Animal Farm Analysis: Politics, Violence and Society

Symbolises modernisation and industrial progress in a society that benefits an elite minority at the expense of a large population.

• The Barn

• The Windmill

• The Animals

• Animal Farm (Manor Farm)

Symbolises human society and how it is organised with a government (the pigs), a police force or army (the dogs), a working class (the other animals), and state holidays and rituals.

• The Barn

• The Windmill

• The Animals

• Animal Farm (Manor Farm)

Symbolises the collective memory of a modern nation, the way an institution in power can manipulate history to suit their ideology and agenda.

• The Barn

• The Windmill

• The Animals

• Animal Farm (Manor Farm)

A symbol for stereotypical traits of particular animals that reflect aspects of their personalities.

• The Barn

• The Windmill

• The Animals

• Animal Farm (Manor Farm)

Animal Farm deteriorates from an animalist (communist) society into a totalitarian regime. Identify the typical features of a totalitarianism:

• Indoctrination (brainwashing), a fair voting system, free access to education, and everyone is treated equal.

• Indoctrination (brainwashing), no one person has complete power, external enemy (evil other), and free health care.

• Indoctrination (brainwashing), obsessive ideological foundation, large-scale violence, external enemy (evil other), and impossibly idealistic pursuit (industrial or national conquest).

• Indoctrination (brainwashing), obsessive ideological foundation, no one person has complete power, everyone is treated equal, free access to education and health care.

A short story, typically involving animals, intended to convey a useful moral or truth. The animals generally represent people personality “types” or stereotypes.

• Fable

• Allegory

• Metaphor

• Personification

A work that conveys a hidden meaning—usually moral, spiritual, or political—through the use of symbolic characters and events. Put most simply, is a story that can be read on two levels: literally and symbolically

• Fable

• Allegory

• Metaphor

• Personification

A thesis statement...

• expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay. It makes a claim, directly answering a question.

• are the specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning.

• relates to the government or public affairs of a country.

• is how you write an essay.

Literary techniques...

• is how you write an essay.

• relate to the government or public affairs of a country.

• are the specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning.

• express the main idea of a research paper or essay. It makes a claim, directly answering a question.

Political attitude ...

• expresses the main idea of a research paper or essay. It makes a claim, directly answering a question.

• is how you write an essay.

• are the specific, deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning.

• relates to a system of government or public affairs of a country.