Guided Reading Text 1 Analysis "marrakesh" By George Orwell

GUIDED READING S1 Marrakech by George Orwell (1939) A Distant Episode by Paul Bowles (1945)The Valley Of Blood by Abdul Majid Ben Jelloun (1947) The Garden Wall, John Bavey (1978)Analyzing plan :1- Context and purpose2- Title analysis 3- Plot4- Setting5- Characters 6- Point of view 7- Conflict 8- ThemesMarrakech:1- Context and purpose :+George Orwell visited Morocco in 1939 during French colonial rule.+ The essay is non-fiction, but literary. +Orwell describes what he sees to criticize colonialism.2- Title analysis : +Marrakesh is a symbol of mortality and poverty. + The writer represents it as the City of Death.3- Plot :George Orwell used an episodic plot to describe what he saw during the visit :+ Corpses buried reflecting poverty, death, and invisibility of Moroccan people. + An encounter with an Arab navy asking for bread.+ The old woman carrying firewood. + His anger at the mistreatment of donkeys.4-Setting :+ Marrakech : crowded, dusty, harsh, marked by poverty and decay. + 1939 during French colonial rule. + Strong power imbalance between Europeans and Moroccans. 5- Characters :6- POV :+ "I" first persons pov , which limited to Orwell's perspective. + Creates immediacy and authenticity, but also shows the bias of the colonial gaze.