1984 1. Biography George Orwell is the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, a British writer with political conscience. He was born in India but educated in England at Eton College. He served the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927. In sick health, he returned to Europe to live in poverty as a struggling writer. Orwell joined the Republican forces in the Spanish civil war, and wrote a chilling account of this experience. He went on …showed first 75 words of 1019 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1019 total…need a war to unify our nation. If a president doesn't go to war at least once, he is considered weak and incompetent. Even our own language is deteriorating with the advent and acceptation of "political correctness." 1984 was an excellent novel, chillingly blunt, and terrifyingly accurate. Bibliography Encarta. "George Orwell" Microsoft copyright 1993. Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Penguin Group, 1950. website. Dr. Tom Costa. tmc5a@clinch.edu http://pluto.clinch.edu/history/wciv2/civ2ref/1984.htm