GEORGE ORWELL’S BURMESE DAYS – LESSONS OF HISTORY
GEORGE ORWELL’S BURMESE DAYS – LESSONS OF HISTORY

Summary/Abstract: George Orwell’s works bear a political tone. Burmese Days is not only a narrative of Burma’s historical past, but a sociological document in which the cultural and social specificities of the country feature prominently. His realism is undoubtful (“I write because there is some lie I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention”, he would confess in Killing an Elephant) and telling the truth about his contemporary world was only the first stage before reaching the absolute visionary prowess of 1984 – a novel whose dystopian character has already been surpassed by reality. Besides learning from his criticism of imperialist politics, we argue that the lesson he gives in Burmese Days – about human relations and the horrible way in which corruption affects them is worthwhile learning.

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