73 pages • 2 hours read
George OrwellA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
Short Answer
1. Create definitions or descriptions for the terms Marxism, socialism, and communism. How do they relate to each other, and how are they different?
Teaching Suggestion: Animal Farm is an allegorical fable based on the history of Soviet Communism. However, Orwell, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, does not intend to criticize Marx’s theory and ideology as a whole, only the ways in which it fails when corrupted in practice as communism. Thus, an introduction to the basic tenets of Marxism and its differentiation as a theory from the practices of socialism and communism may help students appreciate the nuances of the text when they read it.
2. What were some of the precipitating factors that brought about the Russian Revolution? Who were the key figures involved? If your history studies have not yet covered this topic, you may want to investigate the conditions surrounding this period of upheaval and discuss factors that might be common to many revolutions.
By George Orwell
1984
1984
George Orwell
A Hanging
A Hanging
George Orwell
Burmese Days
Burmese Days
George Orwell
Coming Up for Air
Coming Up for Air
George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
Homage To Catalonia
Homage To Catalonia
George Orwell
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
George Orwell
Politics and the English Language
Politics and the English Language
George Orwell
Shooting an Elephant
Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell
Such, Such Were the Joys
Such, Such Were the Joys
George Orwell
The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
Why I Write
Why I Write
George Orwell
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection
View Collection