Book Club – Burmese Days – by George Orwell
Burmese Days – by George Orwell (pages 287)
Orwell spent five years from 1922 to 1927 as an Imperial police officer in Burma (now Myanmar). He wrote this semi-autobiographical novel of personal failure and tragedy based on this experience.
Time: 6:30 pm (optional dinner to follow in Woodrow Wilson Dining Room. (note: jackets required for men))
Chair: Bob Green; Co-Chair: Jill Hurwitz
Please RSVP your attendance to Jill Hurwitz at the following e-mail address: jillpaula@aol.com
Questions to ponder before the meeting.
We all know George Orwell from Animal Farm and 1984.
How does this book differ?
How is it similar?
I have found a lot of authors write a good tale and tell a good story but often don’t know how to end it.
How was the end of this book satisfying to the reader ?
How was it not?
Apparently not everyone believed in the Raj. Was it just a gigantic rationalization for thievery on an international scale? Or did it actually do some good for the indigenous populations?
Do we still rationalize interventions that we are somehow doing someone some good?
Bob Green
Chairman
PCBY/Col Book Club