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The Fable The fable is one of the oldestliterary forms - much, much olderthan the novel or the short story. Afable is usually short, written ineither verse or prose, and conveysa clear moral or message. Theearliest fables still preserved dateback to 6th Century Greece B.C.E.The author of these fables, Aesop,used animal characters to stand forhuman "types." For example, a foxcharacter might embody the humancharacteristics of cunning andcleverness. Though Aesop's animalfables were ostensibly aboutanimals, they were reallyinstructional tales about humanemotions and human behavior.
Animal FablesThe most popular animal fables ofthe 20th Century are the Just SoStories (1902) written by RudyardKipling. Kipling's fables wereadapted by Disney in the movieThe Jungle Book. Orwell admiredKipling and the Just So Storieswould seem to have influenced theform of Animal Farm. . Orwell tookthe short animal fable andexpanded it to the length of a shortnovel in the form of an allegory.
Page 4: George Orwell and His BeliefsOrwell
Page 7 and 8: What is Animal Farm?A masterpiece o
Page 9: Children’s Book? - No!After Anima
Page 13 and 14: Allegory (cont’d)BoxerAnimal Farm
Page 15 and 16: SatireIn a satire, , the writeratta
Page 17 and 18: Irony (cont’d)Orwell uses dramati
Page 19 and 20: Joseph StalinOnce in power, Stalin
Page 21 and 22: Farmer Jones = Czar Nicholas IIFarm
Page 23 and 24: CharactersOld MajorAn old boar whos
Page 25 and 26: Characterization in FablesWe alread
Page 27 and 28: Jessie & MosesJessie The farm's she
Page 30 and 31: Animalism = CommunismAnimalism Taug
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