1984 ORWELL BIO

GEORGE ORWELL

• 1903 Eric Arthur Blair india-under brit colonial rule
• came to eng-not wealthy-formative years less than satisfactory 
• attended eton college-came into contact with socilaist and liberal ideas=where inital political views formed 
• dissaproved of his 1917 oublic school education

• 1922 joined indian imperial police in Burma 
• hated experimnce and dislike brit imperialsim=became socilaist and anti imperialist 
• 'THIS INCREASED MY NATURAL HATRE FOR AUTHORITY'
• 'MADE ME AWARE OF EXISTSING WORKING CLASS'

DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON

• 1927 lived london=made conscious effort to get to know poor of east london
• 1928=moved to working class district of Paris
• worked as a porter in hotel
• became friends with left wing publisher victor Gollancz-1933 published 'down and out in paris and london'
• 1936-38=aware of SOVIET UNION AND GREAT PURGES WIDESPREAD REPRESSION ETC

1936 MOVED TO SPAIN

• TO SUPPORT POPULAR FRONT -against the facists 
• recorded experince 'homage to catalonia'-fisrt hand account of war and revolution
• whislt fighting became…