Animal farm door George Orwell

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Boek
Auteur
George Orwell
Genre
Politiek
Taal
Engels
Vak
Eerste uitgave
augustus 1945
Pagina's
160
Geschikt voor
bovenbouw havo/vwo
Punten
3 uit 5
Oorspronkelijke taal
Engels
Literaire thema's
Communisme,
Russische Revolutie,
Dierenverhalen,
Maatschappijkritiek,
Macht
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All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.'
 

Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farm…

All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.'
 

Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed …

Animal farm door George Orwell
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A. The book

The author: George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair), he was born in India in 1903. He studied in England an then served in the Indian Civil Police in Burma, where he learned to hate Colonialism. After seven years he returned to Europe. He was wounded in the Spanish Civil War and spent the rest of his life in England, where he died of tuberculosis in 1950. Orwell was a socialist but detested extreme political view-points. His most succesful publications, Animal Farm & Nine-teen Eighty-four (1948), are meant to be warnings against totalitarian regimes and dictatorship.
Publiced in: 1945
Country: England
Period: When the book was publiced, the period of the book was very current, you can see this at the characters of the book, they all represent a kind of person or persons from Rusia in that period (1945), for example: Napoleon, the pig, he represents Stalin, the leader of Rusia in 1945. But if you now ask what the period of the book will be, I must say it’s historical.
Telling period: November 1943 – February 1944
Title: Everything what happens in the book happens on the Animal Farm, the farm where the animals of the book live at. First it was called the Manor Farm, but when the revolution was passed and the animals were going to be the owners of the farm, the farm was called Animal Farm.

Theme: Animal Farm is a beast fable, a story in which animals talk and act like certain types of human beings, and which teaches a moral lesson. Animal Farm is also an allegory, a story that has two levels. Apart from the story about the animals on their farm there is a deeper level, namely about dictatorship. There are also many parallels between the story and the history of the Russian Revolution.
Classification: in capitals
A short summary per chapter:
Chapter I
Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is always drunk and threats his animals badly. Major, an old pig, tells the other animals to start a rebellion. It is the only way to change their miserable life. He teaches them the words of the song "Beasts of England," a song about the time when England will belong of the animals.
Chapter II
Old Major dies but the other pigs prepare the animals for the great day. The Rebellion takes place one day when Jones and his men forget to feed the animals. The animals break into the store shed where their food is kept and chase Jones and his men off the farm. The pigs change the name Manor Farm into Animal Farm and paint Seven Commandments on a wall. The Seven Commandments were:
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.
Chapter III
Now the farm is theirs, the animals do not mind working hard. During their Sunday meetings it becomes obvious that there is a strong rivalry between the two pigs Snowball and Napoleon.
Chapter IV
Jones and his neighbours are afraid of rebellions on other farms and try to recapture Animal Farm. But they are driven off, thanks to Snowball's battle plan. The animals win the Battle of the Cowshed !!
Chapter V
The differences between Snowball and Napoleon dominate the Sunday meetings. Snowball wants to built a windmill, but Napoleon is against that plan. When Snowball is about to win the argument, Napoleon suddenly produces nine fierce dogs who chase Snowball off the farm. Now Napoleon makes all the decisions alone. The other animals listen to him because they are afraid of the dogs. Squeler, one of the pigs, is always sent to explain the pigs' policies to the other animals.
Chapter VI
The windmill is built after all and the animals have to work even harder than before. They need goods they can't produce themselves and Napoleon begins to trade with to trade with the neighbouring farmers. The pigs move into the farmhouse ans sleep in beds, which is against a law of the Seven Commandments. The windmill falls down in a storm and Napoleon declares that Snowball, their enemy, is to blame. It becomes the custom to blame Snowball for everything that goes wrong on the farm.
Chapter VII
Napoleon keeps the other animals under control with the help of the dogs. The animals are nog longer allowed to sing "Beasts of England" , which is replaced by another song.
Chapter VIII
The pigs change the Seven Commandments one by one so that everything they do is legal. The animals have work harder than the years before and are worse off (less food) than in Jones' days. But Napoleon, who behaves more and more like a king, tells them that the production of food has increased greatly. Again the farm is attacked by farmers, but the animals succeed in defending their farm agian. However, the windmill is blown up and many animals are killed or wounded. During the cold winter the animals have almost nothing to eat.
Chapter IX (last one)
One day Boxer falls ill. The animals are told that he is being taken to a hospital, but actually he is sold to a "knacker." Many years later Animal Farm has become prosperous, but only the pigs and the dogs live in luxury. The other animals have to work hard and are always hungry. Yet they are proud to be on the only farm in England owned by animals. One day they are very much chocked when the pigs suddenly walk on their hind legs, wear clothes and carry whips. The Seven Commandments are replaced by a single commandment: All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. One evening the pigs and six neighbouring farmers, with whom they have a friendly relationship now, have a party. In a speech Napoleon says that all the memories of the Rebellion will be suppressed and that the farm is to be called Manor Farm. The other animals, who are outside looking in trough the windows, can no longer see any difference between the pigs and the farmer…
B. The report

