Inglese
In the English literature George Orwell criticizes the totalitarianism and
the violation of liberty he talks about of this in his novel “1984”.
Orwell, born Eric Blair in 1903, was the son of a minor colonial official.
He was educated at first in St. Cyprian’s school and then at Eton; there he
began to develop an independent-minded and professed atheism and
socialism. He was also an Indian Imperial Policeman but he went on leave
because he wished to escape from every form of man’s domination over
man (The Road to Wigan Pier). He was a journalist and when he come
back in London he started a social experiment: he spent a short period of
his life between poor. In Paris he decided to work as dishwasher in a hotel
and he started to publish his works with the pseudonym of George Orwell.
He chose “George” because it had an Englishness about it, and “Orwell”
because it was the name of a river he was fond of.
In 1936 Orwell went to Catalonia with his wife to report on the Spanish
Civil War. In Barcelona he fought in the trenches. During the Second
World War he joined to the BBC.
Orwell’s last book “Nineteen Eighty-Four” was his most original novel, it
was published in 1949.
“1984”describes a future world divided into three blocks: Oceania, an
empire which England called “Airstrip One”; Eurasia [iurescia], including
Russia and Europe; Estasia [istescia], including Asia and the Far East. The
regimented in Oceania [osiania], is oppressive and ruled by the Party,
which is led by a figure called Big Brother and is continuously at war with
the other states. To control people’s lives, the Party uses the Newspeak, an
invented language with a limited number of words and threatening them
trough the Thought Police. Free thoughts, sex and any expressions of
individuality are forbidden but the protagonist, Winston Smith, illegally
buys a diary where he writes all his thoughts and memories to the future
generations. Smith begin a secret affair with Julia but a member of the
Inner Party, O’ Brien, tells them that he hates the Party too and works
against it as a member of “Brotherhood”, a mysterious group that is trying
