Concetti Chiave
- Orwell's book is a blend of fiction and biographical essay, centered on the Spanish Civil War.
- The narrative reflects Orwell's moral commitment to fight for the republicans in the conflict.
- Orwell observed the extensive socialist influence from Europeans participating in the war.
- In Barcelona 1936, Orwell witnessed a revolutionary atmosphere with widespread social equality.
- Despite some reservations, Orwell saw the collectivization and social changes as worth fighting for.
It is one of Orwell’s most famous work; its popularity was certainly due to its subject: the Spanish Civil War.
It is a first person account, half-way between fiction and biographical essay, that describes affectionately and critically Spain at that time.
Orwell felt as a moral duty to fight on the republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
He saw the manipulation of socialists who had come there from all over Europe.
Revolution in Barcelona
There Orwell describes what Barcelona looked like when he first saw it in December 1936: it was shocking.
The passage brings out both Orwell’s sympathy with the cause of the revolution in Spain and his detachment as a writer and political thinker.
The working class was in command and all people treat everyone as their equals.
In some ways Orwell didn’t like it , but he recognized it as a state of affairs worth fighting for.
He believed that it was a worker’s State and didn’t realize that great numbers of bourgeois were simply keeping a low profile.
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