Animal Farm
Essay Topics
Choose one of the following to complete a 5 paragraph essay:
1. Show how Orwell’s use of imagery and/or symbolism reveals theme OR
reinforces aspects of character in Animal Farm.
2. Justify the claim that a central theme is developed when a central character finds
it impossible to achieve his or her aspirations in the circumstances in which he or
she lives.
3. Assess how betrayal and/or treachery develop character AND theme in Animal
Farm.
4. Analyse the contribution to the development of theme of THREE of the following
literary techniques: imagery, symbolism, parallelism, irony, contrast or point of
view.
5. Analyse how Orwell develops a theme in Animal Farm through motif: a
recurring pattern in the use of images, symbols, events, or ideas.
6. Compare and contrast the conclusions that Orwell and Golding reach about
society and our potential to become corrupt.
Outline due: ___________________________________
In class Rough Draft: ____________________________
Final Copy: ____________________________________