“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” Animal Farm by George Orwell “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
Animal Farm is political satire-oppression, power, freedom, corruption
Relevance Today Absolute rulers, dictators, abusive of power
Cleverness and Cunning FABLE-CLEAR MORAL OR MESSAGE Fable-one of the oldest literary forms, conveys a clear moral or message, animal characters represent human types Cleverness and Cunning
From Animal Fable to Allegory Show Allegory Animoto Clip
Allegory-Multiple levels of meaning (Surface and deeper)
SATIRE
IRONY
DRAMATIC IRONY
NAPOLEON SYMBOLIZES (REPRESENTS) JOSEPH STALIN
FARMER JONES SYMBOLIZES CZAR NICHOLAS II
SNOWBALL SYMBOLIZES LEON TROTSKY
OLD MAJOR SYMBOLIZES KARL MARX
Animalism = Communism
ANIMAL FARM REVOLUTION SYMBOLIZES (REPRESENTS) RUSSIAN REVOLUTION