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George OrwellSuch, Such Were the Joys
Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1952A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Why does Orwell open the essay with a highly personal account of his bed-wetting incident while a student at St Cyprian’s? How does this scene establish Orwell as a reliable narrator?
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The author claims that it was “impossible” to adhere to St Cyprian’s doctrine to “be at once a Christian and a social success” (391). What does Orwell mean by this?
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Why does the young Orwell feel such a keen sense of hatred toward people he acknowledges as his “benefactors”? What is it about their form of charity that so enrages him?
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