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Animal Farm
Pre-Reading Notes
Anticipation Guide: Journal Prompts
1. Which do you think is a more powerful medium for political
voice, a charged political essay or a fictitious fable?
2. Do religion and politics belong together?
3. Are you a political revolutionary or political drop-out?
4. Are you influenced by political propaganda? What are
examples of political propaganda today?
5. Is it good to re-write History? Why do some attempt to re-
propaganda
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devices used to persuade someone to do
something
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many times uses lies or exaggeration in
order to make a point
Propaganda #1
How might this image have an
effect on others?
Propaganda #2
How might this image have an
effect on others?
satire
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writing that uses humor to ridicule
problems in a society
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often stories are used to bring about
warnings or hopes of change
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Modern Example: SNL’s political skits
Satire Example #1
Do you understand what is
being made fun of?
How might this influence
change?
Satire Example #2
Do you understand what is
being made fun of?
How might this influence
change?
George Orwell
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As a child he was sent to an expensive
prep school in England as a “charity case”
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Therefore, he was often abused by his
peers because he was teased for being
poor and felt like a failure
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Realized those with money often make
many of the rules in life
Getting involved as an adult…
Traveled to Spain to write for a newspaper
and joined a military group fighting for
freedom against the gov’t (backed by the
Communists)
 Later when the communist party gained
more power, they outlawed the military
group he had once been part of
 Orwell felt let down by Communists
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During World War II…
Worked for England’s BBC which was in
charge of using propaganda to make “our
side” look good
 BBC told him to make communists look
good (Because Russia wanted to join
forces on “our side”)
 Wrote Animal Farm during
the closing years of the war
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Rejected..
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The book was rejected four times before
finally being published in 1945
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Shortly after the war, people began to see
that Communism was not necessarily as
good as it once sounded
Animal Farm satires the idea that a
perfect society is impossible, because
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY
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