#girl the complexities of imperialism and fractured identity and the subversion of the classical literature around british imperialism...

[midmodmar]

Here lie the bones of poor John Flory; His story was the old, old story. Money, women, cards and gin Were the four things that did him in. [...] Oh stranger, as you voyage here And read this welcome, shed no tear; But take this simple gift I give, And learn from me how not to live.

#burmese days #paintings #digital art #artist on tumblr #character sketch #leyendecker study #george orwell #i cant remember if tumblr only remembers the first 5 tags #I think thats how it appears in searches #anyways #finished reading burmese days by george orwell #im OBSESSED #girl the complexities of imperialism and fractured identity and the subversion of the classical literature around british imperialism... #marked by its pessimism and backwardsness... #and the complexity and loneliness of john flory as a character who is a jackass in orwellian fashion but also he's MY jackass #the repressed sexuality of it all... the moon symbolism as well... #its simply too much #He didn't have to do that shit to flo tho and he got what was coming to him #theres one goodreads review thats like 'oh flory if only you had the luck to be in an EM Forester novel!' #anyways/ #mar george orwell arc in full swing