Topic > What is George Orwell's greatest impact - 1095

Eric Arthur Blair was an influential political writer of his time and his work is still relevant today. Animal Farm and 1984 (Nineteen Eighty Four) are two of the best known books written by Blair also known as George Orwell. “Orwell remains one of the most read and most cited authors of the twentieth century. His two best-known books, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, remain in print and have sold over 30 million copies” (Rossi). During his writing career Orwell wrote primarily political writings, particularly his exposition of communism, fascism, and imperialism. "Orwell's uncompromising ideas, linked to constancy in the enormous and diverse corpus of his works, give him the right to be considered one of the most personally courageous writers in "Orwell's novel 1984 showed them the dangers of being constantly observed by government and this is because the public has the feeling that we are moving towards an Orwellian society and hence the sales of the novel” (Cultural Impact). The greatest impact of the novel 1984 is that it made people scared of totalitarian society and gave them a sense of duty to make sure that ocean society never becomes a reality. George Orwell's novels have done a lot of good in the world. “There were district dictatorships like Hitler's and it put fear into people's minds that it would become a totalitarian society to the point that people will rebel against it” (Cultural Impact). Accordingly, “This incident proves that Orwell achieved one of his goals of ensuring that Oceanic society never becomes a reality as his novel marked the public with the fear of totalitarian actions” (Video). He set his ideals high: social justice with freedom of opportunity for every human being, he was also willing to sacrifice his life for what he believed in. From this Orwell had an impact on many societies due to his