"His importance to the century just past, and therefore his status as a figure in history as well as in literature, derives from the extraordinary salience of the subjects he —took on,' and stayed with, and never abandoned. As a consequence, we commonly use the term "Orwellian' in one of two ways. To describe a state of affairs as "Orwellian' is to imply crushing tyranny and fear and conformism. To describe a piece of writing as —Orwellian' is to recognize that human resistance to these terrors is unquenchable. Not bad for one short lifetime."
Fear
Tyranny
Writing
Courage