Title: George%20Orwell
1George Orwell
- Why study the life of an author?
- (apply to our rhetorical strategies of logos,
ethos, pathos)
2George 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
3Excerpts from Orwells Why I Write
If you have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 come to the front of
the room please!
4In your notes, list several things that
influenced Orwell as a child.
5In 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!
6Animal 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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8Excerpts 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!
9Every 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.