Down and Out in Paris and london

Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir of the famous writer George Orwell during his early years as a writer. The book follows his life when he was in his twenties and living in Paris in London. At the beginning of the memoir he is living in a run-down hotel in Paris. Orwell often notes how poor his life is during the novel - both in friends and in money. He gets about six francs per day which is enough for him to buy some food which considering that the hotel he lives in is infested with bugs will probably go bad within 24 hours and perhaps some extra money to buy a newspaper and some books. Orwell was originally born into a middle-class family so living in poverty was something very new to him. It is perhaps because of this that he exaggerates many of his happenings specifically saying how he reaches trouble at every turn