George Orwell was born in Motihari, Bengal, India on June 25, 1903 ("Orwell" Grolier n.pag."). Orwell was only his pen name, while his real name was Eric Arthur Blair("Orwell" Compton n.pag.). He was born a British citizen abroad("George" Discovering 6). Orwell's father was a minor British official. His family had some social status but little money. This helped Orwell in formulating his opinions toward the English class system.("Orwell " Compton n.pag.) Orwell was born into a lower middle class family that struggled to provide him with an education("George" Discovering 1).

In 1911, his family returned to England. He attended school in Sussex, where he was known for his poverty and intelligence. He then attended Eton College but decided not to continue and went to Burma in 1922, as a member of the British Imperial Police.("Orwell" Compton n.pag.) In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing, carpentry gardening and racing animals("George" Disc

After the publication of Nineteen Eighty-four, Orwell stated, "It wouldn't have been so gloomy if I hadn't been so ill."("George" Discovering 2).

Although Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm brought Orwell much success, it also brought him troubles. Particularly in the American society. They saw his dislike toward totalitarianism but they failed to note his interest in humane socialism and praised him as a conservative anti-Communist.("George" Discovering 14)

Orwell returned to England to become a writer and he quickly established himself as one of the most important and influential voices of the century("Orwell" Grolier n.pag.). Walter Greenwood from the London Tribune said, "Orwell has the gift of writing vividly, of creating in the mind's eye a picture of the scene described"("George" Discovering 10)

"Nineteen Eighty-four is a work of pure horror...", says Shorer(Shorer 1+). It depicts a totalitarian world by attacking totalitarianism and showing people that it can deprive people of their basic rights. On the other hand, many have interpreted the novel as an attack upon British Socialism.("George" Discovering 1+)

"The most common critical approach to Animal Farm acknowledges that, while Orwell's specific political purpose was to show that the Soviet Union was not fulfilling the promise of socialism and was also intended as an illustration of the inherent dangers of all totalitarian systems."("George" Discovering 3).

Orwell was basically against totalitarianism and definitely for democratic socialism.

"All the great European powers used their resources, to the limit allowed by their social development, in training mass-armies, and building railways to mobilize them quickly and to transport them fully supplied, to strategic points."(Clark 485)

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