GEORGE ORWELL: ANIMAL FARM

GEORGE ORWELL: ANIMAL FARM AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair) was born in Bengal, Indian, in 1903. His father was an officer in the Indian Customs and Excise Department. He started his schooling at South Coast Preparatory School and from there went to Eton College (one of the most prestigious colleges in England then) Blair served in the Indian imperial Police from 1922 to 1927. He made use of his experience during the service to write Burmese Days in 1934. Having become dissatisfied with his role as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Burma, he left and spent the next two years in Paris doing all types of odd jobs. While in Paris, he lived in very sordid conditions and his unpalatable experience led to his writing Down and Out Paris and London in 1933. He moved from one poorly paid job to another which experience provided very rich materials for his writings – A Clergyman’s Daughter (1935) and Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936). He be...