The doorkeeper at the Hotel X, he cheats Orwell out of part of his wages. He is perhaps the most glaring instance of Orwell’s racism. Orwell writes, “After knowing him I saw the force of the proverb, ‘Trust a snake before a Jew and a Jew before a Greek, but do not trust an Armenian.’”
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Chapter 13
...to steal something at one time or another. They’re either thieves or potential thieves. The Armenian doorkeeper , who gives out wages, regularly pockets a portion of people’s pay. Orwell doesn’t discover...
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