Motives

Motives for writing come in different shapes forms and sizes. Motives drive the need for writing and without motives, most of the greatest writers would have never created some of the masterpieces modern society has come to known. Although motives are abundant, two obtrude from the rest. These two are the main exigencies that George Orwell believe causes writers to write. The necessitate for finding the truth for the sole purpose to use that information is to begin inspirations of a true writer.

The need to stick out or become legend is known as sheer egoism. Orwell argues that the “top crust” of people in the world, mainly after their thirties, lose all ambition to succeed in life for the sole purpose of self-gratification. Orwell explains that these people tend to jump on the band wagon and become obligated to the social conflicts around them. Alongside these people are the ones who branch off and indulge themselves in something they’re passionate about, something not for the money, not for the fame, but for the sheer fact that they love what they do. These, in Orwell’s opinion, are writers. Frederick Douglass was a man that grew up not allowed the right to write. He had to earn that right and through that long process he gained ambition. Douglass made his way through the harsh life and with a little bit of luck and perseverance, Douglass gained passage to the life of a true writer.

Orwell believed that historical impulse was one of the main motivations for a well-balanced writer. This means that he believed that through use of research and desire to see things as they are, a knowledge is gained to respectfully know and use the facts for posterity. Douglass used his historical impulse to thrive among his fellow slaves and gain the knowledge he greatly craved. With this knowledge not only did he apply it to the world around him, he wrote about it and made it so that the future worlds would be informed