ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -George Orwell wrote some of the most acclaimed dystopian literature of the 20th century. The two most well-known of these were 1984 and Animal Farm.

Detailed explanation-2: -George Orwell’s 1984 is a defining example of dystopian fiction in that it envisions a future where society is in decline, totalitarianism has created vast inequities, and innate weaknesses of human nature keep the characters in a state of conflict and unhappiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell’s ninth and final book completed in his lifetime.

Detailed explanation-4: -Animal Farm is an example of dystopian literature because of the fact that the pigs are worshiped as god-like figures by the outside world and other animals on the farm, the use of propaganda to scare the animals into being obedient, and because the animals fear the outside world.

Detailed explanation-5: -George Orwell and Utopian Literature Animal Farm represents a dystopia. (McAlear 26). This establishes Animal Farm as a relevant guide for self-reflection of every society that has existed or will exist in the future, including our own.