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

Before reading Beasts of England - Chapter 1 1 The illustrations below show some of the animals that appear on the farm. Match them with the words in the box. donkey • goat • goose • hen • pigeon • raven 2 Match the following agricultural products with their definitions. a. barley ▢ 1. Grass that has been cut and dried and is used as food for animals. b. bean ▢ 2. A plant grown for its grain used for making food, beer and whisky. c. clover ▢ 3. Grain grown as food for animals and making flour and porridge. d. hay ▢ 4. A plant whose yellowish-brown grain is used for making flour. e. oats ▢ 5. A small plant with three round leaves on each stem, often fed to cows. f. wheat ▢ 6. A seed of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable. 3 The illustrations below show objects which can be found on a farm. Match them with the words in the box. bit • harness • plough • ring • spur • whip

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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a. barley	▢	1. Grass that has been cut and dried and is used as food for animals.
b. bean	▢	2. A plant grown for its grain used for making food, beer and whisky.
c. clover	▢	3. Grain grown as food for animals and making flour and porridge.
d. hay	▢	4. A plant whose yellowish-brown grain is used for making flour.
e. oats	▢	5. A small plant with three round leaves on each stem, often fed to cows.
f. wheat	▢	6. A seed of various climbing plants, eaten as a vegetable.