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Significance TodayBut why – now that Soviet Communismhas fallen and the Cold War is over –does Animal Farm deserve ourattention? The answer lies in the powerof allegory. Allegorical fables, becausethey require us to make comparisonsand connections, can be meaningful toany reader in any historical period. Thestory of Animal Farm will always havelessons to teach us about the waysthat people abuse power andmanipulate others.Orwell's chilling story of the betrayal ofidealism through tyranny andcorruption is as fresh and relevanttoday as when it was first published in1945.
Children’s Book? – No!After Animal Farm was published in 1945, GeorgeOrwell discovered with horror that booksellers wereplacing his novel on children’s shelves. According tohis housekeeper, he began traveling from bookstoreto bookstore requesting that the book be shelved withadult works. This dual identity — as children’s storyand adult satire — has stayed with Orwell’s novel formore than fifty years.
Page 4: George Orwell and His BeliefsOrwell
Page 7: What is Animal Farm?A masterpiece o
Page 11 and 12: Animal FablesThe most popular 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
Page 32 and 33: The End

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