George Orwell

1903  was born in India

1904 moved back to England with his mother

1911 went to St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne

1917 he won a scholarship to Eton

1921 he joined the British police in Burma

1927  resigned

1928  journeyed to Paris

1932-1933  worked as a teacher in a small private school

1933  published his first book

1934  got a part time job in a second hand  bookshop

1934  published the  first novel Burmese Days

1935 published another novel. called A Clergyman's Daughter

1936 published another book Keep the Aspidistra Flying 

1936 married Eileen

1936  commissioned to write a book about poverty in northern England 

1936  fight in the Spanish Civil War
1937 published The Road to Wigan 

1938 wrote and published A Homage to Catalonia 

1938  suffering from tuberculosis

1938-1939 went to Morocco  

1939 published  another novel, Coming Up For Air 

1941 rejected for military service 

1941 to 1943 he worked for the BBC 

1943 he became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine 

1945 his wife Eileen died 

1945 published Animal Farm 

1949 published masterpiece 1984 

1949  married  second wife Sonia

1950 George Orwell died

Turning points:
moved back to England with his mother 
won a scholarship to Eton
joined the British police in Burma after that he resigned 
journey to Paris 
worked as a teacher
published his first book
married first wife Eileen
fight in the Spanish Civil War
flee from Spain to Britain
suffering from tuberculosis
went to Morocco

worked for the BBC
his wife  Eileen died 
married  second wife Sonia
Achievements:
published a lot of books
commissioned to write a book about poverty in northern England
literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine