ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In his short novel Animal Farm (1945), English author George Orwell (1903–50) allegorizes the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the tsarist autocracy was pushed out and the Bolsheviks came into power, and the revolution’s incremental betrayal of its supporters under dictator Joseph Stalin (1879–1953).

Detailed explanation-2: -In his short novel Animal Farm (1945), English author George Orwell (1903–50) allegorizes the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the tsarist autocracy was pushed out and the Bolsheviks came into power, and the revolution’s incremental betrayal of its supporters under dictator Joseph Stalin (1879–1953).

Detailed explanation-3: -The characters and events of Animal Farm represent the real people and events of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. Orwell wrote Animal Farm because he wanted to tell the true story of the Russian Revolution in a way anyone could understand, even if they didn’t know all the historical details.

Detailed explanation-4: -Orwell examined socialism in a number of his nonfiction works but was prompted to write Animal Farm by what he saw as a prevalent-and false-belief that the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a step toward socialism for millions of poor and oppressed Russians.