Eric Arthur Blair :: essays research papers

Eric Blairs fictional name was George Orwell , bornJune 25,1903 in Motihari, India . At that time India was part of the BritishEmpire(Orwell page 1 of 4). This was near the twisting of the century, so notmany people could afford to move to India with out the BritishEmpire(Orwell pg. 1 of 4). Erics father Richard Blair was an agent of theOpium Department of the Indian Civil Service.Blairs Grandfather served inthe Indian Army for sometime before Blairs birth. His family was not verywealthy Blair later described them as lower-upper-middle class(Orwellpg.1of 4). In fact, they owned no property or held any investment whats soever. When Eric was about 8 his family move back to England and moved toa town called Henley, although his father still worked in India. Beingmiddle-class, going to school was tough however, his parents sent him to aprivate school in Sussex at the tender age of 8. By the time he was 13 he hadreceived a scholarship to Wellington, and soon after another to Eaton, th efamous humankind school(Orwell pg.1 of 4). After being forced to be good inschool, he was not interested in anymore further mental motion(Orwellpg. 1 of 4). So he decided to go with his private ambition, to write. At thebeginning he writes At the age of five or six he knew that he wouldbe-must be a writer(Orwell pg1 of 4). He made up his mind fast unlike manyother writers. However, to be a writer hotshot has to read literature. However, atEaton English Lit. was not a major subject, because most boys that went toEaton came from backgrounds either irremediably unliterary or so literarythat to enlighten them English lit would be absurd(Orwell pg.1 of 4).Although he wanted to become a writer he finished 138th of 167(Orwell pg.2 of 4). After this he decided to join the Indian imperial Police however, helater left after 5 years in service. This was distracting him from his mainlifestyle, a writer and because wished to escape from every carcass of mansdominion over man(Orwell pg . 2 of 4). In London he settled down into agrotty bedroom(Orwell pg.2 of 4). And started to teach himself how towrite. He was now twenty-four and week after week he remained in hisunheated bedroom(Orwell pg. 2 of 4). It was so cold that he thawed hisdetention over a candle when they became to numb to write(Orwell pg. 2 of 4).