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The speaker never offers his name. Why does the author make this choice? How does this choice support the passages main ideas

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From the start, we are well aware that the author is narrating the story in the first person. This is Orwell's story.... a record of a specific event from his life yet Orwell can also be seen a a stand -in for the colonizing power of Britain.

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