Burmese Days is one of George Orwell’s better known works. It is a nonfiction novel that was published in 1934. George Orwell got the idea for this book when he was working as a police officer for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. Burmese Days is set before World War II. The book talks about the short term British attempt to gain control in its surrounding countries.

The main character is John Flory who moved from Britain to Burma. In the novel, Flory is decribed as a feeble and lonely character. He is in charge of timber camps located in Kyauktada, Burma. John Flory belongs to a European Club where he goes to get drinks and confide in his fellow members who work in the same field. Veriswami, a doctor in the area, becomes friends with John Flory and has the intentions of becoming a member of the English Club. However, Veriswami is working with U Po Kyin who is the novel’s villain. U Po Kyin’s plan is to use John Flory to get into the English Club then gain control of the high class people in effort to take over the area. When John Flory meets Elizabeth Lackersteen, a British debutante, all hope of keeping U Po Kyin powerless is lost. By falling in love with Elizabeth Lackersteen, John Flory creates a weak spot and U Po Kyin takes advantage of the opportunity provided for him.

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George Orwell is a very innovative and inventive writer. He has been influenced by many works and includes multiple themes in all of his writings. He has a unique and different style that captures the attention of his readers and keeps them wanting more.

After reading The People of the Abyss by Jack London, George Orwell felt the need to fully engulf himself in his writing. This encouraged Orwell to focus on his writing and become stronger because he fully depended upon his articles and stories to make a living.

George Orwell was very good about including multiple themes in his stories. A popular theme he expressed was the effects of an autocratic government on its citizens, shown in his work 1984. Orwell also used a political theme in his novel Animal Farm, he showed the deceit that the Socialist Soviet Union brought upon middle Europe. Orwell also used Animal Farm to convey the threats of having an uneducated working class.

Most of George Orwell’s works are insightful and contemplative. He uses an autocratic political view to look at society. In his stories, Orwell depicts what might happen in these circumstances. This style causes readers to contemplate how the government rules civilization and how the people respond.

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Eric Blair, better known as George Orwell, made an impressive and successful career as a writer. Although when he began writing, he did not immediately thrive, over time he overcame the hardships his life presented him and proved to the world that he had the ability to be an inspiring writer.
Orwell had been a successful student in England, and decided to try his luck in Paris as a writer. Although he was highly motivated, Orwell was not as triumphant in Paris as he might have hoped and moved back to England to create a better living for himself.
When he began to slip into poverty, Orwell decided he needed to find an agent. Once he found his agent, Orwell published Down and Out in Paris in 1932. After the publication, Orwell became more serious about his writing. By 1934, Orwell had thrown himself completely into writing and depended on no other occupations.
After getting a grip on how the writing world turned, Orwell began writing fiction. He published Burmese Days (his first fictional publication) in 1934, almost immediately after he went entirely into writing. Orwell began to write about wars and historical happenings in his writings. He went on to write The Road to Wigan Pier and Animal Farm, both were very controversial writings that were introduced to society.
Orwell created great insight on historical fiction and helped open the minds of many to see the government for what it really was. The George Orwell Award is now among one of the top awards given to only the best historical writers.

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George Orwell is the famous penname for Eric Blair. Blair was born in Motihari, Bengal, India where his father, Richard Blair, worked for the opium industry. His mother was the daughter of a tea merchant in Burma. She decided to move her family back west to England in 1904 when Blair was only one. Eric Blair grew up with his older sister, Marjorie, and his younger sister, Avril, raised by their mom who sought to better her household. However, Richard Blair did not get very many opportunities to visit his family; he visited once in 1907 for three months before having to return to work and did not come back until 1912.

Eric Blair was sent to school when he was five in Henley. He never wrote about his experiences at the small Anglican school, but he clearly made an impression on his teachers and was recommended by his headmaster to attend St Cyprian's School, in Eastbourne, Sussex. St. Cyprian was a well known school and was deemed the most successful in the area. He showed such a talent for writing that he was able to earn a scholarship to the school that allowed his parents to only have to pay half of the usual tuition.

Being such a great student in his early years, Blair easily found scholarships for Wellington and Eton; prestigious colleges. Blair began his college experience at Wellington, but decided to move to Eton after only a semester. There he was perceived many different ways; some teachers claim that he was a disrespectful student while others appeared to like him. Blair made many friends who would no doubt become higher British intellectuals.

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