乔治奥威尔 Why I Write.pptVIP

Why I Write 张雅君 张姚海岛 * Why I Write Framework of the article Writer Literature works Comments Writer Parentage Career Major works Evaluations Orwells press card portrait, taken in 1933 outline * born in West Bengal(西孟加拉邦）, India his father---worked in the Opium Department of the Indian Civil Service.（印度总督府鸦片局） his mother---French parentage, daughter of a timber merchant in Burma（缅甸） Parentage * Childhood In 1914, 11-year-old Orwell published a poem Wake up, the boys in the local newspaper for the first time He studied in the most famous school Eton College（1917） morose,unsociable and disobedient * I had the lonely childs habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life. CONTENTS career France England Burma Spain BBC * Burma (1922~1927) Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police for five years and eventually resigned the post in 1927. His experience in Burma, which made him recognize the evil side of colonialism and thus left the colonial police force. France(1928~1929) He began his wandering life and lived in Paris. During this time, he used to wash the dishes in a luxury hotel. * England In 1930, he returned to London. He picked up the cloth (a spice), worked as a family teacher, or bookstore clerk, and continued to change his jobs. In 1933, his first novel Down and Out in Paris and London was published under the pennames of George Orwell. It described his experiences as a struggling writer. * Spain When the Spanish Civil War broke out, he went to Spain and joined the Republican militia in fighting against the Fascist forces of Franco. Th