PPT-Animal Farm By George Orwell

Background and Important Terms Animal Farm s Author Author George Orwell Orwell was a political writer who wrote about the social ills of the strict class structure of England He was a socialist believing in total equality for all citizens. He wrote it as a Fable Political Satire Allegory Fable A short tale that is passed on by word of mouth that h as animal characters with human qualities that teaches readers a moral andor lesson Animal Farm as a Fable Characters are animals each with . (1903-1950). . On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.. #10. Did Animal Farm end the way you expected? Explain why or why not.. Senior Project. Due today: . #10. Due Next Class: #. 11. Animal Farm. George Orwell. Reading Questions Ch. 6-7. Answer the following questions:. Animal Farm. and . The Russian Revolution. … One day I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge cart-horse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat. . Animal Farm. Orwell characterizes Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer as three different types of leaders, each with positive and negative traits. Provide two outstanding positive traits and two negative ones that characterize each pig. Then, next to the traits, cite an incident, action, or speech that illustrates each characteristic.. 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. . Eric Blair = George Orwell . Eric Arthur Blair known by his pen name George Orwell.. June 25, 1903-Janurary 21, 1950. English novelist and journalist. Born. Eric Blair was born in Bihar, India. His great-grandfather was a wealthy country gentleman. He had an income as an landlord of slave planation's in Jamaica. . Professor sabine mendes moura. 2. 2015 – . sabine@uva.br. . http://sabinemendesmoura.wordpress.com. . Trying to define which perspectives.... Take cultural perspectives, for example.... . C. ulture versus . Background and Important Terms. Animal Farm. ’s. Author. Author: George Orwell. Orwell was a political writer who wrote about the social ills of the strict class structure of England. He was a socialist, believing in total equality for all citizens.. in Nineteen. . Eighty-Four. . . “. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. About the book. George Orwell (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950). 8. th. June 1949. Dystopian Novel. Totalitarian State based on Soviet Union & Nazi Germany. Based in England. The Party – thought police, 2 Minutes of Hate. Shelby . Crum. 11 November 2015. PSC 394-001. Political Dissent. The . expression of discontent or resistance to those in power or the policies they put in . place. Opposition to systematic oppression or corruption. Born Eric Arthur Blair of a British colonial civil servant in India. Went to school in England. Once out of school he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He resigned from the police force in 1927 to become a writer. Overview “animal Farm”. PLOT. . Old . Major, . athers. the animals of the Manor Farm for a meeting in the big barn. He tells them of a dream he has had in which all animals live together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He tells the animals that they must work toward such a paradise and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England,” in which his dream vision is lyrically described. The animals greet Major’s vision with great enthusiasm. When he dies only three nights after the meeting, three younger pigs Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism..