For me why I write by George Orwell is not an academic text because it is a text in which the author talks about his personal journey on how he becomes a writer. First of all, at the beginning of the text you can see that there is not a clear introduction that explains or shows the main thesis of the article. It doesn't involve the reader to take a position about the subject. Personally I think that it’s like a biography, personal experience and opinions about what writing involves.
on the other hand, academic texts are relatively formal in the structure and style. In this text you can see the use of the first person “I”; it leads one to think that it is a subjective text.
Finally, this text is not an academic one because it has many descriptions and narrations.
In your text you expose some of the same arguments that I had to support my first position where I thought it was not an academic text, but as you said, I think it could be a biography too, so, the author shares his personal experiences about how he becomes a writer, there are arguments, examples, a porpuse, a subject and many other elements that allow us to recognize that is an academic text. Remember that exist many ways to write and express subjects, feelings or thoughts, it is an interesting aspect of writing.
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