Foreword "Why I Write"

[Terrance]

Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> "In an essay from the summer of 1946, 'Why I Write,'
> he recalled, 'Animal Farm was the first book in which
> I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing,
> to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into
> one whole. I have not written a novel for seven years,
> but I hope to write another fairly soon. It is bound
> to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do
> know with some clarity what kind of book I want to
> write.'  Shortly after this, he was at work on 1984."
> ("Forword," p. xiii)
> 
> George Orwell, "Why I Write" (1947)


Now if only TRP would explain why he has written this poorly composed
and jumbled Foreword (P has proven himself a pretty poor essayist once
again, even P-listers quite familiar with his composition idiosyncrasies
and his odd sense of humor disagree about what some of his long
sentences mean) and why on earth he would position himself on the
"prophetic"  side of No-Man's-Land in the critical battle to appropriate
1984.  He comes across an angry ideologue with a giant axe to grind.
Who, exactly, does he think he is talking to? Maybe P needs to think
about a career change. Maybe he should get a job. Well, it's not easy to
get a job these days, but he could give it a shot, stand in line, fill
out some forms, beat the bushes, take off his wings and put on a tie and
shirt and get out there where the people live and work ... work ... what
a novel idea. 

To be, to be, a woking class hero or not

Fascists and working class heroes make me sick
Fascists and working class heroes can suck
Fascists and working class heroes are something
Fascists and working class heroes