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Topic of the Podcast The Poverty and Inequality in Nineteen Eighty-Four

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your host Luke Danner. Today is (date) _______ and in

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Welcome back to another episode of the Wonderful Word Worms

podcast, I am your host Luke Danner, today is December the 4th 2022,
and in this episode 72 we will be discussing the brilliant writer George
Orwell and his final novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. We will be taking a dive
into the poverty and inequality which appear throughout the novel aswell,
and what possible inspiration George Orwell could have use from his own
personal experiences.

Overview of Research & Other Information /PLANNING

Who, what, where, when, why, how
● Eric Authur Blair (real name)
○ Born on 25 June 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, British India
○ Died 21 January 1950 (aged 46) London, England
● Novelist, essayist, journalist, literary critic

● Brought up in poverty
● Moved England with his family
● In 1911 he attended St Cyprian's School on the sussex coast
○ He was under scholarship
○ Prestigious boarding school
○ Attended for 5 years
○ Hated the school when he found out about the scholarship
■ he knew he was treated differently
 ● Gained scholarships for collage
○ Attended Wellington college briefly
○ Attended Eton college from 1917 to 1921
■ Published his first works of writing here
● Policing in Burma
○ Left England October 1922
○ Arrived at Rangoon one month later and began training
○ Sub-divisional officer
■ Responsible for security of 200,000 people or so
○ Surrounded by pollution and wasteland
○ Felt very distanced from the people, feeling like an outsider
○ Did not enjoy his duties
○ Spent much time alone reading, often attended church
○ Became fluent in Burmese
○ Contracted dengue fever in 1927 so he returned to england
later that year
● Down and out in Paris and London
○ Dedicated to writing after leaving police
○ Bought ragged old clothes second hand
○ Self imposed poverty
○ Lived in the slums of Paris and London
○ Worked as a dishwasher around Paris in hotels and
restaurants
○ Wrote his first full length piece about these experiences
○

● Settled down
○ Pretty eventless
○ Kept writing
○ Tried to get married but she rejected him ouch
○ Became a teacher and tutor
○ Travelled around England a fair bit for his writing
●

Born Eric Arthur Blair on the 25th of June 1903 in British ruled India,
George Orwell was an English writer, journalist, and critic best known for
his literature on social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support
of democratic socialism.

After returning to England with his family, in 1911 Orwell would attend a
prestigious boarding school through scholarship, located on the Sussex
coast. He would eventually learn of the reduced fees and hated the school
as he realized he was treated differently and oppressed due to his poverty.
He preformed well though, so attended college after graduating, under
scholarship once again, where he published his first pieces of writing.

Following his studies, in 1922 Orwell would join the Indian Imperial
Police in Burma. He came to hate his duties in Burma, where he was
required to enforce the strict laws of a political regime he despised. And
after five and a half years of service he resigned and returned back to
England due to illness. This experience would be the beginning of him
becoming a literary and political rebel, dedicating himself to becoming a
writer.

On returning to Europe, Orwell began a period of self imposed poverty.

Donning ragged clothes he immersed himself in the life of the poor and
outcast people of Europe, spending time in the slums of London and Paris.
Begging, or working as a dishwasher in hotels and restaurants. These
experiences gave him the material for his first full-length work, a memoir
called “Down and Out in Paris and London”. This also caused him to give
up on capitalism in favor of democratic socialism.

For the next several years Orwell would settle down to a rather eventless
life, continuing to write and fulfill jobs such as a teacher, and tutor.

In 1936 George Orwell travelled to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil

War, he would stay to join the Republican militia where he witnessed
firsthand the nightmarish atrocities committed by fascist political regimes.

Orwell returned to England the following year after being wounded. He

would begin a job at the BBC, head of the Indian service, aswell
becoming a prolific journalist, writing many newspaper articles and
reviews. While continuing to publish his own novels.

At this time he would see the rise to power of dictators such as Adolf
Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union which inspired
Orwell’s last novels, mounting hatred of totalitarianism and political
authority, writing Animal Farm in 1945, then 1984 in 1948, just one year
before his death.

Now that we know the life the George Orwell and how he came to be who
he was. Let’s discuss his final and often argued, greatest novel, Nineteen
Eighty-Four, a dystopian novel and cautionary tale of what could have
been the future.

One of the most substantial themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four is poverty

and inequality.

In the nation of Oceania in which the story takes place, there is a large
divide between the social classes.

There is the Inner Party, the upper-class who controls the minority; the
Outer Party, the middle-class who works for Inner Party; and Proles, the
lower class who is considered as uneducated and working class.
Nearly the entirety of Oceania lives in poverty, the consequence of
perpetual wars and extreme economic inefficiency. This leaves the biggest
effect on the middle and lower class, leaving them will no control over
their horrible living conditions.

Both classes are subject to synthetic poor quality food, which keep them
in an ongoing state of starvation, aswell as being denied other necessary
commodities such as shoes and razors blade for example, due to supply
issues. They both view oily gin and crappy cigarettes as “luxeries” aswell.

The inner party on the other hand, has well stocked pantries with actual
food such as wine, real coffee, real tea, real milk, and real sugar.

The inner party also resides in relatively comfortable flats, attended to by

servants which are captured prisoners of war.

Whereas the outer party and the proles are live in rundown
neighborhoods, and complete poverty.

George Orwell must have drawn inspiration from his time as an officer in
Burma, and reporter/rebel Spain during the civil war, where he would
have witnessed such inequalities, backed by the political regimes of those
Countries.

Orwell’s time in Paris and London, as well as his childhood, would have
given him an idea of what such poverty looked like, and it felt like to be at
the bottom of society aswell.

