A Summary of The Orwell Sessions So Far…

The 2012/13 Orwell Sessions have been running for about a month. So far we have;

Looked at Orwell’s life story and its relevance to his work.

Examined in brief his writing style.

Summarised Orwell’s style into five areas of study.

Studied the logical organisation and structure of his work.

Read parts of “A Hanging” and “Shooting an Elephant”

Examined in detail how Orwell writes introductions.

Practiced writing some essay openings.

Read out the openings and then re-written them to make them sharper and more effective.