George Orwell wrote Animal Farm on various levels

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George Orwell wrote Animal Farm on various
levels.

• He wrote it as a...
• Fairy story
• Fable
• Political Satire

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Fairy Story

• Discussion
• What are some elements of a fairy story or fairy
  tale?

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Common Elements of Fairy Tales

• Begins with Once Upon a Time
• Element of Magic
• Maiden in distress
• Prince Charming
• Sentimental interest
• Happy Ending

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Is Animal Farm a Fairy Story?

• Begins with Once Upon a Time
• Element of Magic
• Maiden in distress
• Prince Charming
• Sentimental interest
• Happy Ending

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Why Animal FarmIS a Fairy Story

• Takes place in a world beyond good and evil
• People or animals suffer for reasons not related
  to their personality
• (Beautiful, ugly, rich)
• Characters are fixed stereotypes
• (Represent a certain personality trait or flaw

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Fable

• Definition
• A short tale that passed on by word of mouth
  that has animal characters with human qualities
  that teach readers a moral and/or lesson

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Example of a Fable

• The Kid and the Wolf
• A KID, returning without protection from the
  pasture, was pursued by a Wolf. Seeing he could
  not escape, he turned round, and said "I know,
  friend Wolf, that I must be your prey, but before
  I die I would ask of you one favor you will play
  me a tune to which I may dance." The Wolf
  complied, and while he was piping and the Kid was
  dancing, some hounds hearing the sound ran up and
  began chasing the Wolf. Turning to the Kid, he
  said, "It is just what I deserve for I, who am
  only a butcher, should not have turned piper to
  please you."

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What do you think the MORAL of this Fable is?

• Moral
• In time of dire need, clever thinking is key or
• Outwit your enemy to save your skin.

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Animal Farm as a Fable

• Characters are animals each with his/her own
  personality and human characteristics.
• The animals think, meet, talk, act, fight,
  disobey, and obey

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Allegory

• The representation of abstract ideas or
  principles by characters, figures, or events in
  narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.

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An Allegory is

• A form of extended metaphor
• A story with two meanings
• Literal meaning
• Symbolic meaning

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• The underlying meaning of an allegory has moral,
  social, religious, or political significance
• In an allegory, characters are often
  personifications of abstract ideas as charity,
  greed, or envy.
• An allegory continues throughout the entire text

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Animal Farm as an Allegory

• Animal Farm History of Russia
• From 1917-1943
• Animalism Communism
• Characters Russian Historical Figures
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