Without the experience of the Spanish Civil war, Orwell wouldn't have written Animal Farm and 1984. The book Animal Farm, asked the question why did the Russian Revolution fall? ... Orwell portrays his vision in animals that start a revolution against their owner. ... They take over the farm after their owner forgets to feed them. ... He tells the animals that the other leader was with the owner of the farm. ...

• Word Count: 1422
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four describes a futuristic alternate reality where a totalitarian government tyrannises the population through constant surveillance, public mind control, propaganda and on-going overseas war. ... To gain a deeper understanding and context of Nineteen Eighty-Four, with its heavy political and social commentary, it is worth briefly considering the author himself, George Orwell. An anarchist in the 1920s, by the 1930s Orwell considered himself a socialist and in late 1936 he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans against Franco&...

• Word Count: 1916
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate