In the beginning his intentions were vague, but were definitely based on Jack London's ‘The People of the Abyss,’ also set in East London.īut he wasn't truly ‘down and out.’ He was there as a visitor, an observer when he had enough he could wash his face and return to his own semi-respectable room. He went out on three-day excursions to London's outskirts sleeping in flophouses and dormitories for the unemployed. Worried at first that his public-school accent would give him away, he found that nobody saw beyond the shabby clothes. His over-respectable landlady did not know that Orwell was searching for ‘the poorest of the poor’ in London's East End, disguised as a tramp. When friends realized he was using a candle for warmth, they found him an old oil stove. He ultimately concludes that the only difference between rich and poor people is how much money they have, and he argues that wealthier people should be compassionate to the poor and should invest more in helping poor people out of poverty.He quickly moved from comfortable suburbia to a cheap, unheated room in London's Portobello Road. Rather, he has chosen to live in the “suburbs of poverty” so he might write about his experiences and advocate for a more equitable society. Unlike many of the people he profiles in the book, Orwell is an educated aristocrat who is not trapped in poverty by birth or circumstance. Throughout these experiences, Orwell discovers the daily humiliations and inconveniences of poverty, as well as the laws and societal norms that keep the poor in a continual state of financial ruin. There, he spends several months unemployed and staying in charitable lodging houses. While living in poverty, Orwell works several grueling restaurant jobs in Paris before moving to London in search of work. In his twenties, Orwell is a writer and sometimes English tutor who, after a series of setbacks, finds himself in an impoverished state. Orwell is the narrator of Down and Out in Paris and London.
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