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Eric Arthur Blair was born on June 25, 1903 in India (ruled by the British at the time) and died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46. Eric wrote under the pen name George Orwell and was an acclaimed novelist and critic that spoke out about political ideologies such as fascism and democratic socialism. He was most famous for his novels “Animal Farm” and “1984”, and was even ranked second on Time Magazine’s list of best British writers since 1945. His work is still relevant and it greatly influences the political culture of today.
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George Orwell wrote the novel in 1948 and it is theorized that reversed the two last digits in order to come up with the title “1984”. Orwell wanted the story to be set in the future, however, he decided that this year should coincide with the age of his readers, so by setting the time period as 1984, it would have only been 36 years into the future at the time. His intentions were to suggest that the current readers may still be alive at the time if the story, and if so, they would therefore be the older generation of individuals in the totalitarian society. …show more content…

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