How Did The Working-Class Contribute To George Orwell's Working Class?
When people considered the primary causes for concern within the historically poignant industrial era, the first thing that came to mind was the horrible working conditions and unsanitary lifestyles. What most sufferers of the awful conditions within Wigan and other portions of northern England neglected to acknowledge, however, was that their horrible dietary patterns contributed in large to the main issues within the working class. George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier (Part I) takes all factors into consideration, and some light is shed on some of these less realized issues relating to diet that caused so many to be malnourished, fragile and weak. This essay seeks to acknowledge dietary problems as a fundamental contributor to the working-class epidemic that ruined the lives of many. Key themes include diet as a form
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After doing all the math, Orwell discovers that a quite minimal sum is required to fuel the human body with the basic necessities – raw vegetables, bread, etc. "When you are unemployed, which is to say when you are underfed, harassed, bored and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food. You want something a little bit 'tasty'" (Orwell, 95). This is where the consistently-relevant concept of escapism comes into play. The rise of Romanticism in the 19th century featured many novels and poems that concentrated on fantasy and imagination as a way for the lower-class to cope with bleak living conditions. northern England, in the case of Orwell's findings, shows how food has taken this role as a form of escapism from everyday life. There are differences between the two, however. The novels and books of the 19th century were relatively harmless and had few negative consequences besides time spent, whereas the use of costly and inefficient food sources in this northern England society had detrimental impacts on both individual wealth and
After doing all the math, Orwell discovers that a quite minimal sum is required to fuel the human body with the basic necessities – raw vegetables, bread, etc. "When you are unemployed, which is to say when you are underfed, harassed, bored and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food. You want something a little bit 'tasty'" (Orwell, 95). This is where the consistently-relevant concept of escapism comes into play. The rise of Romanticism in the 19th century featured many novels and poems that concentrated on fantasy and imagination as a way for the lower-class to cope with bleak living conditions. northern England, in the case of Orwell's findings, shows how food has taken this role as a form of escapism from everyday life. There are differences between the two, however. The novels and books of the 19th century were relatively harmless and had few negative consequences besides time spent, whereas the use of costly and inefficient food sources in this northern England society had detrimental impacts on both individual wealth and