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Such Were The Joys By George Orwell Research Paper

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Although 1984 has commonly been perceived as a “dystopian” novel, it is nevertheless closely based on many of the author’s real life experiences. For instance, the less than favorable conditions at St. Cyprian's, one of the boarding schools Orwell attended, detailed in his “Such, Such Were the Joys” provides insight into Orwell’s high regard for personal hygiene in 1984. The naughty things Orwell sometimes did with his fellow young men at boarding school also shown in “Such, Such Were the Joys” may have led Orwell to view such actions as a figurative way of rebelling against orthodoxy and in 1984, the Party specifically. Later in his life, perhaps the greatest impact on Orwell’s perspective in 1984 came from his experiences in Burma. Orwell’s

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