Orwell felt that these chapters should be moved so that readers could ignore them if they wished; the chapters, which became appendices, were journalistic accounts of the political situation in Spain, and Orwell felt these were out of place in the midst of the narrative.
Orwell mente, at disse kapitler skulle flyttes, så læserne kunne springe dem over, hvis de havde lyst – det drejer sig om journalistiske beskrivelser af den politiske situation i Spanien, og Orwell mente, at de var malplacerede inde i selve hans beretning.