“There was truth and there was lies, and if you clung to the truth even against all the world, you were not mad” (Orwell). These words were spoken by the brilliant post-modernist writer. , George Orwell. The postmodernist movement took place in the late 1950s. It was an era marked by consumerism, the post-Cold War and World War II era. The main topics of this literary movement dealt with moral and philosophical relativism, loss of faith in political authority, and avoidance of traditional themes. Postmodernism has had one of the greatest impacts on fiction writing. George Orwell's love of writing and fear of too much authority made this era of literary movement popular. Although George Orwell may be a popular man today, this was not always the case. Growing up, he was a middle child. He states in a poem “Why I Write” that he was very lonely and had an unpleasant personality that made people not particularly like him (Leddy). Orwell was accustomed to dealing with unpleasant facts, which, according to him, led him into his own private world, in which teachers and authorities did not appreciate. They made him feel helpless and undervalued; this inspired him to write about similar circumstances in a political context. He had a clear vision for each story and didn't want to write all the extra "fluff" (Smith). He is best known for this new style of writing, eliminating the "purple passages", for his Newspeak language and for exploring political writing and making this type popular. It changed the tone of writing in the 1950s and awakened the world to the dangers of government. "From Erotic Dreams to Nightmares: Disturbing Problems and the Suggestion of Sublimation in Orwell" by Thomas Dilworth is an excellent critical analysis of the 1984 novel. Thomas Doe ...... middle of paper ...... modernist writer. Works Cited Dilsworth, Thomas. “From erotic dreams to nightmares: disturbing problems and sublimations in Orwell.” Ebscohost. Articles on language and literature, nd Web. May 15, 2014.Leddy, Chuck. “George Orwell on Writing.” Literary Resource Center. March 2006. Web. May 20, 2014..Means, AL A Students Guide to George Orwell Enslow Publishers Inc. New Jersey, 2005. Print.Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Penguin, 1989. Print. Smith, David. Orwell for beginners. Writers and Readers Publishing, Inc. New York, 1998.Print.