Did you know that George Orwell was actually born Eric Author Blair? George Orwell is his pseudonym. Born in Bengal India in 1903, he did not have much of a relationship with his father due to his mother moving him to England in his first year of life. Orwell's father stayed behind in India and rarely visited Orwell and his mother in England. Although a sickly child who often suffered from the flu and bronchitis, he was a very talented writer at an early age. He was four when he composed his first poem. He enjoyed reading such authors are Rudyard Kipling and H.G. Wells. He attended boarding school in England and "won scholarships to Wellington College and Eton College to continue his studies" (Bio). Biography describes Orwell's Animal Farm as "an anti-Soviet satire in a pastoral setting featuring two pigs as its main protagonists" (Bio). Animal Farm (1945) was Orwell's first major hit and was followed in 1949 by 1984. His later book is also a political text Works Cited "George Orwell." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 27 June 2015.
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