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"But Orwell did not write as an educator nor even as a disciple armed with a priori principles; he wrote as a twentieth-century man whose God was just a trace of mystery but who could courageously construct a moral life on what he found this side of the grave. His philosophy as revealed in his writings is treated in this paper, the purpose of which is to examine in the light of critical opinion Orwell's work consisting of books and essays. In presenting the findings, the plan of the paper is to give a biographical sketch preceding the discussion of his novels and full-length books"--Introduction. / Cover: Roger C. Lewis. / Carbon copy of typescript. / "June, 1957." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sarah Rebecca Reed, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes List of Books by George Orwell. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-77).

Mémoire de maîtrise--Paris 3. / Bibliogr. p. 179-184.

This paper argues that George Orwell was a myth maker in the twentieth century, an age of existential perplexities. Orwell recognized that man is innately "patriotic," that the will-to-believe is part of his nature, but that the excesses of scientific analysis have disrupted the absolutes of belief. Through the Organic Metaphor, Orwell attempted to reconstruct man's faith into an aesthetic, and consequently moral, sensibility. Proposing to balance, and not replace, the Mechanistic Metaphor of industrial society, Orwell sought human progress along aesthetic lines. "Socialism" was his political expression of the Organic Metaphor: both advocated universal integrity in time and space.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze and compare outstanding Anglo-American dystopias. The main attributes of dystopias, use of power, propaganda, censorship, and economic repercussions are described, as well as the hero's attitude towards society. This thesis analyses Golding's Lord of the Flies, Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984, Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Huxley's Brave New World and London's The Iron Heel. The thesis focuses on similarities and differences in those dystopias.

George Orwell's reputation as a writer rests largely upon his final two works, selected essays and some of his journalism. As a novelist, he is often considered limited, and it is for this reason that his writing has perhaps received less serious attention than that of many of his contemporaries. Some recent publications have sought to redress this balance, identifying an impressive level of artistry, not only in his more recognised works, but in the neglected novels of the 1930s. Yet, aside from studies focused upon his political beliefs, there has been a lack of attention given to the wider ideas underpinning Orwell's writing, in particular, those which might be considered, in popular terms, ‘existential'. Given its unusually firm grounding in the many experiences he underwent, Orwell's thought, I argue, can be viewed profitably from this philosophical standpoint. By engaging his writing in a dialogue with that of the phenomenological-existentialist thinkers, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Emmanuel Levinas, this project aims to make sense of the ideas implicit within his work. Where the work of the aforementioned figures is often opaque and highly abstracted, it will be shown that Orwell's offers the reader literary and real-life exemplars as a means of making difficult ideas understood. The study is divided into four two-part chapters, which track the Orwell canon in a broadly chronological fashion. In parallel with this, the ideas of the existential philosophers are, too, introduced chronologically: Heidegger, Sartre and, Levinas. The thesis attempts to argue that understanding the implicit existentialism in the work of Orwell not only offers a more complete insight into the man, and the tensions inherent in his character, but also affords the reader many much-needed exemplifications, and in some cases augmentations, of some of the most important ideas in existentialist philosophy.

An examination of the image of the rat in Nineteen Eighty-Four, with a focus on how the rat becomes a metaphor for Winston. Further, an examination of how Winston's rat-like behaviour has affected his early family life and how such behaviour has continued to affect Winston. Families in the novel are examined with a view to understanding Winston's relation to the betrayal exemplified by these families, and finally as a way of understanding the true nature of Julia's betrayal of Winston in the Ministry of Love.

An examination of the image of the rat in Nineteen Eighty-Four, with a focus on how the rat becomes a metaphor for Winston. Further, an examination of how Winston's rat-like behaviour has affected his early family life and how such behaviour has continued to affect Winston. Families in the novel are examined with a view to understanding Winston's relation to the betrayal exemplified by these families, and finally as a way of understanding the true nature of Julia's betrayal of Winston in the Ministry of Love.

The topic of this diploma thesis is the loneliness and the alienation of characters that we can find in works of George Orwell. In the first part I am going to focus on Orwell's life and on events that influenced him as a writer. I am also going to try to find the manner in which Orwell projected his own feelings into the characters of his books. In the second part I am going to introduce some of George Orwell's novels and essays. In these works I am going to try to find the topic of loneliness that often occurs in his works.

Kwok, Tsz Ki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-120). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / 摘要 --- p.iii / Abbreviations --- p.v / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- """Honest! Honest!"" - Down and Out in Paris and London" --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter Three --- """It is almost impossible to be honest and remain alive"" -The Road to Wigan Pier" --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter Four --- "“Still, I have done my best to be honest"" ´ؤ Homage to Catalonia" --- p.76 / Conclusion --- p.108 / Bibliography --- p.116