George Orwell, 1903-1950: Bio
Use the links provided to answer the following questions. You will have to use each website to answer all of the questions.
(1) What was the real name of the author we have come to know as George Orwell? Why did he adopt a pseudonym?
(2) What adjective is this author associated with? What does it mean?
(3) Where was Orwell born? What did his father do? Where did he grow up?
(4) Whom did Orwell meet at Eton College?
(5) What did Orwell do after college?
(6) What did Orwell do in Paris and London? What book did he publish as a result of his experiences?
(7) Describe Orwell's changing political views. How did the countries Orwell visited impact his beliefs?
(8) Why did Orwell go to Spain? What did he end up doing there?
(9) Discuss the difficulties that Orwell faced when he tried to publish Animal Farm. Why did publishing firms refuse to publish the book? What did American publishers say about the book?
(10) What book is Orwell most famous for? What line from that book became a popular phrase?
(11) What disease killed Orwell?
WEBSITES
George Orwell Exhibition at Brown University
George Orwell Bio
George Orwell Bio from BBC
(1) What was the real name of the author we have come to know as George Orwell? Why did he adopt a pseudonym?
(2) What adjective is this author associated with? What does it mean?
(3) Where was Orwell born? What did his father do? Where did he grow up?
(4) Whom did Orwell meet at Eton College?
(5) What did Orwell do after college?
(6) What did Orwell do in Paris and London? What book did he publish as a result of his experiences?
(7) Describe Orwell's changing political views. How did the countries Orwell visited impact his beliefs?
(8) Why did Orwell go to Spain? What did he end up doing there?
(9) Discuss the difficulties that Orwell faced when he tried to publish Animal Farm. Why did publishing firms refuse to publish the book? What did American publishers say about the book?
(10) What book is Orwell most famous for? What line from that book became a popular phrase?
(11) What disease killed Orwell?
WEBSITES
George Orwell Exhibition at Brown University
George Orwell Bio
George Orwell Bio from BBC