George Orwell

One of the extraordinary writers that wrote with figurative language in modern

day literature was George Orwell. He used many different forms of figurative language

including: personification, similes, and metaphors. He used this form of writing in the

many stories, books, and novels he wrote. Many people liked this form of writing. This

is shown by the amount of people that purchased his books and acclaimed his writings.

“My father was an official in English administration there, and my family was one of

those ordinary middle-class families of soldiers, clergymen, government officials,

teachers, lawyers, doctors, etc. (Commire 41).”

The story behind George Orwell is similar to some families of today. He was

born to a hard working father in the Indian Civil Service serving as a minor British

official and the daughter of an unsuccessful merchant. He was born in Bengal, India on

June 25, 1903, with the name of Eric Arthur Blair, which he would later change. Many

people today also grow up and live as he did. At a young age Orwell knew what he

wanted to do as an adult, he wanted to write (“Orwell, George” 1019).

“From a very early age, perhaps the age of fiv

. . .

George Orwell was known to write many stories and novels about things that were

going on in the world and around him. He wrote numerous stories for children and young

adults. In 1922, he

joined the Imperial Police in Burma (Klein 439). Even

though George Orwell was not widely known for producing major works constantly, he

was a great author of small masterpieces about society and how it changes from day to

day. Orwell will

continue to gain readers of his books and novels including young and old people.

George Orwell had many ways to write his stories and novels. I knew that when I grew up I

should be a writer (Commire 40). Animal Farm is an account of Stalin and

how he treated people, but Orwell used a farmer and animals to imitate the same scenario

(Klein 440). Until his death in 1950 he wrote constantly about his life and his role in the world. He used many disasters such as wars to write about. Orwell

also had a great number of people liked him because he was one of the extraordinary

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writers that wrote using figurative language in modern day literature. He

wrote Homage to Catalonia using his experiences in the Spanish Civil War as a soldier. Orwell was a shop assistant in a

bookstore. Although

Animal Farm was a great masterpiece, but Orwell had difficulty finding a publisher for

this small but magnificent masterpiece (Orwell Animal 4).

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