Why I Write

1. Why does Orwell write?
Orwell writes with four motives. They are sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and political purpose. However, he believed that political purpose was the motive that most improved his work.

2. Why do you write?
 I write mainly to communicate a thought or idea. Most of the writing I do is for school, so it is primarily explaining a truth or giving my opinion on something. My main motive for writing is usually historical impulse, but on occasion, I write out for Aesthetic enthusiasm.


3. What did you learn about writing?
I learned about the motives for writing. I never really thought about the different things that would inspire a person to write.


4. What did you find most interesting about the piece?
I thought it was interesting that he went through a period of time when he wanted to get rid of his desire to write. I don’t really understand why he would avoid something that he knew was his true nature.


5. What one sentence would be the best grounds for an argument? Why?
“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.” This sentence is the best grounds for an argument because not every writer is vain, selfish, and lazy. It was just his view of writers, and it would be wrong to say that they are all like that.

C.S. Lewis

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Tolkien Quotes

“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.”
I like this quote because it shows that the appearance and stereotypes of people and things may be misleading. Just because something is gold, doesn’t mean we should assume it glitters, and just because someone wanders, doesn’t mean they are lost.

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
I like this quote because it shows that true faith can easily be seen when life is not going as well as you hoped. It is a good reminder to keep faith even during tough times.

Both of these quotes are from The Fellowship of the Ring, which was written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
More quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien
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Coronation Address and Truisms

Graves, Robert. “Coronation Address.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press 2003. 713-714. Print.

MacNeice, Louis. “The Truisms.” British Literature. Ed. Ronald A. Horton. Greenville, SC: BJU Press 2003. 716-717. Print.

Lord of the Flies

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Miss Brill Discussion

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