George Orwell - Porque Escrevo e Outros Ensaios

Why does George Orwell write?

Orwell writes because, long before social media and fake news, he understands the danger of giving free rein to a lie (Why I Write).

Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the creator of the term Newspeak, writes because he values ​​words, knows their power, and is sensitive to the mechanisms of thought manipulation via obscure language (Politics and the English Language, Historical Truth, Religious Language).

Orwell, the intrinsically and fatally politicized citizen, writes because he argues that all art is a political gesture, an impediment to totalitarian pretensions, a mocking weapon against demagoguery (The Boundaries Between Art and Propaganda, Literature and Totalitarianism).

"As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me," writes Orwell, under Nazi fire, pointing his guns at English intellectuals detached from reality.

And why do we read George Orwell?