It is direct, supposedly unaffected and transparent; its characteristics of relaxedness and conversationalist charm lead to the success of Orwell’s factual portrayal of events. Orwell’s prose narration is packed, not only with the difficulties of poverty and unfairness of the hierarchy but also, notions of politics, awareness to the culture and traditions of those living in poverty as well as an appreciation of those that take poverty in stride by maintaining their optimism, identity and charm.
The very ‘effortless’ clarity of
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The eclecticism lies at the center of the narrator’s social encounters is also at the evident portrayal of the exploitation of wage labors in the Paris hotel kitchens. Not only is the confused speed of the work there presented with a humorous prose that evokes consideration of the possible reality; the presentation continues as an emblematic representation of capitalism as an inferno of structured chaos. There is a beauty of the luxurious world and its illusions that is expressed in Orwell’s work; the elegant, “priest-like” nature of those under the scrutiny of the customers beyond the “coco-nut mat and mirror”. Those who serve paint a “picture of cleanliness” and they provide an aristocratic air even though they remove any form of dignity and pride from their work the moment they enter the kitchen. The act stops the moment the waiters are backstage, waiting for the next scene. They twist the typical nature of hierarchy into a ludicrous state where those who work for minimum wage control the aura of nobleness and