Annotated Bibliography On George Orwell
Annotated Bibliography
Orwell, George. "The Spike." Fifty Essays by George Orwell. Project Gutenberg of Australia, Aug. 2003. Web.
The Spike was about George Orwell’s life while living in London. At this time Orwell was living in London in spikes, which are shelters. Times were hard, Orwell had no money, and he lived in a variety of shelters. You could only stay at spikes one night at a time. If you went to two or more spikes in London, more than once in a single month there was a possibility of being confined for a week. You couldn’t take any valuables in because they would be confiscated and you would be thrown out of the Spike, so everyone would burrybury their belongings like cigarettes and tobaccothings outside, and get them the next morning. When theyyou entered the sSpike, they wereyou were sent to the bBathroom where they were searched, while in the bathroom theyyou was given three minutes to bathe. Tramps were fed bread, garlic and “and a pint of so called tea” anytime of the day. After the dinner they would be herded to …show more content…
their cell where they spent the rest of their night in cell.
The cell doors locked at seven and wasn’t reopened for another twelve hours. Orwell describes the spike as “It was a gloomy, chilly, limewashed place, consisting only of a bathroom and a dining-room and about a hundred narrow stone cells…The cells measured eight feet by five, and, had no lighting apparatus except a tiny, barred window high up in the wall, and a spyhole in the door.” During this time Smallpox
was an epidemic and a doctor would come and examine the tramps to make sure they didn’t need to be quarantined or removed from the spike.
The Spike was is essay was helpful because it gives a real life account of spending the night at a spike, the people you encounter and what it’s like to be a tramp. Tthe essay was veryre detailed, it gave a and description of the room, the tramps, tramp majors and working while in the spike. The spike was based off the novel and the people in the spike It was based off the book Down and Out in Paris and London, which is the book I studied by George Orwell.. The essay helped me on my author study because II was able to understand the uthe full effect of day in a life of a tramp. The total words in The Spike is 3,372.tramp
Orwell, George. "Shooting and Elephant." Fifty Essays by George Orwell. Project Gutenberg of Australia, Aug. 2003. Web.
In this essay,Shooting an Elephant Orwell talks about his life as is an Indian Imperial officer in Moulmein, in lower Burma. Orwell was a sub divisional officer of the town, it was Orwell’s duty to keep the peace and basically invade in the Indians life. Burmese people didn’t like the European presence and shouted profanity and other things to show how much they hated them being there. Orwell saidys while in Burma he made up his mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner his job was over the better. Secretly he sided with the Burmese, and against their oppressor (Britain). Orwell says “All I knew was that I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served my rage against the evil spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible.”
Shooting an elephant was helpful because it talks about how he opposed of what British forces were doing and sided with the Burmese even though he was under the instruction of Britain. Shooting an Elephant is important because it tells about his life before he actually started his writing career (published writing). This is where his opposition to imperialism was formed, it was important to know why Orwell had such strong feelings about the government, and by reading this essay my questions were answered. It tells his interaction with the Burmese people, but even though they hated him, but when an elephant comes and is roaming the town all the Burmese people look to him to kill the elephant and keep them safe. At least two thousand people gathered around, Orwell didn’t want to kill the elephant, he describes it as a white man has so much power that when things go wrong they looked to him to do what they expected of him, to kill. The total words in this essay is 3,267 words.
Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1933. Print
The main arguments in Down and Out in Paris and London is are P poverty, government power, and s social class. Throughout the book Orwell livedd in poverty. The Down and Out in Paris and London novelis a novel is about George Orwell when he was a struggling writer and his time in Paris and London. Finding a job was difficult, at the beginning Orwell started out earning 36 francs a week by working as an English tutor. Throughout the book the theme was survival. Orwell lost his tutoring job, he had to live off less than 6 francs, many nights he went without food, or simply stole food. Orwell lived in a Hotel, it was a long term stay, and he paid 200 francs a month. Orwell worked minimumLiving on a few francs each day, working minimum waged jobs in a Hotels or restaurants. At the beginning of the book Orwell looks to a friend for help but he is sickly and almost on his death bed when Orwell finds him, the two spend each day walking kilometers at a time, but most of the time it was a dead end or just a scam. Orwell went without food, and inadequate hygiene. Working in the lowest departmentposition in a Hotel, in the kitchen, and the lowest job in the kitchen, the dishwasher. Then a . Orwell was a dishwasher. But when a friend tells him about a job in London being a tutor for a young boy, he gets an advance and goes to London. When he arrives the family has left on vacation, so once again Orwell is a struggling to make it. Finding a job was difficult, at the beginning Orwell started out earning 36 francs a week by working as an English tutor. Throughout the book the theme surviving and Europe, Orwell often talks about poverty. Every day he had to live off of 6 francs, many nights he went without food, stealing food. Orwell lived in a Hotel, it was a long term stay, his paid 200 francs a month
I built my entire author study around this book. wasIt was a very important part of the author study, it answered questions I had about George Orwell and even brought up questions that I needed for further research. Down and Out in Paris was based on research because Orwell most famous novels are about things that doesn’t directly abthe essay The Spike. The book was the main focus and it allowed me to further study the George Orwell. Questions like, what was Orwell doing before the time? Did he ever escape poverty? The book shows how Orwell wanted change in the government, and the elimination of social classes. The total Pages in Down and Out in Paris and London is 212.This book has 212 pages
Hynes, Samuel Lynn. Twentieth Century Interpretations of 1984; a Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971. Print
The criticism book I read is Twentieth Century Interpretations of 1984. Although the book was criticism, it had collective reviews about Orwell writing by other writers and critics. Although I didn’t read 1984 for my author study, I have read 1984 in the past and the book wasn’t strictly about 1984. This book wasn’t specifically about 1984 it had and reviews about George Orwell Essays, other novels he wrote, personal letters, and a journal by Orwell. his This book was good with helping me with Orwell’s life from when he was born in 1903 until he died and 1950.This book analyze Orwell’s style of writing, and what motivated him to write. and i It gave a detailed perspective of OrwellOrwell’s writing during the time he published and when he wrote, this book gave a deeper analysis of Orwell’s writing. A lot of background on Orwell.
This was significant because it gave a description of his life before and after writing. From attending Eton until he died in January 1950 of tuberculosis. Orwell was an Indian Imperial officer, f Fills in the gaps about the things that wasn’t exactly mentioned in his novels or essays, this book also has a biography about Orwell. Connect the essays and Down and out in Paris and London The total amount of pages in this book is book is 111 pages.
Orwell, George. "The Spike." Fifty Essays by George Orwell. Project Gutenberg of Australia, Aug. 2003. Web.
The Spike was about George Orwell’s life while living in London. At this time Orwell was living in London in spikes, which are shelters. Times were hard, Orwell had no money, and he lived in a variety of shelters. You could only stay at spikes one night at a time. If you went to two or more spikes in London, more than once in a single month there was a possibility of being confined for a week. You couldn’t take any valuables in because they would be confiscated and you would be thrown out of the Spike, so everyone would burrybury their belongings like cigarettes and tobaccothings outside, and get them the next morning. When theyyou entered the sSpike, they wereyou were sent to the bBathroom where they were searched, while in the bathroom theyyou was given three minutes to bathe. Tramps were fed bread, garlic and “and a pint of so called tea” anytime of the day. After the dinner they would be herded to …show more content…
their cell where they spent the rest of their night in cell.
The cell doors locked at seven and wasn’t reopened for another twelve hours. Orwell describes the spike as “It was a gloomy, chilly, limewashed place, consisting only of a bathroom and a dining-room and about a hundred narrow stone cells…The cells measured eight feet by five, and, had no lighting apparatus except a tiny, barred window high up in the wall, and a spyhole in the door.” During this time Smallpox
was an epidemic and a doctor would come and examine the tramps to make sure they didn’t need to be quarantined or removed from the spike.
The Spike was is essay was helpful because it gives a real life account of spending the night at a spike, the people you encounter and what it’s like to be a tramp. Tthe essay was veryre detailed, it gave a and description of the room, the tramps, tramp majors and working while in the spike. The spike was based off the novel and the people in the spike It was based off the book Down and Out in Paris and London, which is the book I studied by George Orwell.. The essay helped me on my author study because II was able to understand the uthe full effect of day in a life of a tramp. The total words in The Spike is 3,372.tramp
Orwell, George. "Shooting and Elephant." Fifty Essays by George Orwell. Project Gutenberg of Australia, Aug. 2003. Web.
