George Orwell is well known as a passionate socialist whose life was a testament to his beliefs. Greater than his belief in social justice, however, was his commitment to honesty, always telling the truth as he saw it. Unfortunately, this got him into trouble will the far left, the Marxists. Unlike many intellectuals of his generation, Orwell was very critical of communism and, in the last few years of his life, devoted his writing to exposing the myth of Soviet ideology. By retaining his…
