Historical Context Of George Orwell's Animal Farm

● Historical contexts (time periods) including a description of how the time periods were presented in the book (clothing, use of language, mannerisms, etc.)- The time period in the book was not portrayed as ancient, as there were cars and lights. Due to the fact that this book is about animals we don’t explore much about the clothing and other human ideas. However, we do know that the time period must be set before the mechanical age as the farmers had to have animals doing the work for them instead of machines.
● Settings and locations (geography and speaker accents)- The setting in undisclosed but in the book is drawn as a very similar parallel to Russia with the farms around it such as Foxwood Farm and Pinchfiled Farm representing England and Germany respectively.
● Main characters, including character flaws/assets- Napoleon: Flaws and Assets- Napoleon’s flaws include his thirst for power and greed. However while these may be his flaws, they also work his assets. This is because he uses his high intelligence that he inherently has because he has a pig to extend his power and satisfy his greed. Napoleon is also the villain of the story because while he convinces all the …show more content…
By this I mean that it allows the animals who want to oppress the other animals to not sound terrible but at the same time make them not liars. The reason it summarizes the book in one sentence is because the whole story of this book is about the lack of empathy for things that one considers less than them. It shows the way that they put them down and decided to ignore their needs just because they are perceived as less than