INTRODUCTION:
ANIMAL FARM
AT A GLANCE
 Written by: George Orwell
 Type of Work: novel
 Genres: political satire; allegory
 First Published: August 17, 1945
 Setting: Mr. Jones' Manor Farm
 Main Characters: Old Major, Snowball,
Napoleon, Squealer, Boxer, Mollie, Benjamin,
Moses, Jones, Frederick, Pilkington
AT A GLANCE
( C O N T. )
 Themes: animalism, virtue, religion, distortion of reality, death,
false allegiance, political corruption, etc.
 Motifs: rebellion; power; communism
 Major Symbols: Cold War, the barn and the windmill
ACTIVITY
Looking at the cover and title
of the book, what do you
think this book is about?
(200 words)
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF
ANIMAL FARM :
1) Animal Farm is an allegory, which is a story that has a deeper
meaning. Each specific character and situation stands for other
character and situation. The main action of Animal Farm stand for
the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the early years of the Soviet
Union. Animalism is really communism.
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF
ANIMAL FARM :
2) The setting of Animal Farm is a dystopia, which is an imagined
world that is far worse than our own, as opposed to a utopia, which is
an ideal place or state.
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF
ANIMAL FARM :
3) The most famous line from the book is “All animals are equal,
but some are more equal then others.” This line is representative of
the changes that George Orwell believed followed the 1917
Communist Revolution in Russia. Orwell’s book as a powerful attack
on ANY political, rhetorical, or military power that seeks to control
human beings unjustly.
ACTIVITY
 If you were a leader of a country,
• What would your utopia look like?
• What would your dystopia look like?
(dystopia, an imagined world that is far worse than our own)
(utopia, which is an ideal place or state)
TAKING NOTES
 For each of the 10 chapters in Animal Farm, you will be required to
take notes, answer questions, create a glossary and highlight any
quotes inside your book.
 Summary: Chapter 1
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Event 4
Characters