George Orwell - Road to Wigan Pier (slaidid)
The Road to
WiganGeorge
PierOrwell
Compiled by Priit J oasoo 12D
2009
Author
George Orwell =Eric Arthur Blair
Born on J une 25, 1903 in India
Brought to England at the age of one
Indian Imperial Police in Burma 1922-1928
1936 fought in Spanish Civil War
II World War wrote a political commentary
Died of tuberculosis on J anuary 21, 1950
Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four and
The Road to Wigan Pier
Setting
Location: Indrustrial
towns of North England -
Lancashire and
Yorkshire
Time: Before the World
War II (1936)
Main Character
· George Orwell - an English author and
journalist, who describes the living
conditions of poor miners in northern
England. He also talks about socialism
and his life.
The Plot
Book is in two parts
I part indrustrial towns & unemploiment
He lives in Brookers lodging-house
Mi...