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9 septembre 2012

Animal Farm, George Orwell

The book: The book we want to talk about is Animal Farm. The author: The author of this book is George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (his real name) is better known by his pen name George Orwell.He was bornon 25 June 1903 and died on 21 January 1950. He was...
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9 septembre 2012

Summary of the story

One evening, animal’s farm are called in the barn by the Old Major, the oldest pig on the farm. He describes them his dream of a world without the human race, leaving them many benefits that animals benefit (work with dignity, no longer be slaves, live...
9 septembre 2012

Characters

The events and characters in Animal Farm are inspired by the Soviet Union history. Pigs in general: They represent the Bolshevik revolutionaries. Old Sage is inspired by Lenin. It also symbolizes the communist ideal. Napoleon is associated with Stalin....
9 septembre 2012

Main themes

Animal Farm is an allegorical: the story of the farm is alike Ussr’s story. In this book, the author adopts the third person to tell the story but the point of view is not objective: he criticizes the totalitarian regime of Stalin. In fact, we find in...
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