Pictured above, The Orwell River, the inspiration for Eric Arthur Blair's pen name
Orwell as a baby, held by his mother Ida Mabel Blair, 1904
George Orwell and hid childhood friend Cyril Connolly, who attended Eton with him and was forever immortalized in the Monty Python Song; Eric the Half a Bee
St. Cyprians School in England. Here Orwell developed his earl writing skills. However he had negative experiences with bullying here, and would later write poorly about his time here in Such, Such Were the Joys
Orwell and his classmates at Eton College
Eton today
Orwell, third from the left, stands with his fellow Burma police trainees, 1923
George Orwell during his time living on the street as a tramp in London and Paris
Orwell after enlisting with the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification. He stands in the back of the line, a full foot above everyone else
Orwell holds his unit's mascot dog during his time on the Aragon front of the Spanish Civil War. In the back, Ernst Hemingway is visible. Within a few months, Orwell would nearly be killed by a snipers bullet. 1937
London after the German bombing of The British Isles. Orwell's home would be destroyed by Stuka dive bombers twice, just like the building pictured above
Orwell eating lunch in a canteen during his time with the BBC. His experience as a radio-broadcaster in India would be central to his novel 1984.
Orwell's first wife, Eileen Maud O'Shaughnessey
George Orwell and his adopted son Richard Horatio Blair after the death of Eileen
Orwell's home on the Scottish Isle of Jura. Here he wrote most of 1984
Today, his home remains as a cultural landmark
Today Jura remains as a popular tourist location, due to its mountainous ocean scenery and its legacy as the home of George Orwell
Sonia Mary Orwell, Orwell's second wife. They were married for less than a year before he passed away from tuberculosis
Orwell's grave in Sutton, England
A plaque in memory of George Orwell
This word cloud shows the most frequently used words in Orwell's 1984. Notice how most words tend to be simple and are not lengthy. This was intentional, Orwell wanted to appeal to the common people and warn of a possible future where corruption and cruelty reign. Credit to www.wordle.com.