Animal Farm

By the end you’ll be able to

• Trace the rise of Napoleon and the roles of Old Major, Snowball, Squealer, Boxer, Benjamin and the other animals
• Analyse the themes of power and corruption, propaganda and language, class and exploitation, and the betrayal of revolutionary ideals
• Explore Orwell’s methods: allegory and fable form, the rewriting of the Seven Commandments, circular structure and irony (“some animals are more equal than others”)