George Orwell's warning about the dangers of Communism: Animal Farm.
E. is reading this novella, published in 1945, for a local teen book group. We are not going to study the Russian Revolution this year, so instead we will consider the book as satire (of Soviet totalitarianism, Marxism, worker exploitation) and allegory. This link provides a point-by-point look at what each character in the book symbolizes in relation to the figures of the Russian Revolution, when viewing the novella as a satirical allegory of early 2oth-century Russia and Soviet totalitarianism.
Here is a link to a solid lesson plan on the novella. This NEH link on Allegory and the Art of Persuasion is top-notch.
Here is a google books link to the Signet edition text. And to review reading comprehension, here is a 25-question quiz about the book's plot.
Here is a google books link to the Signet edition text. And to review reading comprehension, here is a 25-question quiz about the book's plot.
