Chasing Pavements

In class, we read an excerpt from the novel "Down and out in Paris and London" written by George Orwell.The plot is mainly about poverty and how the life of a tramp is like. Orwell's description and the way he portraits it, is very thorough. We are led into a world where people treat you quite horrible. However, Orwell writes that it as not so bad as he thought it would be.The surroundings and thoughts are well described and it gives you a inside look of what it is like being a poor man trying to earn his money and make it through the day.

Here is a link to The New Yorker, where you can read some other comments about the book.