Warm up Finish packet from yesterday Animal Farm by George Orwell Written in 1945 At the time it was published the UK and US were in alliance with the Soviet Union making the book very controversial and it was initially rejected by a number of publishers ID: 548780
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Animal Farm IntroductionSlide2
Warm up
Finish packet from yesterdaySlide3
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Written in 1945
At the time it was published, the UK and US were in alliance with the Soviet Union making the book very controversial and it was initially rejected by a number of publishers.Slide4
Literary Categories
Novella
- a work of fiction with a compact and pointed plot that is intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a
novel
Satire
- a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scornFable - a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; especially one in which animals speak and act like human beings Slide5
Background Information
Allegory
- Symbolic, fictional figures and actions are designed to represent truths or generalizations about human existence
Based on the events leading up to the Russian Revolution between 1917 and 1943.
Orwell creates an allegory to compare the Russian Revolution to a farm, Animal Farm.Slide6
Animal Farm
is a fable, an allegory, and a satire!
It is a satirical retelling of the Russian Revolution and the rise of
Stalin
, told from the perspective of animals.Slide7
Referenced Forms of Government
Communist
government
- follows
a theory advocating elimination of private property; goods are owned
in
common and are available to all as needed
Reality - Karl Marx introduces communism, Leon Trotsky tries to implement a communist government.
Book – Old Major dies, Snowball tries to implement communist/classless society run by the animals
Socialism,
a type of society between capitalism and communism distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
Reality - people are oppressed under Czar Nicholas II
Book – People are oppressed under Mr. JonesSlide8
Referenced Forms of Government
Totalitarian
government
- the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state
Reality - Joseph Stalin manipulates people to enforce a totalitarian government then kills off allies
Book – Napoleon manipulates the animals to enforce a society that caters to the pigs. authority.Slide9
Characters and The Groups they Represent
Mollie
– horse, pampered, that still support owner
Represents middle class, usually property owners
Boxer
– horse, hard workers, have to work to live
Represents working class, must work to liveCat
– Careless uninvolvedRepresents the politically inactive
Moses – Raven that is left out
Represents religion, Grigori Rasputin, left/stayed out Slide10
Muriel
– Goat, literate
Represents the educated
Benjamin
– Donkey; sceptics
Represents people who were skeptical. Those who knew the revolution would not work
Dogs – loyal to the revolutionRepresents the KGB – The Committee for State SecretarySquealer – pig, convinces others the pigs need more
Represents the Propaganda Dept.
Characters and The Groups they RepresentSlide11
Mr. Jones = Czar Nicolas II
Czar before revolution. Was harsh and oppressive
Characters and The People they RepresentSlide12
Characters and The People they Represent
Old Major = Karl Marx
Designed communism, wanted a classless society, made the plan
Snowball = Leon Trotsky
Opposed Czar, Charismatic, conceited, believed in Marx; supports communism
Napoleon = Joseph Stalin
Quiet but manipulative to get what he wants, Eventually beats Trotsky/Snowball, Totalitarian Ruler = government ruleSlide13
Events in The book versus Reality (Allegory)
Old Majors Dream
– Communist Manifesto Marx’s, outlines communism
The fall of Mr. Jones
- represents
the
overthrow Tsar Nicholas II.Battle of Cowshed – represents the Russian Civil WarThe Windmill -
the decision whether to expand communism
.Napoleon's Initiative – represents Stalin’s 5 Year Plan
Hen’s Rebellion - represents Stalin's Great Purge
Battle of Windmill
-
represents World War II
.
Boxers Death
- represents
Stalin's betrayal of the
proletariatFinal Feast - alludes to the beginning of the Cold War.Slide14
Places Represented:
Manor Farm: Russia
Animal Farm: USSR
Pinchfield
: Germany
Willingdon
: English
Sugar Candy Mountain: Heaven
Animalism: Communism
Windmill: Stalin’s Five Year Plan
Selling of the wood: Nazi-Russian agreement
Battle at the Windmill: Battle of Stalingrad (Nazi invades Russia )Slide15
annotations
Unknown words
Summary (Per Chapter)
Include
author’s
purpose
Characterization SymbolismAllegoryTheme
Corrupt governmentUneducated citizensSlide16
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