SUMMARYAnyone who considers themselves a lover of good fiction should know who George Orwell is. Anyone who loves good cynical fiction must have read his masterpiece, simply titled 1984. 1984 is a phenomenal story. of a government that has gone wrong, in its attempts to unify what remains of the world, after the atomic wars fought in Europe. The story is based on Mr. Orwell's fears of extremely powerful governments, particularly totalitarianism. If you are a true lover and have read the story, the next logical question you should ask yourself is: do we understand why he wrote this wonderful work? Please give me the opportunity to enlighten you. In order to understand why; I propose that we examine the following: his life, the period in which he lived, and the body of work of the late, great Mr. George Orwell. Our esteemed author was born Eric Arthur Blair, on June 25, 1903. He was born in India to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Blair, about 300 miles from where his mother grew up as a child. Eric's father worked in the opium department of the Indian Civil Service and his mother was a housewife. Eric was blue-collar by today's standards; he wrote, later in his life, that his family was "lower-upper middle class." (Bowker, nd) Eric was the second child of Richard and Ida's three children. He had two sisters, Marjorie and Avril. Marjorie was 5 years older than Eric and Avril was 5 years younger than Eric. George would later admit to never having felt very close to his sisters. At the age of one, George, his sisters and his mother moved to England and settled in Henley on Thames. . Eric was raised with his mother and sister... middle of paper ......hy - A biography of George Orwell. " George Orwell - Complete Works, Biography, Quotes, Essays. Retrieved from http http://www.george-orwell.org/l_biography.htm.Davison, Peter Hobley (1996) George Orwell a Literary Life Available from http:// books.google.com/books?id=xE92d-QURrEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=. Davison,+Peter+Hobley.+George+Orwell+a+Literary+Life&sourceWidman, Richard A. (Nd) “GEORGE ORWELL Committee.” open on the Holocaust. Retrieved from http://www.codoh.com/thoughtcrimes. /tcportorw.html.Joseph Stalin (nd). nd) From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_PartyAdolf Hitler (nd) From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_hitlerGeorge Orwell (nd) From Wikipedia: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_orwell