1. Government History Biography Literature Themes
Animal Farm
Government
History
Biography
Literature
Themes

2. Government
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Totalitarianism

3. History Karl Marx – 1847 Socialists – slow introduction of ideas
The Manifesto of the Communist Party
Socialists – slow introduction of ideas
Communists – major worker revolt
Bolshevik Party – Nikolai Lenin

4. History Russian Revolution - 1917 Russian Civil War – 1917-1923
Czar Nicholas II
Russian Civil War –
Red Army – Bolsheviks
Lenin, Trotski, Stalin
White Army – anti-Bolsheviks
Assisted by Western countries to try to overthrow Red Army
Failed in Anti-Revolutionary invasion

5. History World War I 1924 Death of Lenin 1930’s Stalin purges
1918 Red Army signed peace treaty with Germany before end of war
1924 Death of Lenin
Stalin and Trotsky
1930’s Stalin purges
5 year plans
To show West how much more productive Communism was
World War II
German Soviet Pact – secret agreement with Hitler and Stalin
Germany broke pact

6. Literature
Satire -  a style of writing or art which ridicules or criticizes its subject (individuals, ideals, institutions or society in general) often as an attempt to bring about change. Often they are humorous and witty. (It attacks foolishness by making fun of it)
Fable - A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Allegory - A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

7. Biography George Orwell (1903-1950) Eric Arthur Blair, born in India
Educated in England
Indian Imperial Police
Journalist
Wounded in Spanish Civil War

8. Biography Political Beliefs Democratic socialist Hated totalitarianism
Included Communism
Believed Stalin betrayed ideals of Communism
Became strong anti-Communist

9. Biography Author Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)
Burmese Days (1934)
The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)
Homage to Catalonia (1938)
Animal Farm (1945)
1984 (1949)

10. Major Themes Power corrupts
How do you think power might corrupt people?
What might it make them do or think?
Do you think immoral or dishonest people are more likely to seek and acquire power?

11. Major Themes
People’s ignorance contributes to their political and social oppression
What does it mean to be ignorant?
What might cause people to be ignorant?
What things might be done to help eliminate ignorance?
In what ways can people be politically or socially oppressed?

12. Major Themes
Revolutions may result in a change of political power, but often the lives of the majority of people stay about the same.
Do you agree or disagree?
How does a political system affect a person’s daily life?

13. Major Themes In society, individuals are not treated equally
Do you agree or disagree?
Give an example from history that proves that statement.
Is it fair that people are treated unequally?
What is the difference between “fair” and “equal”?