Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Popular PenguinsKeep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell explores the struggle against dull, middle class respectability and the worship of money through the character of Gordon Comstock. Gordon Comstock loathes these societal norms and gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part time in a bookshop, hoping it will give him more time to write. However, he instead slides into self induced poverty, which gradually destroys his creativity and spirit. Only