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This website will introduce the people and events of the Russian revolution and relate it with characters and events in Animal farm along with the background of the author George Orwell. The people and themes include: Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, propaganda, the October Revolution and George Orwell’s other works.
Animal Farm is a dystopian novel written at the time of the Russian revolution. A dystopia refers to an imagined place where everything is unpleasant. The book is a fable written to attack the idea of totalitarian communism by creating a terrifying scene where freedom is non-existent. It uses animals in an English farm to tell the history of USSR’s political regime. The author George Orwell was known for his literary criticism and influence on political culture. [15] The book was written because of the author's disgust of Stalin’s way of ruling USSR. The animals in the story are based directly on key figures of the actual revolution. The events of the revolution are shown through the rebellion and the chain of events following in the farm. This website discuss the relevance of the mentioned themes to the story of Animal Farm.
Below is a short clip introducing the story of Animal Farm.
Animal Farm is a dystopian novel written at the time of the Russian revolution. A dystopia refers to an imagined place where everything is unpleasant. The book is a fable written to attack the idea of totalitarian communism by creating a terrifying scene where freedom is non-existent. It uses animals in an English farm to tell the history of USSR’s political regime. The author George Orwell was known for his literary criticism and influence on political culture. [15] The book was written because of the author's disgust of Stalin’s way of ruling USSR. The animals in the story are based directly on key figures of the actual revolution. The events of the revolution are shown through the rebellion and the chain of events following in the farm. This website discuss the relevance of the mentioned themes to the story of Animal Farm.
Below is a short clip introducing the story of Animal Farm.
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