1. Personal experiences Writings
George Orwell
Personal experiences
Writings

3. Early Life Born in 1903 in Matihari, Bengal, India Eric Blair
During time when India was a British colony (link to Passage!)
Eric Blair

4. Family Father worked with a Civil Service department Return to England
opium trade
Return to England
Went with mother at age 1
Separated from his father for 3 years
Father visited for a few months; returned to India
2 sisters
Middle child

5. Education Elementary school Excellent student
Earned scholarship to St. Cyprian’s
Prep school

6. Education 1917-1921 King’s Scholar Attended school in Eton
Liked independence during this period

7. Back in India Served Indian Imperial Police 1928 - resigned Burma
Hatred of imperialism
(Think back to the imperialism depicted in Passage!)

8. New Name 1933 - pen name George Orwell Patron saint of England
George V?
Orwell
River Orwell in England

9. Tough Times Lived in poverty Worked as a schoolteacher
Homeless at times
Worked as a schoolteacher
Health problems made work load too much
Began working part-time at a bookstore

10. War Spanish Civil War Wrote book reviews after the war
Fought against the Nationalist uprising
Volunteer
Wounded
Shot in neck
Wrote book reviews after the war

11. War WWII Worked as war correspondent Served in Home Guard
Attempted to enlist support of English colonies/former colonies
Including India
Used propaganda
Worked as war correspondent

12. Married Life 1936-1945 1949 Married to Eileen O’Shaughnessy Remarried
Adopted a son
Eileen died in complications during an operation
1949
Remarried
Sonia Brownell

13. Politics Against Stalin Political views Expressed in Animal Farm 1949
Turned in a list of writers/actors believed to be pro-Stalin
Political views
Democratic socialism

14. Politics
socialism |ˈsō sh əˌlizəm|noun. a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.･ policy or practice based on this theory.･ (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.

15. Works “A Hanging” “Shooting an Elephant” “Wounded by a Fascist Sniper”
Essays
Inspired by time in India
“Wounded by a Fascist Sniper”
Essay
Based on wound from Spanish Civil War

16. Works
Major Novels
Animal Farm

17. 1984 Dystopia Negative utopia
dystopia |disˈtōpēə|noun. an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

18. 1984 Other famous dystopias: Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Anthem - Ayn Rand
Equilibrium - film - contains elements of several written dystopias

19. 1984
totalitarian |tōˌtaliˈte(ə)rēən|adjective. of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
TOTAL control

20. 1984 Newspeak Language used in the novel
Words removed from the language
Goal: make it difficult for people to complain about/revolt against the totalitarian government

21. 1984
Key words/phrases
Newspeak
Doublethink
Thought police
Big Brother

22. 1984

23. Death 1950 Tombstone Died at age 46 Tuberculosis With birth name
His request

25. Sources http://www.george-orwell.org/l_biography.html
Pictures from google images & wikipedia