Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell and adapted for The BBC
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell and adapted for The BBC
A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
This is an excellent adaptation.
And the original work has been acclaimed and included on lists of best non-fiction works, including The Modern Library one:
And evidently, George Orwell is better known; at least this is what I think, for his other masterpieces, included also on the Modern library list of best books, this time the fiction domain for the best creations of the last century:
And these classic works that are fundamental for those who want to know what a dictatorship looks like would be:
- Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four
In Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell writes about his own experiences during his fighting against the Franco Regime.
If he was enthusiastic in the beginning and took all the trouble to join the brigades, by the time the author writes the aforementioned classics he has totally changed his mind.
Given that the narrative is complex and not totally supportive of the divided leftist army, I enjoyed this tale.
As a “survivor” of a communist regime I do not like reading books that sing its praises and have a dislike or outright hatred for leftists.
There are many jokes about communists…here is one:
- Who is not a communist when young has no heart
- The one who is still a communist when old has no brains
I beg to differ.
Since I disagree that even young people could share the criminal, stupid ideas of the communists, knowing what they have done.
It is unforgivable that while the Nazi propaganda and ideas are illegal in places like Germany- and they well should be- the other murderous, heinous doctrine of the communists is not just tolerated, but embraced in so many places.
Take the example of France; where close to 20% have voted for man that wants to join the Bolivarian “revolution”.
In order to join the left wing brigades, George Orwell had to have a letter of “recommendation” from the communist party.
He describes very well and in detail, the gruesome fighting and the suffering around it, the lice that those fighting hated more than the fascists, the way he chased after an enemy to stab him with the bayonets and so much more.
The spies and the soviet agents have ended up killing so many of those who just wanted to defeat the Franco regime.
After the split and then the terrible conflict between Stalin and the Trotskyites.
All the supposed followers of Trotsky have been chased and persecuted, then tortured and killed without trial.
So much for communist justice.
“Philosophically, Communism and Anarchism are poles apart. Practically—i.e. in the form of society aimed at—the difference is mainly one of emphasis, but it is quite irreconcilable. The Communist’s emphasis is always on centralism and efficiency, the Anarchist’s on liberty and equality.”
Finally, George Orwell is hit by a bullet shot by an enemy sniper and the war ends for him, even if he is sent on trial.
His book does not enjoy a warm welcome and he would become an enemy of the Soviet propaganda and state.
“In trench warfare five things are important: firewood, food, tobacco, candles, and the enemy. In winter on the Zaragoza front they were important in that order, with the enemy a bad last”
And there is so much more about war and its horrors, even if one approximate quote says that…
- War is 99% boredom and 1% sheer terror
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