huxley’s vision of the future over the vision of George Orwell is merely a half truth because in the western hemisphere our immense technological prowess drives for innovations and inventions of pleasure such as, YouTube, Universal Studios, and, recently, the Iphone. These innovations and industries serve as pleasures which drown meaning and truth in a “sea of irrelevance,” However, George Orwell’s future seems conceivable if you simply…

of "Shooting an Elephant" Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, is a complex piece of literature. The writing revolved around British imperialism and a British officer, Orwell, shooting an elephant (Orwell). The physical shooting of the elephant intertwined with British imperialism metaphorically (Orwell). Shooting an Elephant is a descriptive and intelligent piece of work, one that should be given more light to it. To begin, Geroge Orwell introduced himself as a British police officer in…

George Orwell was born Eric Blair in Colonial India in 1903 to Richard, a member of the Colonial Police, and Ida Blair. (Sheldon 16) His mother took him and his sister back to England in 1904. He was raised almost entirely by his mother while his father finished his term with the colonial police, so much that Eric did not see his father until 1907. As a young child he was not very social, so his mother encouraged him to read and sent him to a preparatory school, St. Cyprian's at age eight.…

Aspirations squandered The wise Martin Luther King, Jr.’s expression on freedom is: “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”. Throughout George Orwell’s classic dystopian literary work entitled 1984, Big Brother is synonymous with lack of freedom. In the beginning, O’Brien represents a hope for freedom for Oceania’s society. Winston strongly longs for a rebellion to reform Oceania’s society in result of Big Brother’s oppressiveness. Both…

George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” (Orwell, 2012), tells us a story about going against our inner beliefs due to peer pressure. Orwell goes after a wild elephant that is rampaging the town he polices. During the chase he finds a dead villager and decides to get his gun. Upon finding the elephant, who is calm at this point, he decides not to shoot it. However, the huge crowd of villagers are demanding he take action against the beast. Orwell finally decides he can’t go against what is…

In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell, the author is faced with a very conflicting situation that overall changes how he views himself and how others view him. Orwell believes that confession does not ease one’s guilt about a misdeed; this idea is shown through the tone of penitence and the metaphor of imperialism. Years after committing a wrong action, Orwell confesses his wrongdoing, but feels no weight lifted off of his shoulders. He feels just as guilty writing about it as…