Name:____________________________

Animal Farm Introduction Notes

1. George Orwell was a Socialist. List two things this made him believe in:
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2. What type of story is Animal Farm? Be sure to define what these three key
words mean.
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3. Describe the two main classes in Russia in the early twentieth century
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4. After the Russian Revolution, __________________, a __________________

_____________________________ took control of the Russian government.

5. This revolutionary and his political party believed in ____________________

_____________________________. This way of thinking eventually led to the

_______________________________________________________________.

6. After this revolutionary died, two more revolutionaries fought for power of the

Soviet Union. There names were:

7. ____________________ eventually banished _____________________ and

took total control of the Soviet Union. What did he do to assure his total control?

8. So what began as a Socialist Uprising ended up becoming a Totalitarian

Government, which controls all aspects of a culture. This includes:

9. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm to critique Joseph Stalin’s hostile takeover
of the Soviet Union. Orwell, being a true Socialist, advocated that: