George Orwell, whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, was a British novelist and essayist known for his dystopian novels Animal Farm and 1984. He was born in India in 1903 and educated in England. After serving as a police officer in Burma, he became a socialist and wrote about the harsh working conditions of the poor. His experiences in the Spanish Civil War further shaped his political views. He wrote Animal Farm in 1945 as an allegory about Stalin's corruption of socialism. 1984, published in 1949, depicted a totalitarian future society and introduced terms like "Big Brother" that are still used today. Orwell aimed to expose totalitarianism through his fiction before dying of tuberculosis in 1950.

1. George Orwell: A Biography Gabrijela Čorković, prof. Privatna jezično-informatička gimnazija “Svijet”

2. George Orwell “ Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”

3. Real Name - Eric Arthur Blair Lived 1903-1950 Born in India Moved to England as a small child His pen name: George “sounds solidly English” and Orwell is the name of “a river in Suffolk, England”

4. Education & after school Attended expensive preparatory schools in England Grew up “lower-upper-middle class” Served in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police (he q uit because he hated the racism )

5. Career Path Chose to live in poverty , w orked as a dishwasher Wrote Down and Out in Paris and London  harsh working conditions of the poor Wrote The Road to Wigan Pier  terrible conditions of the miners

6. Effects of These Jobs Became a socialist Socialism All goods in a country are shared with others No one has more than others For example, “You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.”

7. Spanish Civil War Fought in Spanish Civil War against communists  Shot in the throat in battle Wrote about this wa r: Homage to Catalonia

8. Personal Life Married in 1936 Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1938 Adopted son in 1944 Wife died in 1946 Remarried in 1950 (three months before his own death)

9. Most Famous Works Animal Farm ( 1945 ) Wrote it “to expose Stalin’s perversion of socialism” Immediate commercial success

10. Most Famous Works 1984 ( 1949 ) His final novel Grim vision of future society “ Big Brother” is watching/controlling all Considered a masterpiece

11. Quotations All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.

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