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Eric Blair George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair known by his pen name George Orwell June 25 1903Janurary 21 1950 English novelist and journalist Born Eric Blair was born in Bihar India His greatgrandfather was a wealthy country gentleman He had an income as an landlord of slave planations in Jamaica . He wrote it as a Fable Political Satire Allegory Fable A short tale that is passed on by word of mouth that h as animal characters with human qualities that teaches readers a moral andor lesson Animal Farm as a Fable Characters are animals each with “Down with Big Brother.”. George Orwell (1903-1949). George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair.. B. orn in British India in 1903.. He lived in poverty.. Worked as a policeman in Burma and saw cruelty. . . (1903-1950). . On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.. Professor sabine mendes moura. 2. 2015 – . sabine@uva.br. . http://sabinemendesmoura.wordpress.com. . Trying to define which perspectives.... Take cultural perspectives, for example.... . C. ulture versus . Discuss what . you already . know (if anything) about:. Marrakech. George Orwell. George Orwell. Born Eric Blair (George Orwell was his pen-name) in a British colony in India. Moved to England aged 1 and went on to study at Eton. Orwell. The . author:. Born Eric Blair 1903, died George Orwell 1949.. Classical education at Eton - won scholarship. Worked as a Colonial Officer in Burma – resigned 1927. he hated authority. he hated injustice. Background and Important Terms. Animal Farm. ’s. Author. Author: George Orwell. Orwell was a political writer who wrote about the social ills of the strict class structure of England. He was a socialist, believing in total equality for all citizens.. in Nineteen. . Eighty-Four. . . “. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. 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. Background and Important Terms. Animal Farm. ’s. Author. Author: George Orwell. Orwell was a political writer who wrote about the social ills of the strict class structure of England. He was a socialist, believing in total equality for all citizens.. About the book. George Orwell (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950). 8. th. June 1949. Dystopian Novel. Totalitarian State based on Soviet Union & Nazi Germany. Based in England. The Party – thought police, 2 Minutes of Hate. Born Eric Arthur Blair of a British colonial civil servant in India. Went to school in England. Once out of school he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He resigned from the police force in 1927 to become a writer. Overview “animal Farm”. PLOT. . Old . Major, . athers. the animals of the Manor Farm for a meeting in the big barn. He tells them of a dream he has had in which all animals live together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He tells the animals that they must work toward such a paradise and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England,” in which his dream vision is lyrically described. The animals greet Major’s vision with great enthusiasm. When he dies only three nights after the meeting, three younger pigs Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism.. George Orwell - Biography. Eric Arthur Blair. (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name . George Orwell. , was an English author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language.. Who. . was. George Orwell?. 1903-1950. Great . Britain. Eric Arthur Blair. The. most . valuable. . novels. : . The Animal Farm. 1984. 1984 . Things you need to know. Dystopian novel. Written in 1949.