The book wasn’t easy, but hard either, it was between those two things. It did appear that I didn’t really understood a word, but because of the construction of the sentence the story was well to follow. The sentences were pretty often long, so it did happened that I must read a senctence twice before I really understood. There were a few persons and many animals, in the book, with the animals it was easy to know which name was at what animal, but with the farmers I sometimes didn’t knew wichone it was, so I must leafed back trough the book.
The english the writer used was the same as what we learned at school that was a positive thing. What was handy, that I did knew something about the social background, because we had had the subject of the book at historyclasses. So it’s funny when you recgonise some things. The story was told in chronologic order, that was an easy thing.

The style of the writer is a kind of ironic against Rusia and his comminism, for example: the leaders of Rusia are present as pigs, that is not really positive. He stands crticial across the way Rusia deals.
I think it is kind of funny how the writer used his fantasy and thought of a story where animals take over a farm and the leaders (pigs) start to act like human beings.
I think the writer used a good title, the whole story is just about the Animal Farm and everything what happens in the book happens on the Animal Farm, so I have no reason why the book should have another name.
There weren’t really maincharacters in the book, but there were persons who were pretty important in the book:
Old Major: the pig that set out the ‘Animalism’ for the other animals. Compared with the communism he would be Lenin.
Napoleon: A smart pig, who took the direction after the Rebellion, together with an other pig, called Snowball, but he chased Snowball away with the dogs, who he had raised up on his own, and took the direction on his own.It’s a crafty and nasty pig. He only does do stuff where he allone get better of. In this he looks like Stalin.
Snowball: The pig who had the direction too. He was very enthousiastic about the Animalism. He was a good leader and was always friendly to the other animals. In this he looks like Trotski.
Other characters of the book:

Squealer: the maincompagnion of Napoleon, he told the animals what they are supposed to do, first Napoleon did this himself, but after a while Napoleon felt himself to good to do that, so he let Squealer do it.

Boxer: One of the horses on the farm. He works hard and really believes in the Animalism. But after a while he had worked to hard and he falled down. Compared with the communism he would be one of the hardworking agricultural labourer.

Benjamin: The donkey. He was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did it was usually to make some cynical remark. Compared with the communism he would be one of the smarter people.

Mr Jones: He was the first owner of the farm before the animals. He treated his animals bad.

The story has an open ending. I think that the writer had dealed good with doing this, now you
must use your fantasy an can make your own ending on it.

I think it’s a good book to read, esspecially when you don’t really get the subject at the
historyclasses. It isn’t a boring book and it reads pretty easy.

Boekenquiz 16 vragen

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Hoe heten de boerderijen die naast Animal Farm liggen?
Wie wordt betrapt door de dieren als hij probeert de 7 geboden aan te passen?
Naar welk land verwijst Orwell met Animal Farm?
Wie wordt de uiteindelijke leider van Animal Farm?
Stelling: Old Major is de vader van de revolutie, degene die als eerste met het idee kwam.
Stelling: Mr Whymper was de baas van Major Farm
Waarom wordt het zingen van “Beasts of England” uiteindelijk verboden?
Hoe ziet de vlag van Animal Farm er in eerste instantie uit?
Hoe heet de mens via wie Napoleon de benodigde dingen voor de boerderij verkrijgt?
Welke twee woorden worden aan het 6e gebod toegevoegd om de slachting van Napoleon goed te praten?
Welke politieke stroming symboliseert het 'Animalisme'.
Wat gebeurt er wanneer Boxer verzwakt raakt?
Waar hebben Snowflake en Napoleon grote onenigheid over?
Wat is de rol van de honden?
Wat doet Napoleon als de kippen in opstand komen?
Wat gebeurt er met dieren die niet vrijwillig ook op zondag werken?

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