Living conditions:
Upper class / Inner party:
● Reside relatively comfortable flats
● Attended to by servants which are captured prisoners of war.
● Has well stocked pantries with actual food such as wine, real
coffee, real tea, real milk, and real sugar, as well as other
commodities all denied to the general populace.
● They have the ability to turn off their telescreens
●

Middle class / Outer Party:

● The artificial middle class
● Consumes synthetic poor quality food
● Live rundown neighborhoods
● Subjected to rations to an almost ongoing state of starvation.
● Constantly spied on through telescreens they cannot turn off

Lower class / Proles:

 ● Live in the poorest of conditions
● The most free of any of the classes in that the Party does not spy
on them, thinking they aren’t worth it.
● The Party keeps them entertained with alcohol, gambling, sports,
and fabricated novels and pornography
● Consume synthetic poor quality food, and oily gin and crappy
cigarettes as “luxeries”

FULL SCRIPT
Script of this episode/details and support for the research
Welcome back to another episode of the Wonderful Word Worms
podcast, I am your host Luke Danner, today is December the 4th 2022, Sound effects?
and in this episode number 72 we will be discussing the brilliant writer
George Orwell and his final novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. We will be
taking a dive into the poverty and inequality which appear throughout the
novel aswell, and what possible inspiration George Orwell could have use
from his own personal experiences.

Born Eric Arthur Blair on the 25th of June 1903 in British ruled India,
George Orwell was an English writer, journalist, and critic best known for
his literature on social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support
of democratic socialism.

After returning to England with his family, in 1911 Orwell would attend a
prestigious boarding school through scholarship, located on the Sussex
coast. He would eventually learn of the reduced fees and hated the school
as he realized he was treated differently and oppressed due to his poverty.
He preformed well though, so attended college after graduating, under
scholarship once again, where he published his first pieces of writing.

Following his studies, in 1922 Orwell would join the Indian Imperial
Police in Burma. He came to hate his duties in Burma, where he was
required to enforce the strict laws of a political regime he despised. And
after five and a half years of service he resigned and returned back to
England due to illness. This experience would be the beginning of him
becoming a literary and political rebel, dedicating himself to becoming a
writer.

On returning to Europe, Orwell began a period of self imposed poverty.

Donning ragged clothes he immersed himself in the life of the poor and
outcast people of Europe, spending time in the slums of London and Paris.
Begging, or working as a dishwasher in hotels and restaurants. These
experiences gave him the material for his first full-length work, a memoir
called “Down and Out in Paris and London”. This also caused him to give
up on capitalism in favor of democratic socialism.

For the next several years Orwell would settle down to a rather eventless
life, continuing to write and fulfill jobs such as a teacher, and tutor.

In 1936 George Orwell travelled to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil

War, he would stay to join the Republican militia where he witnessed
firsthand the nightmarish atrocities committed by fascist political regimes.

Orwell returned to England the following year after being wounded. He

would begin a job at the BBC, head of the Indian service, aswell
becoming a prolific journalist, writing many newspaper articles and
reviews. While continuing to publish his own novels.

At this time he would see the rise to power of dictators such as Adolf
Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union which inspired
Orwell’s last novels, mounting hatred of totalitarianism and political
authority, writing Animal Farm in 1945, then 1984 in 1948, just one year
before his death.

Now that we know the life the George Orwell. Let’s discuss his final and
often argued, greatest novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian novel and
cautionary tale of what could have been the future.

One of the most substantial themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four is poverty

and inequality.

In the nation of Oceania in which the story takes place, there is a large
divide between the social classes.

There is the Inner Party, the upper-class who controls the minority; the
Outer Party, the middle-class who works for Inner Party; and Proles, the
lower class who is considered as uneducated and working class.

Nearly the entirety of Oceania lives in poverty, the consequence of

perpetual wars and extreme economic inefficiency. This leaves the biggest
effect on the middle and lower class, leaving them will no control over
their horrible living conditions.

Both classes are subject to synthetic poor quality food, which keep them
in an ongoing state of starvation, aswell as being denied other necessary
commodities such as shoes and razors blade, due to supply issues. They
both view oily gin and crappy cigarettes as “luxeries” aswell.

The inner party on the other hand, has well stocked pantries with actual
food such as wine, real coffee, real tea, real milk, and real sugar.

The inner party also resides in relatively comfortable flats, attended to by

servants which are captured prisoners of war.

Whereas the outer party and the proles are live in rundown
neighborhoods, and complete poverty.

To maintain power, the party keeps a tight hold over the minds and
actions of the outer party though heavy surveillance, giving them
absolutely no intellectual freedom, as they know they are the most likely
to start a revolution.

The party is not as concerned with the proles though, simply keeping them
entertained with alcohol, gambling, sports, and fabricated novels and
pornography, for their less educated brains.

Though not fully free, the inner party gets a lot more freedom, being given
more privacy from the surveillance, and luxuries, in exchange for them
maintaining their loyalty to the party.

George Orwell would have drawn inspiration from his time as an officer
in Burma, and reporter/rebel Spain during the civil war, where he would
have witnessed such inequalities, backed by the political regimes of those
Countries.

Orwell’s time in Paris and London, as well as his childhood, would have
given him an idea of what such poverty looked like firsthand, and what it
felt like to be at the bottom of society aswell, being treated differently
simply due to his class.

Clearly, Orwell was no stranger to the topics he wrote about, and his
genius mind led Nineteen Eighty-Four to be a success worldwide, selling
tens of thousands of books each year.

Thank you for tuning for this episode 72 of the Wonderful Word Worms
Podcast, I am Luke Danner, and I will see you in next week episode.

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