George Orwell 1903-1950

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This paper takes a look at the history and life of British author George Orwell. This paper discusses Orwell's various literary works, including the well known 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty Four'. This paper also reviews the events that influenced the values and beliefs conveyed by Orwell through his writing.

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" Orwell also served in World War II, and received a medal for his service. After that, he worked for the BBC, to support himself, and begin writing Animal Farm, which was published in 1944, and which also allowed him to become financially comfortable, for the first time ever. The immortal and today often-repeated words "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" (The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy). Also, according to that same source, "The sentence is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite. appear in that novel." In 1949, Nineteen Eighty Four, Orwell's best-known, and arguably his best work, was published. Orwell died in London, at age of 46, finally succumbing to the tuberculosis that had compromised his health continually for many years before (Crick; Bowker; Taylor).
Orwell, his politics, and his literary works, have long been favorites of many literary critics of the 20th century and beyond. "

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