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Introduction
On June 26, 1903, Eric Arthur Blair was born in India. Blair would grow up to be a great author who writes for human rights and goes by the name of George Orwell. He always had a love from literature, even when he was a little kid. -
Early life
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) was sent to boarding school in 1911. He noticed that the rich were treated better than the poor kids. This started his interest in human rights because he didn't think this was right. -
Burma Civil Service
George Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police Force in 1922. Here Orwell began to assert his independence from his privileged upbringing. Orwell also had a nature to see things from other people's view. So, when George Orwell saw how the working class was being treated, he thought it was wrong. Even though he was grown up being told to hate the poor and working class, he was on the burmese poor's side the whole time. After five years of working for those he hated, George Orwell resigned. -
Starts Career as Author
Eric Arthur Blair takes on the name of George Orwell as he starts to write books in order to show what he believed in and to support the working and poor class. -
Civil War
George Orwell traveled to Spain to fight in the civil war against General Francisco Franco. He fought for the working class. Orwell found himself in the heart of the Socialist revolution in Barcelona. He was assigned to an Anarchist – Trotskyist party, and in the end, narrowly escaped with his life, after being shot in the throat. -
The Road to Wigan Pier
In the middle of the great depression, George Orwell takes a trip to northern england, where he takes notes on the horrible condition the working class has to live in. This inspires him for his book, The Road to Wigan Pier, which offered a penetrating insight of the working class. -
Publishes Animal Farm
George Orwell publishes his best seller, Animal Farm, which is an Anti-Soviet satire. It ends up being considered the sharpest satirical fiction novel of the 20th century. The book takes a look at socialism and represents how it should be removed from the world through farm animals. -
Death
On January 21, 1950, George Orwell dies at the age of 46 due to tuberculosis.
