George Orwell Accomplishments

In time of universal deceit- telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell, from humble beginning to renowned writer, is known for his satirical writing and incorporating his ideology on socialism that has ultimately brought him fame. George Orwell’s life shows how his political thought has progressively changes and how his writing reflect on that. George Orwell was born as Eric Arthur Blair in 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, India, during the time of the British colonial rule. He was the son of Richard Walmsley Blair, a customs officials in the Indian Civil Service, and Ida Mabel Limouzin. As a child, his family moved back to England with his mother being the primary caretaking and enrolled him in a boarding school at Sussex coast. As a boy, he was a sickly child suffering with bronchitis and was an outcast because he came from a low income family, however he found comfort in reading books. He was of high

He did this as a way to reject the bourgeois lifestyle and his experiences served as inspiration for his first major work ‘Down and Out in London and Paris’ (1933). The following year he started writing his next book ‘Burmese Days’ (1934) that provided a dark perceptive of the British imperialism in Burma. During this time, he worked in a bookshop where he met his future wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy. In December 1936, Orwell went to Spain to write reports on the Spanish Civil War that broke out. He then joined the militia movement against General Francisco Franco that made him into a revolutionary socialist. While in Spain, he injured his arm and throat permanently damaging his voice. By 1939, he return to England with his health counting to steady decline when diagnosed with tuberculosis. Orwell began to work on several writing assignments such as essays, reviews, and became literary critic as a way to support