"unemploiment" - 1 õppematerjal

George Orwell - Road to Wigan Pier (slaidid)

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 Miners work is hard: "Travel" through a tunnel - ~1m high, many km long Dig on their knees ­ lot of dust, no air 7,5 hours of work underground Miners have nowhere to wash themselves  The Plot Houses in indrustrial downs are in bad shape Mass uneployment & poverty ­ no chance of getting work II part ­ Orwells life and socialism Higher class rejects lower class Middle-class socialists speak against their own class