A WRITER'S WIT: GEORGE ORWELL

It was infuriating. I had been a hundred and fifteen days in the line and had come back to Barcelona ravenous for a bit of rest and comfort; and instead I had to spend my time sitting on a roof opposite Civil Guards as bored as myself, who periodically waved to me and assured me that they were “workers” (meaning that they hoped I would not shoot them), but who would certainly open fire if they got the order to do so. If this was history it did not feel like it.
​[From Homage to Catalonia]
George Orwell
Author of Homage to Catalonia
Born June 25, 1903

G. Orwell

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