• Dr. Kamalakar Baburao Gaikwad

In the essay ‘Sporting Spirit’ George Orwell has demonstrated anti-sport perspectives. He has written this essay after witnessing the football match between England and Soviet Union. He suggests that sport is an unfailing cause of ill will. It creates bitter relations between two nations. He argues that sports played at the international level should promote goodwill or friendliness between nations. But in reality it creates animosities, hatred, jealousy, boastfulness and ill-will. Therefore he does not favour any competitive sport played at any level. He ironically shares the bad feelings between the teams played at international level. The main objective of this research paper is to investigate the significant attributes such as pride and nationalism in George Orwell’s ‘The Sporting Spirit’. Here the research wishes to highlight the situation that the sporting spirit in any game is war minus the shooting. He relates sporting spirit to pride and nationalism. The paper also delineates the reality that sports played at international level can only be a mimic warfare. In this regard, he reveals the current status of sports in current scenario. The researcher highlights the several causes for the rise of the modern cult of sport and focuses on the fact that serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.

Anti-sport views, goodwill, animosity, passion, jealousy, pride, nationalism, mimic warfare

"'Exploration of Pride and Nationalism in George Orwell's 'the Sporting Spirit'", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.f808-f815, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309598.pdf

"'Exploration of Pride and Nationalism in George Orwell's 'the Sporting Spirit'", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppf808-f815, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309598.pdf