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 * Who is George Orwell? **

Real Name: Eric Blair

Birthplace: Bengal, India

Date of Birth: 1903

Education: a.: boarding school b.: scholarship to Eton 1917 (popular liberal and socialistic ideas)

Military Experience: a.: Civil Service 1921-27 Burma Sergeant – Indian Imperial Palace return to England b/c dislike being instrument of British imperialism b.: reporter Spanish Civil War 1937-38; joins militia loyal to anti-Stalin party; 1938 accepted Home Guard WWII; wounded, recovered and found gov’t dominated by Communists, political groups purged so left for fear of execution

Working class experience: Paris / England – lived among working class, became a schoolmaster, chose to live on the streets on occasion to live the experience

** Orwell became an advocate and voice for the working class. **