![Cite
A man may take to drink because he feels himself
to be a failure, and then fail all the more
completely because he drinks [...] English [...]
becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts
are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language
makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.
From the essay “Politics and the English language”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/orwellpresentation-130305032604-phpapp01/85/George-Orwell-6-320.jpg)
George Orwell
- 1. George Orwell (Arthur Blair)
- 2. Biography • Born in 1903 in India • Studied at St. Cyprian College and Eaton in Britain • Joined to the Indian Imperial Police • Come back to London, then to Paris • Married Eileen in 1936 in London
- 3. Biography • Became a POUM soldier and was shot in the neck in 1937 • Became a Home Guard during the World War II • Began to work as a journalist for several newspapers, magazines and for the BBC • Got the phthisis in 1947 • Published “1984” in 1949 • Passed away in London in 1950
- 4. Works 1984 Animal Farm Coming Up For Air Burmese Days
- 5. Point of view • Totalitarianism make people to think as the Government and do not allow them to think individually • The best way to control people mind is the social and psychological way • People is controlled by media • Doublethink • The language is going down, becoming vague, to hide bad truth
- 6. Cite A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks [...] English [...] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. From the essay “Politics and the English language”
- 7. Orwell currently and in the past Greece Burma Hitler Fascism Stalin China Church in the past
- 8. Books
- 9. Animal Farm • Published in 1945 • Allegorical novel about Russian Revolution • One of the 100 best English-language novels for The Time • Won the Hugo Award
- 10. Animal Farm
- 11. 1984 • Published in 1949 • Dystopian and satirical novel about “Oceania” in 1984 • One of the 100 best English-language novels for The Time (from 1923 to 2005) • Reached the number 8 of The Big Read (BBC survey) in 2003 • Awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels
- 12. 1984
- 13. Summary
- 14. Thanks for watching Pietro Cesaraccio