To truly understand the role that these two books, 1984, and Animal Farm played in our society, we must first understand the man that wrote them. ... This short novel was rejected twice, mainly on the grounds that it was only 35,000 words and used only a moderate part of all of the notes, journals and other things that he had collected and intended to use. ... In 1943 he began to write Animal Farm, and the next year Orwell and his wife adopted a son. ...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School