The research paper focuses on George Orwell who was an English journalist, essayist and novelist who created awareness of social injustices, articulated prose, supported democratic socialism and opposition to totalitarianism. He wrote fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and polemical journalism. He is known to have written the novel like Animal Farm, and the dystopian novel and his non-fiction works include The Road to Wigan Pier. His experiences in the Spanish civil war are accounted for and claimed just like his essays in literature, politics culture and language. The paper will also focus on the themes, character, symbolism, his influence in language and writing and also his personal life and the message he tried to send to the society.
George Orwell was born in Motihari, British India in 25th June 1903. George Orwell was brought up by his mother and his sisters. He came up with the slogan ‘'You are noticed more if you stand on your head than if you are right up.' George and Jacinta daughter to the Buddicom family read and wrote poetry and aspired to become writers at one point (Shelden, 2011). George Orwell was taken to a convent school when he was at the age of five his mother wanted him to school in a public school, but the family had financial issues and could not afford fees so he needed to get a scholarship. His uncle who was a golf player helped him get one at St Cyprian School since he knew its headmaster who was also a golf player in Royal Eastbourne golf club. George Orwell hated the school but recognized that he was from a poor family and this made him write an essay ‘' Such, Such Were the Joys'', which was based in his experiences there. At St Cyprian is where he first met Cyril Connolly who was a writer and later became an editor of Horizon and he was the one who published George's essays. Orwell was determined to be a famous writer since he even neglected his academic studies and majored on producing a college magazine. Due to his poor performance in class Orwell's family considered taking him to imperial police because he could not get another scholarship and he passed his entrance exam. While at the imperial police he was given a considerable responsibility, which helped become more responsible (Rodden, 2009).
George Orwell portrayed the theme of poverty, George came from a poor family and the family even lacked fees for his education and his studies was supported by his uncle who did find him a scholarship at St Cyprian school and after his academic performance became poor and could not get another scholarship the family took him to imperial police to get his career. In his book, an animal farm George Orwell portrays the theme of human society and its imperfections. The story talks about the greed and the self-indulgence that the political leaders exploit the novel also describes the danger of ignorance and the results of propaganda. His life describes the theme of religion since he identified himself with humanist although he criticized religious groups and religious doctrine he, however, participated in the civic and social life of the church where he even participated the holy communion at the Church of England. He also had a knowledge in biblical literature and even quote messages from the Book of Common Prayer from his mind. He also described the theme of political views, Orwell took part in the Spanish civil war which defined his socialism, and he was a staunch anti-Stalin and also joined the independent labor party after his return from Catalonia. He wrote an essay why he joined the independent labor party. He also talked about the social interactions, he endured very close friendships with few friends who had similar level of literary ability.
George Orwell also had a big impact in writing and language. He wrote about the importance of clear and precise language disagreeing that vague writing can be taken as a superior tool of political manipulation because it changes how he think. He gave out rules basing on writing and language which were; to never use simile, metaphor and other figurative parts of speech, he said you can cut out a word if it is possible, never to use a foreign word and a scientific phrase when thinking of an everyday equivalent English and to never use the passive form of a word when you can use the active form. He was even the first person to use the word cold war when referring to the tension between two powers eastern and the western bloc that came out after the World War II hence adding vocabulary to the English vocabulary.
George Orwell also portrayed symbolism and imagery in his writings. He used the big brother to symbolize the leader behind the power and the face of the power. Emanuel Goldstein is also used as the symbol of the opposition party, Julia's scarlet anti sex waist sash represents the devotion of a citizen to the party, and Winston mother represents better pre-party days when life was not oppressive (Woodlock, 2016).
The writer's attitude towards the life of George Orwell has been conveyed differently .it brings out the sense of contradiction when he says it was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen. The environments atmosphere seems of a somber mood since his life is not that smooth as he goes through a lot of problems in his life. In conclusion, the paper has majorly discussed on the influences of George Orwell to language and writing and also the addition of the vocabularies to the dictionary.
References
Woodcock, G. (2016). The crystal spirit: a study of George Orwell. Schocken Books; Montreal: Book Centre.
Rodden, J. G. (2009). The politics of literary reputation: The'making'and'claiming'of'St. George'Orwell.
Shelden, M. (2011). Orwell: The authorised biography (pp. 13-5). London: Heinemann.
