"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
-1984
Writer Eric Blair (George Orwell) was born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, at the time a British colony of India. At age one he moved back to England with his mother. Orwell studied at the prestigious St. Cyprian鈥檚 School in Sussex, which he later wrote about in his essay 鈥淪uch, Such Were the Joys.鈥 After graduating from Eton College, Orwell signed up for the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, but resigned soon after with a deep hatred for imperialism. Upon returning to England he took up the pen name George Orwell. Orwell began his writing career with book reviews and, later, by shaping British propaganda during World War II, a position he resigned from in 1943. Orwell鈥檚 literary works include his widely popular novels " Animal Farm" and "1984," as well as many essays and journalistic pieces. Orwell鈥檚 novel "1984" is the source of many phrases now part of popular vocabulary, including 鈥Big Brother,鈥 鈥渄oublethink,鈥 and 鈥渘ewspeak.鈥 Today, Orwell is viewed as one of the 20th century's best chronicler鈥檚 of English culture.
"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
-1984
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