In this essay,Shooting an Elephant Orwell talks about his life as is an Indian Imperial officer in Moulmein, in lower Burma. Orwell was a sub divisional officer of the town, it was Orwell’s duty to keep the peace and basically invade in the Indians life. Burmese people didn’t like the European presence and shouted profanity and other things to show how much they hated them being there. Orwell saidys while in Burma he made up his mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner his job was over the better. Secretly he sided with the Burmese, and against their oppressor (Britain). Orwell says “All I knew was that I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served my rage against the evil spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible.”
Shooting an elephant was helpful because it talks about how he opposed of what British forces were doing and sided with the Burmese even though he was under the instruction of Britain. Shooting an Elephant is important because it tells about his life before he actually started his writing career (published writing). This is where his opposition to imperialism was formed, it was important to know why Orwell had such strong feelings about the government, and by reading this essay my questions were answered. It tells his interaction with the Burmese people, but even though they hated him, but when an elephant comes and is roaming the town all the Burmese people look to him to kill the elephant and keep them safe. At least two thousand people gathered around, Orwell didn’t want to kill the elephant, he describes it as a white man has so much power that when things go wrong they looked to him to do what they expected of him, to kill. The total words in this essay is 3,267 words.
Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1933. Print
The main arguments in Down and Out in Paris and London is are P poverty, government power, and s social class. Throughout the book Orwell livedd in poverty. The Down and Out in Paris and London novelis a novel is about George Orwell when he was a struggling writer and his time in Paris and London. Finding a job was difficult, at the beginning Orwell started out earning 36 francs a week by working as an English tutor. Throughout the book the theme was survival. Orwell lost his tutoring job, he had to live off less than 6 francs, many nights he went without food, or simply stole food. Orwell lived in a Hotel, it was a long term stay, and he paid 200 francs a month. Orwell worked minimumLiving on a few francs each day, working minimum waged jobs in a Hotels or restaurants. At the beginning of the book Orwell looks to a friend for help but he is sickly and almost on his death bed when Orwell finds him, the two spend each day walking kilometers at a time, but most of the time it was a dead end or just a scam. Orwell went without food, and inadequate hygiene. Working in the lowest departmentposition in a Hotel, in the kitchen, and the lowest job in the kitchen, the dishwasher. Then a . Orwell was a dishwasher. But when a friend tells him about a job in London being a tutor for a young boy, he gets an advance and goes to London. When he arrives the family has left on vacation, so once again Orwell is a struggling to make it. Finding a job was difficult, at the beginning Orwell started out earning 36 francs a week by working as an English tutor. Throughout the book the theme surviving and Europe, Orwell often talks about poverty. Every day he had to live off of 6 francs, many nights he went without food, stealing food. Orwell lived in a Hotel, it was a long term stay, his paid 200 francs a month
I built my entire author study around this book. wasIt was a very important part of the author study, it answered questions I had about George Orwell and even brought up questions that I needed for further research. Down and Out in Paris was based on research because Orwell most famous novels are about things that doesn’t directly abthe essay The Spike. The book was the main focus and it allowed me to further study the George Orwell. Questions like, what was Orwell doing before the time? Did he ever escape poverty? The book shows how Orwell wanted change in the government, and the elimination of social classes. The total Pages in Down and Out in Paris and London is 212.This book has 212 pages
Hynes, Samuel Lynn. Twentieth Century Interpretations of 1984; a Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971. Print
The criticism book I read is Twentieth Century Interpretations of 1984. Although the book was criticism, it had collective reviews about Orwell writing by other writers and critics. Although I didn’t read 1984 for my author study, I have read 1984 in the past and the book wasn’t strictly about 1984. This book wasn’t specifically about 1984 it had and reviews about George Orwell Essays, other novels he wrote, personal letters, and a journal by Orwell. his This book was good with helping me with Orwell’s life from when he was born in 1903 until he died and 1950.This book analyze Orwell’s style of writing, and what motivated him to write. and i It gave a detailed perspective of OrwellOrwell’s writing during the time he published and when he wrote, this book gave a deeper analysis of Orwell’s writing. A lot of background on Orwell.
This was significant because it gave a description of his life before and after writing. From attending Eton until he died in January 1950 of tuberculosis. Orwell was an Indian Imperial officer, f Fills in the gaps about the things that wasn’t exactly mentioned in his novels or essays, this book also has a biography about Orwell. Connect the essays and Down and out in Paris and London The total amount of pages in this book is book is 111 pages.