- Executive Meddling: Victor Gollancz, Orwell's editor, requested several changes be made for the first British edition, as the very first edition was the 1934 American print. Part of Gollancz's concerns were that Orwell might be at risk of libel suits, as some of the names referred to Real Life people and places. The 1935 UK edition thus had character names changed (with U Po Kyin being replaced with "U Po Sing", a name that by Orwell's own admission wasn't even accurate Burmese).
- Write What You Know: Based on Orwell's experiences as Eric Blair, colonial policeman, in Real Life colonial Burma.
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