Wednesday, January 18, 2017

BACHILLERATO "Animal Farm" Chapter I deadline 23 January 2017

About the story
Animal Farm tells the story of Farmer Jones’ animals who rise up in rebellion and take over the farm. Tired of being exploited for human gain, the animals—who have human characteristics such as the power of speech—agree to create a new and fairer society. The novel reads like a fairy tale, and Orwell originally subtitled it as one, but it is also a satire containing a message about world politics and especially the former Soviet Union.
In a satire, the writer attacks a serious issue by presenting it in a ridiculous, funny way. Orwell uses satire to expose what he saw as the myth of Soviet Socialism. The novel tells a story that people of all ages can understand, but it also tells us a second story— that of the real-life Revolution.
Since the Bolshevik Revolution of the early 1900s, the former Soviet Union had captured
the attention of the world with its socialist experiment. This form of government had some
supporters in Britain and the United States, but Orwell was against this system.
About the author
Orwell began life as Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell was a name he adopted later). He spent his early years in India as a lonely boy who liked to make up stories and talk with imaginary companions. He began to “write” before he even knew how. At the age of eight, Orwell’s parents sent him to a boarding school in England. He began to write poems and short stories as a way to deal with his boredom and loneliness.
Later, instead of going on to university, he decided to take a job in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police. Orwell wrote about this experience in Burmese Days (1934) and in the essay “Shooting an Elephant.” Returning to England to recover from a chronic lung illness, Orwell began his serious writing career. Over the next two decades, he wrote newspaper columns, novels, essays, and radio broadcasts, most of which grew out of his own personal experience.


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