Essay - Orwell's 1984 Review and Analysis of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four...

Orwell's 1984

Review and Analysis of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four

Part 1. Biography.

George Orwell [Eric Blair] was born in 1903 (Deery 122) in Motihari, Bengal, India ***** died in London in 1950 (Woodcock 1). According to one ***** his many biographers, George Orwell ***** the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, an English essayist, novelist and critic who is known today for his works such as the focus of this study, Nineteen ***** (1949); however, this work was preceded by his equally influential book, Animal Farm, in 1945 (Woodcock 1). Although Orwell continued to use his own name throughout his life, his pseudonym first appeared on his ***** *****, Down ***** Out in Paris and London, published in *****933 (Woodcock 1; Marks 266). The name "*****" ***** taken from the River Orwell located ***** East Anglia (***** 1-2). This author adds that, "In time his nom de plume became so closely attached to him ***** few people but relatives knew his real name was Blair. ***** change in name corresponded to a profound shift ***** ***** life-style, in which he ch*****nged from a pillar of ***** British imperial establishment ********** a literary and political rebel" (Woodcock 2). Concerning the book under consideration here, in a letter written ***** 1949, ***** said, "My new book is a Utopia in the *****m of a novel. I b*****llsed it up rather, partly ow*****g to being ***** ill while I ***** writing it, ***** I think some of the ideas in it might interest you. We haven't definitely fixed the title, but I ***** it will be called "Nineteen Eighty-Four'" (Angus 475). According to Cavendish (1999), "No one ***** ***** London in ***** years immediately after ***** ***** need ***** be told where the appall*****g shabbiness ***** ***** book's setting came from. The shortages, the bombsites, the regular failure of things to work properly, the prevailing dreariness -- were drawn ***** real life" (50).

While he is perhaps ***** best for most influential *****, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal *****, ***** (1995) notes that, "Orwell's essays also contri*****e significantly, and the writer enjoys an honored place in ***** pantheon of essayists. Seen by some, though not all, as a cle*****r-eyed teller of unpleasant truths, Orwell could also write endear*****g, perceptive, and unselfconscious pieces about postcards, tea-making, and toads" (266). According to Willison (1953), ***** literary production in the last decade of his life was comprised ***** a series of reviews, articles, ***** essays that appeared in a wide *****ssortment ***** periodicals and papers, including Horizon, Partisan Review, Left News, Contemporary Jewish Record, Politics and Letters, Tribune, The Listener, and Gangrel. In addition, "Orwell even became involved in the running of one such journal, Polemic, in which he shared a seat on t***** edi*****rial board with A. J. Ayer ***** others" (Willison 175). While his relationships with these publications differed over the *****, by and large they represent an important component of his ***** work as well (Marks 267).

Part 2. Plot.

The protagonist of N*****eteen