Animal Farm
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"Animal Farm" is a political allegorical novella by George Orwell that satirizes totalitarianism and the Russian Revolution through the story of a group of farm animals who overthrow their human owner.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
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political allegory ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
1954 animated film "Animal Farm"
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1999 live-action/CGI film "Animal Farm" ⓘ |
| allegoricallyRepresents |
Russian Revolution
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Stalinist Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
betrayal of revolutionary ideals
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class struggle ⓘ corruption of power ⓘ propaganda ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| characterRepresents |
Boxer – working class
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Mr. Jones – Tsar Nicholas II NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon – Joseph Stalin ⓘ Old Major – Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin NERFINISHED ⓘ Snowball – Leon Trotsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Squealer – Soviet propaganda apparatus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Stalinism
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abuse of political power ⓘ authoritarian regimes ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | anthropomorphic animals ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical fiction
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novella ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipHistory | banned or restricted in some countries for political reasons ⓘ |
| hasSetting | a farm in England ⓘ |
| includedIn | modern literary canon ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
events of the Russian Revolution of 1917
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rise of Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | dystopian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Benjamin
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Boxer NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Major NERFINISHED ⓘ Snowball NERFINISHED ⓘ Squealer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCommandment | All animals are equal GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableMotto | All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
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