George Orwell Visions of Dystopia Following the War

Following the War

and the knowledge that trusted neighbours can sometimes be as sinister as a stranger in the dark

conquest and the simple joy of life

Jack London

only one question remains - 'Where shall we have dinner

George Orwell Visions of Dystopia Following the WarOrwell is most well known for his two famous novels Nineteen Eighty Four and Animal Farm, but their dystopian vision was informed by observations of poverty in England (Down and Out in Paris' and London and Road to Wigan Pier), and disillusion with political and national events of the 1930s and 1940s. Homage to Catalonia chronicled his experience of the Spanish Civil War and formulated his revulsion against totalitarianism, highlighted in his