Analysis

2. THE ANIMAL
FARM
BY
GEORGE
ORWELL

3. AUTHOR
Name : Eric Arthur Blair
Born: 25 June 1903
Died: 21 January 1950
Occupation: Novelist, political writer,
journalist, and critic
Nationality: British
His work is marked by:
• lucid prose,
• awareness of social injustice,
• opposition to totalitarianism,
• commitment to democratic socialism.

4. SUMMARY
- “Animal Farm” reflects the events leading up to the “Russian
Revolution” of 1917.
- The author used some strange words to express how the political
world is odd, and how it is rude.
- The story takes place on a farm somewhere in England.
- The story is told by an all-knowing narrator in the third person.

5. - The action of this novel starts when the oldest pig on the farm, Old
Major, calls all animals to a secret meeting. He tells them about his
dream of a revolution against the cruel Mr. Jones.
- The three younger pigs are: Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer are
considered the most intelligent animals; they work out the theory
“Animalism”.
- The animals agree that no animal shall have contact with humans.
- Three years later, the pigs became more and more like human beings.

6. ALEGORY/
PERSONNIFICATION

7. STALIN VS. TROTSKY
NAPOLEON VS. SNOWBALL

8. NAPOLEON & STALIN
Joseph Stalin
Stalin = man of steal
Ruled the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
(USSR) from 1929 to
Napoleon
The leader of The
Animals
After the death of Old
Major
What is
Common?

9. SNOWBALL & LEON
TROTSKY
Leon trotsky
The opponent of
Joseph Stalin
Snowball
The opponent of
Napoleon

10. BOXER & RUSSIAN
WORKING CLASS

11. SQUEALER & WWII
PROPAGANDA
OLD MAJOR &
LENIN

12. QUOTES:
• “The Seven Commandments:
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.” p. 43
• “Man serves the interests of no creature except
himself.”
• "Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs
better! Four legs good, two legs better!"
• « Napoleon was engaged in complicated negotiations
with frederick »
• “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from
the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is
abolished forever.”

13. INSPIRATIONAL/
MOTIVATIONAL
• “All men are enemies. All animals are comrades”
• “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing”
• « i do not understand it. I would have believed that such things
could happen on our farm. It must be due to some fault in
ourselves. The solution .. I sould wake up early in the morning » p
91.
• « nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen
from us by human beings » p. 28
• « all that year, the animals worked like slaves, but they were
happy in their work » p. 73

14. THIS MY FAV!!!

15. The animal farm song/Beast of England.
Their anthem

16. LIKE / DISLIKES

17. WORK CITED
Animal Farm 1954 George Orwell. YouTube. 25 apr. 2015 . Web
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsU3CdQdhWs
Animal Farm. Sparke notes. 25 apr. 2015 . Web
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/
Joseph Stalin. Bio. 25 apr. 2015 . Web
http://www.biography.com/people/joseph-stalin-9491723
Joseph Stalin. History.com . 25 apr. 2015 . Web
http://www.history.com/topics/joseph-stalin