I decided to begin an EPQ as I thought this would be a good method to improve my analytical skills, and by doing my own independent research would help me build fundamental skills for the future, when I go to University. I chose Orwell as my subject as I believed this would fit well into my other A-Level subjects I am studying; Literature and History. I believe by covering an author in such depth would significantly help my skills in these subjects. I will have to research the context of his books, such as British Burma, and his life as a whole, helping me with my research and analysing skills in history, I will also have to do textual analyses of his bibliography, helping me with my English. I also chose him out of my own personal passion for his writing, he was a fascinating figure, whose books and essays cover a wide range of issues, this makes it difficult to work out what angle or perspective I want to analysis his work for my final project; I think I want to speak about how his l...