1. 1984 George Orwell

2. Biography His real name was Eric Blair. Born in Bengal, India in 1903. His father worked as a minor customs official. At the age of 13, he attended Eton where he studied under Aldous Huxley, later author of a Brave New World. Poor grades prevented him from entering Cambridge or Oxford. He turned to a career in the colonial service and accepted a post with the Indian Imperial Police.

3. Biography Though he advanced in the imperial police, he was depressed by the English treatment of the Indian people. He resigned in 1927 and returned to England. After trying his hand at teaching, he decided to try to earn a living at writing.

4. Spanish Civil War Lasted from 1936 to 1939. Over 500,000 people died. Nationalists (Facists) vs. Republicans (Left-socialist_ Orwell fought for the republicans and was shot through the throat. He became disillusioned with the Soviet Union after seeing the corruption of the communist party in Spain.

5. Novelist Wrote several novels during his lifetime. Best known for his two final novels: Animal Farm and 1984. Both attack totalitarian regimes-mainly the Stalinist Soviet Union.

6. 1984 Dystopian novel about life within a totalitarian society. Written in 1949. The Cold War was just starting to begin in earnest. Orwell expressing his fear about government controlling every aspect of human life.

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