George Orwell

Animal Farm is an allegorical short novel against Stalinism but it can be considered Orwell’s fictional manifesto against any form of totalitarianism.
 It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society in which animals can be equal, free and happy. However, the rebellion is betrayed and, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, the animals slowly realise that one form of tyranny has been replaced with another.
 The book is enriched with dossiers about the historical and political context in which the allegory takes place.
 
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 Animal Farm è un romanzo breve allegorico contro lo Stalinismo ma può essere considerato il manifesto di Orwell contro ogni forma di totalitarismo. Gli animali di una fattoria si ribellano contro il fattore sperando di creare una società dove essi possano essere uguali, liberi e felici. Tuttavia, la ribellione viene tradita e gli animali alla fine si rendono conto che una forma di tirannia è stata sostituita da un’altra. Il libro è arricchito da approfondimenti sul contesto storico-politico in cui si svolge la vicenda.

Chapter 1 – Beasts of England

Extension: An allegory of the Russian Revolution

WORKING ON VOCABULARY a. awake: ............................................. b. best: ................................................. c. loudly: ............................................. d. coldest: ........................................... e. first: .................................................. f. hated: .............................................. g. last: ................................................... h. normal: ........................................... i. often: ........................................................ j. short: ........................................................ k. small: ......................................................... l. steady: ...................................................... m. tiny: ............................................................ n. ugly: ........................................................... o. weak ......................................................... p. youngest: ................................................ 3 Find the opposites of the following words on the first page of this chapter. 4 Describe some of the characters from Chapter 1 using the words/phrases in the box. cynical • enormous • excellent breed • good character • long life • oldest animal • pretty • strong • vain • very big • white • worst character OLD MAJOR BOXER BENJAMIN MOLLIE ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... ..................... WORKING ON GRAMMAR a. “I’ve got something else to say first,” he said to the animals. b. “What are our lives like?” he asked. c. “But is all this normal, is it natural?” he enquired. d. “Our work is stolen from us by human beings!” he exclaimed. e. “My message to you is Rebellion!” he added. f. “Are rats and rabbits our friends or our enemies, I wonder?” 5 All the following sentences are spoken by Old Major in the first chapter. Turn them into Reported Speech using the reporting verbs suggested.

Animal Farm è un romanzo breve allegorico contro lo Stalinismo ma può essere considerato il manifesto di Orwell contro ogni forma di totalitarismo.

Animal Farm

Level B1 • Pre-Intermediate - Collana RAINBOWS

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