what according to the writer is the cause for the rise of the modern cult of sport? How does it differ from the past?
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In The Sporting Spirit by George Orwell we have the theme of pride, nationalism, jealousy, hatred and passion. Taken from his Shooting an Elephant collection the reader realises after reading the essay that Orwell may be exploring the theme of pride and nationalism.
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Most of the games we now play are of ancient origin, but sports does not seems to have been taken very seriously between Roman times and the nineteenth century. Even in the English public schools the games cutting did not start till the latur part of the last century .Dr Arnold ,generally regarded as the founder of the modern public school,looked on games as simply a waste of time.Then, chiefly in England and the united ststes, games were built up into a heavily-financed activity,capable of attracting vast crowds & rousing savage passions,& the infection spread from country to country. It is the most violently combative sports, football & boxing, that have spread the widest. In a big town one must indulge in group activities if one want an outlet for one physical strength or for ones sadistic impulses.Games are taken seriously in London & New york, & they were taken seriously in rome and byzantium:in the middle ages they were played, & probably played with much physical brutality, but they were not mixed up with up with politics nor a cause of group hatreds.The main causes of international rivalry; big scale sport is itself ,I think ,merely another effect of the causes that have produced nationalism.