George Orwell
George Orwell was born in India.
True/False.
True.
In 1903, whilst India was under British rule.
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Before the Revolution, Russia had a royal monarchy that had been in place for over 300 years.
True/False.
True.
The Romanov family were the last dynasty to rule Russia. Nicholas II was the last Tsar. He was a poor leader and after abdicating the throne he was executed.
X
In Orwell's Animal Farm, he used the characters of the pigs to represent the government.
True/False.
True.
Orwell was a Communist.
True/False.
False.
He was a Democratic Socialist.
In general, socialists believe the government should provide a range of basic services to the public, such as health care and education, for free or at a significant discount.
Democratic socialism ensures that leaders must obey the laws of Democracy and do not become Tyrants.
X
Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution.
True/False.
True.
Orwell based the events and characters of the story on the events and figures in the Russian Revolution.
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Orwell based Farmer Jones on Hitler.
True/False.
False.
He was based on Nicolas II, the leader at the start of the Revolution, and consequently the last Tsar of Russia.
Orwell was a major critic of the Soviet Union under Stalin.
True/False.
True.
Animal Farm was written as a reaction to Stalin's Soviet Union.
But it also depicts Orwell's great disappointment in Communism, Marxist Socialism and Fascism in general.
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The Russian Revolution took place in 1878.
True/False.
False.
It took place in 1917, during WW1.
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Orwell based the brutal boar Napoleon on Joseph Stalin.
True/False?
True.
Just like Stalin, Napoleon's leadership of the farm is a totalitarian dictatorship.
He voluntarily fought in the Spanish civil war against Fascism.
True/False.
True.
The War was between 1936 - 1939 between Republicans (the left) and Nationalists (the right). Orwell fought on the side of the Republicans, but the Nationalists won with the help of Hitler and Mussolini.
He was shot in the neck in during the war in 1937 but survived and returned to England.
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True/False.
False.
It was the peasants and working class people who successfully revolted against Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks.
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Orwell used Squealer, Napoleon's right-hand man (pig) to represent Prava, the Soviet Propaganda newspaper.
True/False.
True.
Squealer is consistently promoting "fake news" and bending the truth to keep the other animals under control. Remind you of anyone?
Animal Farm is a critique against Totalitarianism.
Name another book George Orwell wrote about Totalitarianism.
Hint: just like Animal Farm, it is regarded as one of the most controversial books of all time.
1984.
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Make one comparison between the Russian Revolution and the story of Animal Farm.
The historical figures the characters were based on.
Animalism and Communism.
The farm is a model of Russia.
Exploitation of the farm animals under Farmer Jones' rule- exploitation of the Russian proletariat under Tsar Nicholas II.
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Orwell represented Stalin's private police force, the KGB, through which animals in the farm?
Napoleon's dogs.