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George Orwell
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Mind Map on George Orwell, created by Kathryn Kilby on 15/05/2016.
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George Orwell
1903-1950
Born Eric Arthur Blair, in Bengal, India
Son of an opium agent in Bengal government
"Lower-upper middle-class"
Taken to England in 1906-7 (?) by his mother
Attended an Anglican school in Henly-on-Thames
Scholarship to St Cyprian's prep school
Scholarship to Eton College
Intellectual elite
Developed passion for lit.
Goes to Burma aged 19 to be a policeman
Practical consequences of imperialism
Returns to London aged 24 to make living as a writer
London still focal point of society
1928: Moved to Paris for a year and a half to write (unsuccessfully)
Married in 1936
Went to fight in Spain later that year for the republic
Escaped after being wounded a year later
Made repeated attempts to enter army despite tuberculosis
Social impact
Early 20th C. marked boost in philanthropy
Orwell's writing situated in this
Lived in Paris in poverty willingly
Social investigation
Literature
Orwell didn't have a wide audience
'Animal Farm' brought him instant fame
Themes
Poverty & the lower-classes
War & the military
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