Essay Archive - Animal Farm
Animal Farm
Blair was born in Bengal in 1903, educated at Eton, and after working
for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, returned to Europe and started writing
novels and essays for a living under his pen name "George Orwell." He was a
political writer of his time, and usually wrote from his intense feelings and
fierce hates. He hated government having complete control, and served in the
Loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
He contradicted himself in many ways. He was a socialist while hating
communism and was a literary critic while distrusting intellectuals. He hated
how the world was cruel and how lies were way of life. When he died....
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