George Orwell's Why I Write...



Why I Write

I hae to say that I do agree with some of Orwell's statements in "Why I Write". I too have found that lonely children tend to write of imaginary places as I was a lonely child myself.

I would find myself doing similar internal monologs with endings outside the normal idea of happiness.

Orwell's four reasons for writer's writing I feel are true to an extent. He mentions different degrees in every writer, however, I believe that some writers may not share that reason at all.

For example a writer may not have "historical impulse" while still keeping true to the other three reasons.