Timelines

 1903 - born in India
1911 - went to St Cyprian's School in Eastbound
1921 - joined the British police in Burma
1927 - resigned from British police
1928 -  journeyed to Paris
1932-1933 worked as a teacher in a small private school
1934 - a part time job in a second hand bookshop
1933 - first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London
1934 - Burmese Days  novel was published
1935 - A Clergyman's Daughter novel published
1936 - married Eileen
1936 - was commissioned to write a book about poverty in             northern England
1938 - left for Spain
1938 - published A Homage to Catalonia
1938 - was suffering from tuberculosis
 1938-1939 - spent the winter in Morocco
1939 - Coming Up For Air was published. 
1941 to 1943 - Second World he was rejected for military                service
1941-1943 - worked for the BBC
1943 - became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing                 magazine
1945 - his great satire Animal Farm was published
1949 - married his second wife Sonia
1950 - died

 Turning points 

Orwell grew dissatisfied and he resigned in 1927

 Achievement

 He won a scholarship to Eton in 1917

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