Orwell

The following are the passages that will be options for students who have chosen to include Orwell in their IOCs. I have provided a list, followed by the passages themselves. Note that the passages themselves will be accompanied by guiding questions, which have not yet been added to the passages.

__Orwell IOC Passages__

Orwell Passage 1 Page 16-18 (Chapter III) “One day there turned up at the hotel…” to “All day you are telling lies, expensive lies.”



Orwell Passage 2 Page 68-69 (Chapter XII) “There was no time to sweep the floor till evening…” to the end of the chapter.



Orwell Passage 3 Page 70-71 (Chapter XIII) “I saw that it was an…” to “French was the lingua franca, even the Italian speaking it to one another.”



Orwell Passage 4 Page 116-117 (Chapter XXII) “I think that one should start by saying…” to “supplying a luxury, which, very often is not a luxury.”



Orwell Passage 5 Page 118-119 (Chapter XXII) “Is a plonger’s work really necessary…” to “for the same expense, in a private house.”



Orwell Passage 6 Page 128-129 (Chapter XXIII) “To sell my clothes…” to “your first night in prison.”



Orwell Passage 7 Page 173-174 (Chapter XXXI) “It is worth saying something…” to the end of the chapter.



Here is the full text of Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant." Below you'll find some others as well, any of which you may find interesting.