George Orwells Homage to Catalonia
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he fifth chapter begins the political analysis of the situation, rather than simply keeping the narrative to a personal level.... He himself fought for the POUM, and was critical but fond of the party: "I myself never joined the party, for which, afterwards, when the POUM was suppressed, I was rather sorry"xxiv.
... He also felt that he needed to write a story which told the tale of the war from the perspective of a soldier, not a journalist: "Throughout the fighting, I never made the correct 'analysis' of the situation that was so glibly made by journalists hundreds of miles away....