1. Animal Farm By George Orwell
Honors English 9
Mrs. Ivey

2. George Orwell Pen name for Eric Blair
Son of a colonial official in British India
Attended Eton Prep School on scholarship

3. George orwell Joined the British Imperial Police Force
Went to Burma with this job
Found he was hated by the people there and quit
Came back to England to write
Animal Farm gave him his first success

4. Definitions Allegory---a story that can be read on two distinct levels
Characters and events represent something else as they convey a moral and a philosophical meaning
Satire—uses ridicule to make certain people, events, or institutions look foolish

5. Definitions
Fable—a brief, often humorous, tale that features animals and presents a moral lesson
Propaganda—biased, one-sided communication meant to influence the thoughts and actions of an audience
AF told in omniscient POV

6. Animal farm
Allegorically representative of Russia’s political history
Represents Russian Revolutions through the establishment of the Soviet Union

7. Characters in the book Animal Farm—Russia The Farmhouse—the Kremlin
Napoleon—Joseph Stalin, Dictator
Snowball—Leon Trotsky, rival to Stalin
Boxer—the exploited working classes
Squealer—propagandist (Pravda) newspaper
Old Major—Karl Marx (political economist) and Lenin
Mr. Jones—Tsar Nicholas II, ousted by Revolution
Mr. Fredrick of Pinchfield—Hitler (proves an untrustworthy neighbor
Mr. Pilkington—capitalist govts of England and USA