George%20Orwell

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George Orwell

• Why study the life of an author?
• (apply to our rhetorical strategies of logos,
  ethos, pathos)

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George Orwell

• 1903- 1950
• British author
• Birth name Eric Arthur Blair
• Born in British India
• Staunchly opposed totalitarianism
• Called for revolution to fight it
• Fought in the Spanish Civil War

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Excerpts from Orwells Why I Write
If you have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 come to the front of
the room please!
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In your notes, list several things that
influenced Orwell as a child.
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In your notes list the four reasons Orwell
believes people write. Do you agree/disagree
with these reasons? What other reasons do people
write?
Excerpts from Orwells Why I Write
If you have 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 come to the front of
the room please!
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Animal Farm Political Purpose

• Addresses the corruption of the revolution by its
  leaders
• Argues that human corruption causes revolution to
  fail
• Argues that human ignorance and indifference
  enable corruption to continue and worsen

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Excerpts from Orwells Why I Write
Why does Orwell feel it is important to know
about an authors background?
If you have 11, 12, 13, 14 come to the front of
the room please!
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Every line of serious work that I have written
since 1936 has been written, directly or
indirectly, against totalitarianism and for
democratic socialism as I understand it.