Animal Farm by George Orwell (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including revolution, utopia and oppression. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 32-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of George Orwell
• Presentation of Animal Farm
• Summary of Animal Farm
• Character study
  • The men
  • The pigs
  • The dogs
  • The sheep
  • Boxer the horse
  • Moses the raven
• Analysis of Animal Farm
  • An apologue
  • A denunciation of totalitarianism
  • Language as a means of oppression

About Animal Farm

Along with 1984, Animal Farm is perhaps George Orwell’s best-known work. This allegorical novel tells the story of a group of farm animals who overthrow their human masters and establish a new society based on egalitarian principles. However, over time a small clique of animals begin to oppress and exploit everyone else, and in this way Orwell denounces the abuses of Stalinism in particular and totalitarianism more broadly.

About George Orwell

George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair) was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. He was born in Motihari (British India) in 1903, and later served in the Imperial Police in Burma before resigning in 1928 to devote himself to writing. After this, he spent time in Paris and London and held a number of different jobs, including bookseller, teacher and columnist.

Orwell’s best-known works include Animal Farm, Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia, which is based on his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, and The Road to Wigan Pier, inspired by the time he spent with workers in the north of England. He is now widely considered to be one of the greatest British writers of the 20^th century.