EURO 3300 Chapter Notes - Chapter Course Reader: George Orwell, Puttee, Gaiters
18 Feb 2017
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The spanish civil war: homeage to catalonia by george orwell: In the lenin barracks in barcelona, the day before i joined the militia, i saw an italian militiaman standing in front of the officers" table i mention this italian militiaman because he has stuck vividly in my memory. With his shabby uniform and fierce pathetic face he typifies for me the special atmosphere of that time. I had come to spain with some notion of writing newspaper articles, but i had joined the militia almost immediately, because at that time and in that atmosphere it seemed the only conceivable thing to do. It was the first time that i had ever been in a town where the working class was in the saddle. In outward appearance it was a town in which the wealthy classes had practically ceased to exist.
