George Orwell s Childhood And The Situations - 2494 Words

In the laws of physics there can be no movement without an acting force. In the early twentieth century many travesties went unnoticed due to idleness of the people. George Orwell was one of the first writers to ever become fully involved in his writings and take action to discover the truth. Through his actions as a writer Orwell started a chain of events and continue to inspire political policies present today. The aim of this paper is to analyze how George Orwell’s childhood and the situations in which he placed himself during his life contributed to his writing skills while exposing the truths of government issues, ultimately allowing him to become one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. George Orwell was†¦show more content†¦Once his family had settled, Richard Blair returned to India alone to continue working, leaving Ida and her three children in England (Rossi 9). Eric Blair was a troubled youth, often telling fibs and playing with im aginary friends, making him unpopular during his schooling. This is the direct result of him being the middle child of the three, with an age gap of five years between each child along with the absence of his father (Orwell Why I Write 1). At a young age Eric displayed aspirations of becoming a writer by writing poems and excelling in school. Eric was a talented student, winning a scholarship to St. Cyprian’s, a prestigious boarding school located in southern England (Agathocleous 9). His time spent at this school was rather unpleasant and Blair reflects on his time spent at St. Cyprian’s in an essay called â€Å"Such, Such Were the Joy’s,† in which he describes the traumatizing disciplinary systems and the conditions that the young boys lived in while attending preparatory school. His childhood experiences coupled with scarring early school memories caused him to develop a strong hate for authority. Along with the harsh conditions of the school came snobbery from wealthy kids who would single out the non wealthy kids and bombard them with questions (Agathocleous 10), as Orwell later