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English: Animal Farm Revision
George Orwell
most famous for writing ' Animal Farm' and '1984'
He wrote as he wanted to change the world
born in India but educated in England.
he chose the name ' George Orwell' to show his love for English
real name: Eric Arthur Blair; when he wrote his first book
born 25 June 1903- 21 Jan 1950
Karl Marx
a German political theorist
born on 5 May 1818- 4 March 1883
he was Jewish
- is represented as Old Major in Animal Farm
Wrote many Communist books
Karl Marx had a theory that was strongly supported by others
Joseph Stalin
soviet politician
born on 18th Dec 1878; died 5th March 1953
- is represented by Napoleon in Animal Farm
born into a poor family
was repeatedly arrested
died of a massive headache
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
born 7th November 1879
Russian and Jewish rich family
soviet politician
1898: arrested
- Is represented as Snowball in Animal Farm
exiled to Siberia
Russian Civil War 1917- 1922
played a very important role in the Bolsheviks victory
Russian Revolution 1917
Peasants and workers rose up after being mistreated from WW1 which destroyed the Russian economy
The Revolution started WW1
There was a lot of corruption
Russia was ruled under a dictatorship
peasants were treated horribly
Tzar Nicholas taxed people too much
Majority of peasants were farmers who were poor.
- is regarded as 'The Battle of the Cowshed' in Animal Farm
Communism
system of social organisation
the main action of Animal Farm stands for the Russian Revolution
- Animalism = Communism
the most famous quote of the novel- 'all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'.
this line symbolises the changes that George Orwell believed took place following the 1917 Communist Revolution
instead of destroying the capitalist class system, the revolution was replaced with another heirarchy
Tzar Nicholas
Tzar of Russia (1898- 1917)
- Is represented as Mr Jones in Animal Farm
evil ruler
Literary terms
allegory, fact, simile
fable, exaggeration /hyperbole, noun
satire, rhetorical question, verb
direct address, triadic structure, adjective
alliteration, metaphor, adverb
personal anecdote, hypophora, imperative verb
emotive language, repetition
the Pravda and Vyacheslav Molotov
- represented as Squealer in Animal Farm
the Pravda was a Russian newspaper that Salin used as a propaganda machine
Vyacheslav Molotov was one of Stalin's lead supporters and worked as an editor on the Pravda
Squealer is Napoleon's lead propagadist and communicator; very influencial