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The article talks about how contradictory Orwell was, and lists a bunch of examples. But I don't think a single example shows any contradiction at all. It simpl
by billytetrud 5y ago
The article talks about how contradictory Orwell was, and lists a bunch of examples. But I don't think a single example shows any contradiction at all. It simply showed that Orwell didn't live his life in black and white.
- banannaise 5y agoI think all of this says a lot more about the people who try to write about Orwell than it does about Orwell. He was not exactly a "both sides have their merits" sort of person. The guy literally joined a militia to throw grenades at fascists. You only find contraditions in his life if you try to apply tests of ideological purity rather than trying to meet him where he was.
- billytetrud 5y agoDefinitely
- correct_horse 5y agoI had the same reaction. I decided that those were examples that subverted the author's expectations instead of examples of contradiction.