Animal Farm: Context (OCR GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Author of Animal Farm
Author of Animal Farm
George Orwell
Year Animal Farm was written
Year Animal Farm was written
1945
What Animal Farm is an allegory for
What Animal Farm is an allegory for
Russian Revolution 1917 & rise of Stalinism
Orwell's political stance
Orwell's political stance
Socialist
Type of regimes Orwell critiqued
Type of regimes Orwell critiqued
Totalitarian regimes
Pig leader who consolidates power
Pig leader who consolidates power
Napoleon
Napoleon's 3 methods to consolidate power
Napoleon's 3 methods to consolidate power
Manipulation, propaganda, and violence
What pigs represent in Animal Farm
What pigs represent in Animal Farm
The ruling class
What other animals represent
What other animals represent
The working class
Famous equality quote from Animal Farm
Famous equality quote from Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
What the equality quote shows
What the equality quote shows
Inequality and hypocrisy
Main theme Orwell critiques
Main theme Orwell critiques
Corruption of revolutionary ideals by power
How those in power manipulate
How those in power manipulate
By changing commandments & twisting language/ideology