Posted by nelly on March 05, 2002 at 18:19:49:
Could someone please explain to me what is the main idea of this essay? what is Orwell really trying to say? what is the essay about? what does Orwell mean when he says "One is that pleasures in the actual process of life encourages a sort of political quietism" also "I think that retaining one's childhood love of such things as trees,fishes,butterflies and to return to my first instance,toads, one makes a paceful and decent future a little more probable,and that by preaching the doctrine that nothing is to be admired except steel and concrete,one merely makes it a little surer that human beings will have no outlet for their surplus energy except in hatred and leader-worship." also a toad is symbol of the spring and a symbol of whatelse?
thank you!