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Ultimately, the animals’ rebellion is forgotten. One tyrant has replaced the former tyrant. The commandments are subsumed into one, Orwell’s ultimate irony! The twentieth-century philosopher George Santayana has famously remarked that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” After we have discussed the novel, assign a short paragraph that applies this insight to the novel. Here is one 9th grade student’s response: These words directly relate to Animal Farm. After Napoleon has been reigning for many…..
Orwell’s best-known novel, 1984, is inappropriate reading for most young teens, but Animal Farm is a good read for a freshman class since it raises questions that are similar to those raised in 1984 but without the nightmare vision and sordid content of the other book. Like Fahrenheit 451, both 1984 and Animal Farm are dystopian novels. That is, they depict a decidedly negative, often horrific picture of the world. They warn the reader about the horrors that face…..
