Down_and_Out_in_London_and_Paris

Down and Out in London and Paris Orwell, George. Down And Out In Paris And London. 1933 Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England. 1989. Number of pages: 216 The commentary, “ Down And Out In Paris And London” by George Orwell is quite interesting. In this commentary, Orwell explores the life of the disenfranchised poor, the underemployed, and the flat broke. Orwell not only wrote about this lifestyle, he explored and spent quite some time living amongst the poor. He spent some time working as a plongeur in the hotels of Paris. He also spent time living amongst the tramps and the poor in London. Throughout the book, Orwell explores in detail the life of the poor through the people he met along the way; of course, changing their names to keep their identity. Orwell explores what goes on behind the scenes. He also gives the readers a detailed look at both the poor side and the common wealth side. He is able to do this because he has lived both sides of life. Therefore, Orwell has the qualifications to inform the reader about poverty, without looking down on it. “Poverty is what I’m writing about,”(p.5), orwell, poverty, orwell’s, book, writing, purpose, audience, theme, poor, paris, london, about, time, throughout, out, quite, people, life, intended, insight, commentary, through, spent, reader, influence, amongst, thought, often, influenced, because, way, society, simple, same, relevant, might, major, know, give, feel, explores, example, effective, able, down, written, work, without, underemployed, today’s