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  2. Animal Farm - Wikipedia

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    Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, [1] by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. [2] [3] It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.

  3. Benjamin (Animal Farm) - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin is a donkey in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. [1] He is also the oldest of all the animals (he is alive in the last scene of the novel). He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel, and a number of interpretations have been put forward to which social class he represents as regards to the Russian Revolution ...

  4. Napoleon (Animal Farm) - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon is a fictional character and the main antagonist of George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm. [2] While he is at first a common farm pig, he exiles Snowball, another pig, who is his rival for power, and then takes advantage of the animals' uprising against their masters to eventually become the tyrannical "President" of Animal Farm, which he turns into a dictatorship, eventually ...

  5. Old Major - Wikipedia

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    Revolutionary Leader of Animal Farm Major , also called the Willingdon Beauty during showings , is the first major character described by George Orwell in his 1945 novella Animal Farm . An elderly Middle White boar, his " purebred " of pigs is a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change.

  6. Snowball (Animal Farm) - Wikipedia

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    Snowball is a character in George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm.He is largely based on Leon Trotsky, who led the opposition against Joseph Stalin ().Snowball is depicted as an intellectual white pig whose leadership, dedication, and feats for Animal Farm is unparallel to any others on the farm, however he is rivaled by Napoleon who has hatred for Snowball.

  7. Squealer (Animal Farm) - Wikipedia

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    Squealer is a fictional character, a pig, in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm.He serves as second-in-command to Napoleon and is the farm's minister of propaganda.He is described in the book as an effective and very convincing orator and a fat porker.

  8. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    Animal Farm: George Orwell: 1945 Political novella In 2002, the novel was banned in the schools of the United Arab Emirates, because it contained text or images that would go against Islamic values, most notably an anthropomorphic, talking pig as the leader of the farm. However, the ban is no longer enforced and has been recently lifted.

  9. The Road to Wigan Pier - Wikipedia

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    The second half is a long essay on his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, questioning British attitudes towards socialism. Orwell states plainly that he himself is in favour of socialism, but feels it necessary to point out reasons why many people who would benefit from socialism, and should logically ...