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Burmese Days Fact-Matching Game

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About This Challenge

Embark on a thrilling adventure with ‘Burmese Days’, a fact-matching game that will transport you to a different time and place, allowing you to uncover hidden secrets and piece together important information.

  • Explore the rich historical setting of colonial Burma
  • Solve puzzles and uncover clues to unravel the mystery
  • Use spells to gain hints and extra time for a more immersive experience
Need a Hint? View the Facts
  • - Burmese Days is a novel written by George Orwell.
  • - The story is set in the British colony of Burma (now Myanmar) during the 1920s.
  • - The protagonist of the story is John Flory, a timber merchant in Burma.
  • - The novel explores themes of racism, imperialism, and the corrupting influence of power.
  • - Flory is portrayed as a sympathetic character who feels trapped between his British peers and the Burmese people.
  • - U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese magistrate, is a central antagonist in the story.
  • - The character of Elizabeth Lackersteen, Flory's love interest, represents the privileged British colonial class.
  • - Orwell drew from his own experiences as a police officer in Burma to write the novel.
  • - The book offers a scathing critique of British colonial rule in Burma.
  • - Burmese Days was Orwell's first published novel and received mixed reviews upon release in 1934.
  • - The novel sheds light on the mistreatment and discrimination faced by the Burmese people under British rule.
  • - Orwell's portrayal of the Burmese characters challenges stereotypes and highlights their resilience.
  • - The novel exposes the hypocrisy and moral corruption of the British ruling class in Burma.
  • - Orwell's vivid descriptions of the Burmese landscape and culture add depth to the story.
  • - Burmese Days delves into the complexities of identity and the struggle for self-acceptance.
  • - The book addresses the destructive effects of colonialism on both the colonizers and the colonized.
  • - Orwell's portrayal of the oppressive and stifling atmosphere in the British Club reflects the hierarchical nature of colonial society.
  • - The novel incorporates elements of Orwell's own disillusionment with imperialism.
  • - Burmese Days is an important work in Orwell's literary career and foreshadows themes that he would explore in later works, such as Animal Farm and 1984.
  • - The book remains a powerful critique of imperialism and continues to be studied for its social and political insights.

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