close out, 1  to reduce the price of (merchandise) for quick sale: That store is closing out its stock of men's clothing. 2  to liquidate or dispose of finally and completely: They closed out their interests after many years in this city.
George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 â 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
3 Answers | Add Yours. Orwell's story is set in Burma when it was a British colony. It is told by a first-person narrator who is a British policeman serving in Burma. His relationship with the Burmese natives is not a good one; he is hated as a foreigner and a repressive authority figure of white English society.