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St Augustine Augustine of Hippo was a Christian theologian and philosopher. He is considered one of the most important Christian thinker. St Augustine was the Bishop of Hippo (modern day Algeria) in Numidia (Roman province of Africa). He is the most well known Christian Church Father. He wrote works like Confessions and City of God . Early Life : Augustine was born in 354 AD in Thagaste (Algeria). His father Patricius was a pagan, but his mother Monica was a believed Christian. Augustine studied first in school at Madaurus and then in Carthage. During this time, he lived a happy life and followed Manichaean religion. Augustine decided to live as a priest when he was 31. Conversion to Christianity and Life as a Preacher : In 386 AD, Augustine converted to Christianity. He was baptized with his son, Adeodatus in 387, like he told in his work, Confessions. In 388, Augustine returned to Africa. His mother Monica died and after ...

George  Orwell George Orwell  (1903–1950) was born in India into a middle-class family. When he was a child, he was brought in England, where he studied. In 1922 he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He didn’t like class division and British colonialism . In 1928 he chose to live among the poor in London and in Paris and he wrote some articles and novels about his life’s experience. In 1936 fought with the Republicans against Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. He narrated his experience in Homage to Catalonia. Orwell was a democratic socialist and he criticized totalitarianism , especially Joseph Stalin and his brutal dictatorship.   He wrote many works of non-fiction and fiction. His most famous novels are  1984  and  Animal Farm . Animal farm is a political fable in the form of an allegory: it describes the revolt of the animals on a farm, which expel their cruel human master and resolve to run it themselves on Social...