Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this
narrative.
In this excerpt, Orwell asserts that writing is, and always will be,
a political act.
Which textual evidence supports this analysis?
Select each correct answer.
"But I could not do the work of writing a book, or even
a long magazine article, if it were not also an
aesthetic experience."
"The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37
turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood."
"Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is
simply a question of which side one takes and what