PPT-Animal Farm & Russian Revolution:

A Historical Backdrop H Language ArtsLanguage Arts Power Powerless Wealth Poor 1 man CZAR Aristocracy Military Agriculture Industry Proletariat Workers from Privatized Farms and Industry. Characters. Original owner of Manor Farm. Farm suffers under his incompetence. The last of the Czars (old government). Mr. Jones. Pure-bred pig. Grandfatherly. Philosopher of Change. INSPIRES the rebellion. . Pre-Revolutionary Russia. Only true autocracy left in Europe. No type of representative political institutions. Nicholas II became tsar in 1884. Believed he was the absolute ruler anointed by God. Allegory in animal farm!. Excerpt from the prologue. “Orwell seemed more candid than usual about . Animal Farm. when he wrote the preface for its Ukrainian edition, and it reads very much like an anti-Soviet tract. The communist manhunts in Spain, which he had narrowly escaped, coincided with the Moscow purges, he wrote, and ‘taught me how easily totalitarian propaganda can control the opinion of enlightened people in democratic countries.’. By…. Sophie Andrews, Sam Worth, and Emily Vicary. What does revolution mean?. Revolution is an uprising to change how something is done in a different ruler/king/government.. The characters rebel against the farmer Mr Jones because he is sometimes too drunk to remember some things that he has to do to look after them. “was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.“. Up until early 20. th. century = Capitalism. UPPER CLASS. PEASANTS / LOWER CLASS. KARL MARX AND COMMUNISM. Middle 1800’s KM stated in his book . The Communist Manifesto . that by creating a socialist state through revolution, people could be helped.. 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.. 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. . :. Smith, et al., 902-904, 932-934. Peter Builds New Capital. Nicholas I (1825-1855). Hated Industrial Revolution and French Revolution. Wanted to make world safe for autocracy. Fought against progress in Russia and Europe. Farm suffers under his incompetence. The last of the Czars (old government). Mr. Jones. Pure-bred pig. Grandfatherly. Philosopher of Change. INSPIRES the rebellion. Karl Marx Author: Communist Manifesto. Overview of the book’s Plot,Theme and Symbols. Animal Farm begins with a very drunk Mr. Jones (owner of Manor Farm) doing a really crumby job of, you know, his job. The neglected animals listen to a wise old pig, old Major, who encourages them all to rebel and run the farm themselves. Above all, he says, everyone should be equal. Then he dies. Everyone is excited except for Benjamin, a cynical donkey whose main job in life is to be, well, cynical. . An allegory has two levels: a literal and a figurative.. The symbolic meaning of an allegory is often political, religious, historical or philosophical. . Satire . The use of humour, irony, exaggeration or ridicule in order to expose and criticize an aspect of society. Russian Society. Russia was in an appalling state of poverty while the Czar lived in luxury. There was tremendous dissatisfaction.. . Czar Nicholas II. A poor leader at best, compared to western leaders. The Tortoise & the Hare. The Tortoise & The Hare is a childrens story about how you should take your time, don’t brag and try your hardest. It relates differently to different ages but it gets the point across.. Revolution. Animal Farm. Written by George Orwell. Published in 1945. Immediate success-translated into many languages. An allegory written to expose the Stalin regime and destroy the “Soviet Myth” that their socialist society was good.