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Length: 50,000 to 75,000 words
Prose: In paragraph form
Fiction by Nature: Not true
Uses: entertainment, propaganda, and expression of a personalphilosophy
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Its a Genre: Type of Literature
Theme: the main idea of the novel, usually
expressed in one sentence
Setting: the timeand placeof the action of thenovel
Plot: the events in the novelPoint of View: Personal, Objective, Omniscient
Conflict: the struggles in a novel
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Characters: the personalities in a novel
Developing Character (Round): a character whochanges in some way during the course of the story;usually a major character who has several sides ortraits to his personality
Static Character (Flat): a character (usually a minorcharacter) who does not change during the story; thiskind off character generally has only one or twopersonality traits.
Protagonist: a character who is trying to achievesome goal (usually the main character)
Antagonist: a character who is trying to stop the
protagonist
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historical
sentimental,
philosophical
psychological
teen
fantasy
detective
romance
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(1903-1950)
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Real Name: Eric Blair
British Political Novelist
Born: To English parents in India
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After his father
retired, Eric and
his family moved
back to England.
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He was sent to boarding school at
the age ofeight to prepare for
Eton, an exclusive prep school.
Because he had a scholarship, he
was teased and humiliated
frequently.
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At eighteen, he passed the Empires
Civil Service Exam and became a police officerin Burma.
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Returned in Europe
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Socialist: someone
who believes that the
government should
own businesses so that
everyone will be equal
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Most fables have two levels of meaning. On the surface,the fable is about animals. But on a second level, theanimals stand for types of people or ideas. The way theanimals interact and the way the plot unfolds sayssomething about the nature of people or the value of ideas.Any type of fiction that has multiple levels of meaning in
this way is called an allegory.
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A composition making fun ofsomething, usually political.
Animal Farm makes fun of
political society after the
Bolshevik Revolution.
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Russian society in the earlytwentieth century had two social
classes: a tiny minority
(bourgeoisie) controlled the
countrys wealth.The working class was called the
proletariat.
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Communism arose in Russia when the
nations workers & peasants rebelledagainst and overwhelmed the wealthy and
powerful class ofcapitalists & aristocrats.
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Farmer Jones
A drunk and a poor farmer,his cruelty towards the farm animals
inspires their rebellion.
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Snowball
A clever pig with a head for ideas,he becomes one of the mainleaders of Animal Farm and
the author of its central commandments.
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Napoleon
A pig with a gift for techniques of control,he establishes most of thefarms rules and eventually
becomes its sole leader.
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Old MajorAn elderly show pig whoseinstruction to the animals
about "animalism" becomesthe philosophical basis
for the creation of Animal Farm.
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Squealer
A pig with the ability to make any
idea sound reasonable,he is Napoleon's side-kick
and is in charge of communicatingto the animals.
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BoxerA strong and hard-working carthorse,
he shows tremendousfaith in the rebellion and its leaders.
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