George Orwell's Account Of Life In Working Class
The Background and Perspective
Victor Gollancz commissioned Orwell to write an account of life in working class areas in the Northern England, also Victor assigned Orwell to part-time job as a bookshop assistant. In addition, Orwell was a social democrat and is convinced that socialism is the best system to address inequality. George Orwell discusses his views on socialism and the left book club in the second half of the book however, the left book and Victor Gollancz were concerned and uneasy about the second half of the book due to his argument against the left book club and socialism. Therefore, Part 1 was issued separately to part 2. However, the book was published without being proofread by Orwell.
Orwell has a political goal to inform …show more content…
It also helps avoid ethnical issues such as deception. However, a disadvantage of using an overt observation is that it may result to observer effects as the participants may change their behaviours due to Orwell’s presence, therefore he may receive invalid data. In addition, another advantage of using an overt observation is that it allows Orwell to stay professional and avoiding becoming overly personal with the participants, to avoid bias research. On the other hand, by using a overt observation it may be time-consuming compared to other methods such as …show more content…
The book was written by Stephen Armstrong in 1912. He discusses the poverty rates in England currently and also the unemployment rates as he quoted that 2.67 million people are struggling to find a job in England. Stephen goes on to examining and discussing Britain’s recession, also quotes that “If ever we needed Orwell, we do now” (The Road to Wigan Pier, 2014).
George Orwell’s book has become an essential source to tackle England’s poverty and unemployment rates. As Britain’s poverty and unemployment rates is exceedingly similar to Orwell’s findings in 1930s. Furthermore, George Orwell and other sociologist such as Seebohnm Rowntree were able to make slight in improvements to society such as convincing the liberal government to introduce the welfare state which improved living condition for the working class community also it decreased mobility and mortality rates.
Victor Gollancz commissioned Orwell to write an account of life in working class areas in the Northern England, also Victor assigned Orwell to part-time job as a bookshop assistant. In addition, Orwell was a social democrat and is convinced that socialism is the best system to address inequality. George Orwell discusses his views on socialism and the left book club in the second half of the book however, the left book and Victor Gollancz were concerned and uneasy about the second half of the book due to his argument against the left book club and socialism. Therefore, Part 1 was issued separately to part 2. However, the book was published without being proofread by Orwell.
Orwell has a political goal to inform …show more content…
It also helps avoid ethnical issues such as deception. However, a disadvantage of using an overt observation is that it may result to observer effects as the participants may change their behaviours due to Orwell’s presence, therefore he may receive invalid data. In addition, another advantage of using an overt observation is that it allows Orwell to stay professional and avoiding becoming overly personal with the participants, to avoid bias research. On the other hand, by using a overt observation it may be time-consuming compared to other methods such as …show more content…
The book was written by Stephen Armstrong in 1912. He discusses the poverty rates in England currently and also the unemployment rates as he quoted that 2.67 million people are struggling to find a job in England. Stephen goes on to examining and discussing Britain’s recession, also quotes that “If ever we needed Orwell, we do now” (The Road to Wigan Pier, 2014).
George Orwell’s book has become an essential source to tackle England’s poverty and unemployment rates. As Britain’s poverty and unemployment rates is exceedingly similar to Orwell’s findings in 1930s. Furthermore, George Orwell and other sociologist such as Seebohnm Rowntree were able to make slight in improvements to society such as convincing the liberal government to introduce the welfare state which improved living condition for the working class community also it decreased mobility and mortality rates.