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George Orwell 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), is Orwell’s thesis, which is relevant throughout the book. What makes this commentary fascinating is that Orwell does not offer a solution for poverty, in fact he offers insight for poverty. 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