The philosopher George Santayana once said that \"those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.\" The definition of \"condemned\" means \"sentenced to punishment\". Santayana warns mankind that to forget the past sentences us to repeat it over and over again. It means that man is un...

When this novel was written, as a reflection of the society of the 1940's, both the domestic and international issues that were being confronted by all countries were put under the Orwellian microscope. Orwell tapped into the contemporary readers' fears of technology and retribution and ...

The story that my evaluation will be based on is Shooting an Elephant written in 1936. The author George Orwell was born in 1903 in India to a British officer raised in England. He attended Eton College, which introduced him to England's middle and upper classes. He was denied a scholarship, ...

George Orwell is perhaps best known to the public for his enormously successful novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and also for Animal Farm. Also, Orwell's reputation also rests as much upon his work as a critic of literature, of manners, of politics- in a word, of life. He was always conce...

Over one hundred years ago, an English visionary was born in India. On June 25th, 1903 Eric Arthur Blair was born to Richard and Ida Mabel Blair. Eric would grow up to take the pen name George Orwell, and he would go on to write many essays and novels, of which the most famous are Nineteen Eighty-Fo...

1984 George Orwell - '1984' - a bookreport by Olivier Stulp - Author: George Orwell (his real name was Eric Blair), was born in India in 1903. He was educated at Eton. From 1922 to 1928 he served in Burma in the Indian Imperial Police, the following two years he lived in Paris and after that went ...

Many authors relate their writing can be connected to their own life experiences. For instance the author George Orwell has written many essays that are in direct relation to his own life. And one another note his novels such as 1984 are in relation to the time period in which it was written. The...

Many authors relate their writing can be connected to their own life experiences. For instance the author George Orwell has written many essays that are in direct relation to his own life. And one another note his novels such as 1984 are in relation to the time period in which it was written. The...

Animal Farm By George Orwell Novel published in 1945 Summarise the story line: The story is told by an all-knowing narrator in the third person. The action of this novel starts when the oldest pig on the farm, Old Major, calls all animals to a secret meeting. He tells them about his dream of a r...

The goal of this paper is to analyze the book 1984 by George Orwell. 1984 is about life with no personal freedoms. Winston is the main character, a man of 39 years old, who is not extraordinary in intelligence or character, but hates the world he lives in. He works in the Ministry of Truth, a place...

Introduction George Orwell lived in England during World War Two, when England had been at war with the totalitarian state, Nazi Germany. He was there when London was blanket bombed and left in rubble by the Germans. Like many writers he decided to make a statement with his work, and did. George O...

George Orwell was chiefly interested in justice and equality. He was a deeply pessimistic man who had powers of imagination which few of his contemporaries dreamed one man could have. Orwell's character and writing style was so deep that qualities that were and still are manifest in his work, did n...

OrwellianbyMatthew J. CampbellMrs. ImbornoneEnglish 1221 March 2001Thesis: In the book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, a prediction of the real 1984 was made that showed a totalitarian government and slave like citizens. OrwellianI. Life of authorA. Early yearsB. Military experienceC. Other ...

1984 vs. Animal Farm 1984, by George Orwell, is a very powerful drama which involves man and totalitarian society. It is a story of a lonely rebel whose only valuable is his mind and who later conspires with another in an attempt to separate from their increasingly dominant hate-infested society. In...

1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedoms exist. Winston the main character is a man of 39 whom is not extraordinary in either intelligence or character, but is disgusted with the world he lives in. He works in the Ministry of Truth, a place where history and the truth is rewritten to...