Painful sympathy for Eric Blair

[African_Love]

After browsing through his wikipedia page (particularly 'social interactions') I feel the deepest 'sympathy' for this man. I'm angered by the treatment he endured from some people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell

[The Atheist]

Much as I'm the biggest Orwell fan in existence, I'm not sure I agree with you.

Most of Orwell's problems came from his own peculiar belief that he had to endure hardship to write about it. He may have been right as far as Eric Blair goes, so without the hardships, he mightn't have been half the writer he was.