Engels

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school

George Orwell

Animal Farm

Index

• Life of George Orwell
• Literature period
• Genre
• Summary Animal Farm
• Political story
• Passage
• Movie Animal farm 1999
• Influence of the author / book

Life of George Orwell

• Eric Arthur Blair
• 25 june 1903
• Democratic Socialism
• 1984

Spirit of time

• October Revolution
• Absurdity
  
• Sociocritical

Genre

• Animal story
• Persons of the communist world are represented as animals
• Sociocritical genre

Summary Animal farm

Old Major incite the other animals to start a revolution

The animals will get a better life

7 commendments are drawn up

Animalism=communism

After Snowball is chased away by Napoleon's dogs, Napoleon becomes the sole ruler of the farm

• The gap between the more intelligent animals and the less intelligent animals is widening
• Dictatorship
• Other animals had to work harder

• Purpose of the revolution has failed
• ''All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.''
• No difference between the pigs and the people

Who is represented as Napoleon?

1. Trotsky
2. Stalin
3. Lenin
4. Gorbatsjov

Who is represented as Boxer

1. Lenin
2. Farmers Defence Force
3. Working class
4. Bourgeoisie

Political story

Animal Farm revolution

Was supposed to make life better for all, but:

• Life was worse at the end
• The leaders became even worse than the humans they rebelled against

Russian Revolution

Was supposed to fix the problems created by the Czar, but:

• Life was even worse after the revolution
• Stalin was an oppressor

Political story

• Critisize the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Communism
• Stalinism

Passage

How can you conclude from this passage that the pigs are going to behave like dictators?

How can you conclude from this passage that the working class is more stupid?

What does Orwell want to show the readers with this passage?

1. Oppressors are good for society
2. The pigs(oppressors) are getting corrupt
3. The working class suffers from being oppressed
4. The pigs(oppressors) are feeling superior

Movie Animal farm 1999

• Difference
• Time
• Two legs

Influence of the author / book

• Words entered popular language
• Still a bestseller


• Knowledge about communism

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