Quote by Evelyn Waugh
Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying.
Summary
This quote by George Orwell suggests that individuals who have attended prestigious English public schools tend to adapt more easily to the experiences of being in prison. The structured and disciplined environment of these schools, in a way, prepares individuals for the confined and regulated conditions of incarceration. On the other hand, those who have grown up in disadvantaged and impoverished backgrounds find prison to be incredibly depressing as it lacks the camaraderie and sense of community that they may have experienced in the slums.
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Prison
By Evelyn Waugh
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