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George Orwell

George Orwell. Considered “charity case” by snobbish peers This marked his life with sense of failure and a belief that the rich and strong make the world’s rules Caused him to identify with the underdog.

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George Orwell

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  1. George Orwell

  2. Considered “charity case” by snobbish peers • This marked his life with sense of failure and a belief that the rich and strong make the world’s rules • Caused him to identify with the underdog

  3. Believed that all revolutions fail because those who attain power are corrupted by it • Saw nature as the only truly “Utopian State” possible • Felt 20th Century man’s move away from land and nature was a mistake

  4. Orwell’s Purpose in writing Animal Farm: • WARN the world about the dangers of Totalitarianism • SATIRIZE the mentality of the revolutionary who believes Utopia is possible

  5. Orwell’s Thesis: • Power inevitably corrupts, and therefore revolutions inevitably fail their purpose • New masters are necessarily corrupted by new power • ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY!

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