INTRODUCTION:ANIMAL FARM

AT A GLANCE

Written by: George Orwell

Type of Work: novel

Genres: political satire; allegory

First Published: August 17, 1945

Setting: Mr. Jones' Manor Farm

Main Characters: Old Major,

Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer, Boxer,

Mollie, Benjamin, Moses, Jones,

Frederick, Pilkington

AT A GLANCE ( C O N T. )

Themes: animalism, virtue, religion, distortion of

reality, death, false allegiance, political corruption,

etc.

Motifs: rebellion; power; communism

Major Symbols: Cold War, the barn and the

windmill

ACTIVITY

Looking at the cover and

title of the book, what do

you think this book is

about?

(200 words)

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF ANIMAL FARM :

1) Animal Farm is an allegory, which is a story

that has a deeper meaning. Each specific character

and situation stands for other character and

situation. The main action of Animal Farm stand for

the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the early years

of the Soviet Union. Animalism is really communism.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF ANIMAL FARM :

2) The setting of Animal Farm is a dystopia,

which is an imagined world that is far worse than

our own, as opposed to a utopia, which is an ideal

place or state.

IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF ANIMAL FARM :

3) The most famous line from the book is “All animals

are equal, but some are more equal then others.” This line

is representative of the changes that George Orwell

believed followed the 1917 Communist Revolution in

Russia. Orwell’s book as a powerful attack on ANY political,

rhetorical, or military power that seeks to control human

beings unjustly.

ACTIVITY

If you were a leader of a country, • What would your utopia look like?• What would your dystopia look

like?

(dystopia, an imagined world that is far worse than our own)(utopia, which is an ideal place or state)

TAKING NOTES

For each of the 10 chapters in Animal Farm, you

will be required to take notes, answer questions,

create a glossary and highlight any quotes inside

your book.

Summary: Chapter 1 Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Characters