Marrakech——乔治欧威尔.pptVIP

George Orwell’s Marrakech About George Orwell His experience in British colony His political point of view His works: Such were the Joys “Shooting an Elephant” “A Hanging” Down and Out in Paris and London Burmese Days Homage to Catalonia Animal Farm Nineteen Eighty-Four About City Marrakech In west central Morocco, at the Northern foot of the high Atlas, 130 miles south of Casablanca, the chief seaport. The city is renowned for leather goods, is one of the principal commercial centers of Morocco. It was founded (1062) by the Almoravid leader Yūsuf ibn Tāshufīn of the dynasty of the Almoravids, and was the capital of Morocco from then until 1147 and again from 1550 to 1660. It was captured by the French in 1912. Yearly rainfall is 9 inches and limited to winter months. It has extremely hot summers but mild winters. The old city, with its labyrinth of crooked, deadened streets, presents an overcrowded, rundown appearance. The modern city (began 1913) has grown up to the west, along the road to Mogador. Its modern growth dates from French occupation (1912). The city was formerly also called Morocco. Understanding the text Structure: This essay is divided into 5 parts: 1) By telling his readers how the people of Marrakech are buried, the author accentuates the extreme poverty of Marrakech and the little regard in which human life is held. Thesis statement appears in this part: All colonial empires are in reality founded upon the fact that people here are treated as animals. 2) By showing the readers how an Arab navvy asks for bread, the author tells how hungry and poor he is. 3) By describing the living and working conditions of Jews in the Jewish ghetto and the prejudice they suffer, the author shows us their poverty and the injustice they receive. 4) This s