Literary Devices for Animal Farm Allegory Anthropomorphism Satire Fable

Allegory A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy.

Allegory (Simplified) When a novel represents events that have occurred, and people who have lived, without directly talking about those people or events.

Examples of Allegory C.S. Lewis’s the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Animal Farm is one of the BEST examples of Allegory written to date. Aslan stands for Christ and Edmund is Judas.

What’s the difference between symbolism and allegory? Allegories USE symbols to tell a story, which has characters and events that help to represent an idea. Symbols represent ideas, but do not tell a story. Apples usually represent wisdom symbolically, but a character may use the symbol of an apple as a way to express that they are wise within an allegory. Wizard of Oz has multiple allegories within it. Cowardly lion represents Courage, Scarecrow represents yearning for wisdom; Political allegories: Scarecrow represents an agricultural past and the tinman represents an industrial future.

Anthropomorphism The attribution of human characteristics to animals. Subcategory of Personification

Satire A literary approach ( a way to write) that ridicules human vice or weakness. The Weekly Update on SNL, The Daily Show, South Park, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Mean Girls, Clueless

Fable A concise and brief story intended to provide a lesson or moral at the end. Described through animals, plants, and forces of nature.