Such Such Were The Joys Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis

English novelist and essayist, George Orwell, in his essay, “Such, Such Were The Joys” describes his youth at St. Cyprian’s, a private school. Orwell’s purpose is to share his experiences at the school and tell how it shaped his life, “At eight years old you were suddenly taken out of this warm nest and flung into a world of force and fraud and secrecy, like a gold-fish into a tank full of pike”(Orwell 14). He focuses on the many negative experiences of his schooling. His use of rhetorical devices throughout the essay explains his struggles at St. Cyprian’s and paint the picture of his life.

Eric Arthur Blair used the fake name George Orwell, keeping his identity unknown. George Orwell deserves to be called one of the top English writers of his time, for his novels such as “Animal Farm”, “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, and “Down and Out Paris and London”. Orwell received the Prometheus award for two of his books, “Nineteen Eighty-Four” in 1984 and “Animal Farm” in 2011. George Orwell has also received the Retro Hugo Award for “Animal

The rich kids were favoured in many aspects. “The rich boys had milk and biscuits in the middle of the morning, they were given riding lessons once or twice a week, Flip mothered them and called them by their Christian names, and above all they were never caned”(Orwell 5). Readers can relate to how hard it is growing up and not quite fitting right in their environment. The other school boys would laugh at him for not having the things they had, or even the things their parents owned. Orwell states that he was accepted in St. Cyprian's as a boarder, half of the tuition, in hope of gaining a scholarship to make the school look good in the public view. Orwell believes that his training derived from beatings, something that the wealthy kids did not experience. The saying “money rule the world” (Gucci Mane) is clearly evident at St.