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Orwell’s Dystopian Vision 1/3 Written by: Prof. Essam Fattouh Professor of English Literature Department of English Faculty of Arts – University of Alexandria Within less than five years, George Orwell succeeded in producing two masterpieces of original fiction-writing. The two novels may be seen as the culmination of a lifetime of strife and struggle against political repression and a condemnation of the rise and establishment of a totalitarian state. Eric Blair, George Orwell’s real name, was a unique kind of eccentric, yet committed, political writer, who devoted his entire life to serving the cause of truth, to expose the language of deceit through which power seeks to dominate and subjugate the masses in its bid for total hegemony and absolute control. Blair’s interest in writing can be traced back to his school days, where he found the hypocrisy and snobbishness of his fellow-students ...
