Wazalwa ngosuku olufana nanamuhla eminyakeni eyi-115 eyedlule, wakwenza ngaphakathi UMotihari, ikoloni laseBrithani le India, nangaphansi kwegama le- U-Eric Arthur Blair. Kamuva uzoba ngumbhali ovelele nentatheli esimaziyo namuhla ngaphansi kwegama lomgunyathi George Orwell. Futhi wayengumbhali wezincwadi ezaziwa kakhulu nezinethonya elikhulu ngekhulu lama-XNUMX, njenge 1984 o Ukuhlubuka epulazini. Ngikhumbula isibalo sakhe ngokukhethwa kwakhe imishwana namazwibela.
George Orwell
Phakathi kwezinye izinto nokwenzeka empilweni yakhe, u-Orwell wayekhona Amaphoyisa aseNdiya aseMelika ngoba wayengenayo imali yokuya eyunivesithi. Uhlale ngaphakathi EParis y London, efundisa njengothisha wesikole futhi esebenza njengomsizi wesitolo esidayisa izincwadi ku I-Hampstead Heath, eLondon. Kepha wagcina engumbhali, ebamba iqhaza empini yombango yaseSpain, wasebenzela i Isevisi yaseMpumalanga we BBC futhi wayengumhleli wephephabhuku futhi engumbhali wemibhalo yalo magazini Tribune.
Imisebenzi yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu, futhi esasebenza nanamuhla, akungabazeki ukuthi sekungenhla 1984 y Ukuhlubuka epulazini, ukuhlaziya okusobala nokugxeka izikhathi ezikhathazayo ayephila kuzo, lapho umbuso wobushiqela nobushiqela wawudlangile. Kepha kukhona nezinye iziqu ezifana Akukho mhlophe eParis naseLondon o Izinsuku zaseBurma.
Izingcezu nemishwana
1984
Uma umholi ethi ngomcimbi onje lokhu akwenzekanga, akwenzekanga. Uma ithi babili nababili bangabahlanu, khona-ke ababili nababili banhlanu. Leli themba lingikhathaza kakhulu kunamabhomu.
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Umbuso wobushiqela awusungulwanga ukuvikela inguquko; inguquko yenzelwa ukusungula ubushiqela.
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Uma bengenza ngiyeke ukukuthanda ... lokho kungaba ukukhaphela kweqiniso.
Ukuhlubuka epulazini
Isiphithiphithi saphela ngokushesha. Izingulube ezine zazilindile, ziqhaqhazela futhi zibhalwe icala kuwo wonke umsele wobuso bazo. UNapoleon ufune ukuthi bavume amacala abo. Yizona kanye izingulube ezine ezazibhikishe ngenkathi uNapoleon eqeda imihlangano yangeSonto. Ngaphandle kwesidingo esithe xaxa, bavuma ukuthi bebelokhu bexhumana ngasese no-Snowball selokhu axoshwa, bamsiza ekuqothuleni isigayo, futhi bavuma ukudlulisela "iFarm Farm" kuMnu Frederick. Bangeze ukuthi u-Snowball wayevumile ngokuyimfihlo ukuthi ubekade eyi-ejenti eyimfihlo kaMnu Jones iminyaka eminingi. Lapho beqeda ukuvuma izono zabo, izinja, ngaphandle kokuchitha isikhathi, zadabula imiphimbo yazo futhi, uNapoleon, ngezwi elibi, wabuza ukuthi ngabe esinye isilwane sinokuthile okuvumayo.
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Ake sibonane maqabane: Yini iqiniso lempilo yethu? Masibhekane nakho: izimpilo zethu zibuhlungu, ziyasebenza, futhi zimfushane. Siyazalwa, basinikeza ukudla esikudingayo ukuze siziphilise, futhi abanye bethu abakwaziyo ukusiphoqa ukuthi senze kanjalo ku-athomu yokugcina yamandla ethu; futhi ngalo mzuzu wokuthi asisasebenzi, basibulala ngesihluku esesabekayo. Asikho isilwane eNgilandi esaziyo incazelo yenjabulo noma ubuvila ngemuva kokuba nonyaka owodwa ubudala. Asikho isilwane samahhala eNgilandi. Impilo yesilwane inosizi nobugqila kuphela; Leli iqiniso.
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Impi impi. Okuwukuphela komuntu olungile yilowo oshonile.
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Zonke izilwane ziyefana, kepha ezinye ziyalingana kunezinye.
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Izilwane ezimangele zaguqula ukubuka kwazo zisuka ezingulubeni zaya kumuntu, futhi zisuka kumuntu zaya ezingulubeni; futhi futhi kusukela kwengulube kuya kumuntu; kepha bekuvele kungenzeki ukuhlukanisa ukuthi ngubani omunye nokuthi ngubani omunye.