1. Intro to the Novel: Animal Farm

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3. Real Name: Eric Blair
British Political Novelist
Born: To English parents in India

4. After his father retired, Eric and his family moved back to England.

5. He was sent to boarding school at the age of eight to prepare for Eton, an exclusive prep school.
Because he had a scholarship, he was teased and humiliated frequently.
                                     

6.                                           At eighteen, he passed the Empire’s Civil Service Exam and became a police officer in Burma.          

7. 1927
Returned in Europe

8. He chose to live in poverty because he felt guilty for the job he had
done in Burma -
for having been a
part of an oppressive government.

9. oppressed and helpless
He saw poverty
as a way to
understand the
problems of the
oppressed and helpless
by becoming
one of them.

10. Orwell was a Socialist
Socialist: someone who believes that the government should own businesses so that everyone will be equal

11. Two Things That
Influenced Orwell
To Write
Animal Farm:
His hatred for:
Injustice
Political Lying

12. in which separate classes
He desired a society
in which separate classes
would not exist.

13. His second
famous book:

14. It's a Fable It's an Allegory
Most fables have two levels of meaning. On the surface, the fable is about animals. But on a second level, the animals stand for types of people or ideas. The way the animals interact and the way the plot unfolds says something about the nature of people or the value of ideas. Any type of fiction that has multiple levels of meaning in this way is called an allegory.