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George Orwell wrote the novel, 1984 to paint the picture of a negative utopia. He

illuminated the plights of a society ruled by totalitarian regimes, ruled by the Big brothers. He,

therefore, described a government ruled by the ministry of Truth that ensured printing and

distribution of propaganda materials. The ironical ministry of Peace also oversaw wars. Orwell’s

distaste for the totalitarian regime is seen as the greatest motivation for writing politically

charged novels.

Part I: Biographical Information

George Orwell was born in 1903 in India as Eric Blair (Smith 8). After securing a

scholarship to study in among the prestigious schools, Orwell moved to England, where he

regarded himself as having come from lower-upper-middle class. He hated totalitarian regimes

and oppression associated with it. He was not particularly happy how the lives of his fellow

students were manipulated in schools he had attended. Consequently, he chose to abandon his

study at college level shortly after he graduated from Eton. Instead, he chose to work for in

Burma as an imperial police officer. His duties further made him disgruntled, because he was

obligated to enforce harsh laws from dictatorial regimes he loathed. He consequently chose to

leave Burma for England and quit his job to dedicate his life to writing.

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Orwell’s inspiration directly came from Jack London, when he wrote about the

experiences from London slums. Orwell soon acquired ragged garments and left to find new life

among the poor living in London. He continued to live among the poor coal miners in England.

During these new experiences, he gave up on capitalism and embraced democratic socialism. He

also left for Spain in 1936, where he reported on the civil war in the country. He witnessed

atrocities from totalitarian regimes at its height. Further, the rise of new dictators in the world,

including Hitler and Stalin in Germany and the Soviet Union respectively mounted his hatred

toward dictatorships and negative political authority. Orwell chooses to write novels of political

nature, inclined toward totalitarian regimes. He had witnessed the dangers of giving absolute

power to one political authority, which he primarily sought to inform his audience. He showed

an inconceivable negative human society, that was a complete opposite of utopia.

Part II: Orwell’s Knowledge of Global History

1984 is held in high regard, as a dystopian novel because Orwell used the political setting

during his time to envision an unwelcome future for all societies. The author convincingly gave a

warning to the readers that the societies he created in his novel should never be given an

opportunity to thrive. Orwell lived in an epoch that tyranny was real in Germany and Spain, as

well as in the Soviet Union. Majority of these administrations were in constant exploitation of

people from the lower class and denied them autonomy to live as liberal men. Totalitarians

regimes were characterized by unwarranted executions, forced labor, and food shortages.

From his experience working for tyrannical regimes, and living among the poor, Orwell

had a rich history of the global world, which he included in writing his novel. The experience in

the Spanish civil war gave him the first-hand data related to brutality and hysteria perpetrated by

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Surname 1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Nineteen-eighty-four George Orwell wrote the novel, 1984 to paint the picture of a negative utopia. He illuminated the plights of a society ruled by totalitarian regimes, ruled by the Big brothers. He, therefore, described a government ruled by the ministry of Truth that ensured printing and distribution of propaganda materials. The ironical ministry of Peace also oversaw wars. Orwell’s distaste for the totalitarian regime is seen as the greatest motivation for writing politically charged novels. Part I: Biographical Information George Orwell was born in 1903 in India as Eric Blair (Smith 8). After securing a scholarship to study in among the prestigious schools, Orwell moved to England, where he regarded himself as having come from lower-upper-middle class. He hated totalitarian regimes and oppression associated with it. He was not particularly happy how the lives of his fellow students were manipulated in schools he had attended. Consequently, he chose to abandon his study at college level shortly after he graduated from Eton. Instead, he chose to work for in Burma as an imperial police officer. His duties further made him disgruntled, because he was obligated to enforce harsh laws from dictatorial regimes he loathed. He consequently chose to leave Burma for England and quit his job to dedicate his life to writing. Surname 2 Orwell’s inspiration directly came from Jack London, when he wrote about the experience ...
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