I want to write my paper on Animal Farm by George Orwell. I read this book as a kid and thought it was really interesting but for different reasons than I do now. The political ideas in the book are an interesting topic of research for me. It's also really significant to me because I spent a lot of time in Ukraine which is part of the former Soviet Union. There were still a lot of Soviet ideas present there at the time I was there. Also, while I was there, there was a political uprising in Kyiv that was extremely similar to the animal uprising in the book.
I checked out Goodreads and there was quite a bit of info on the book. It was mostly just a lot of people that didn't understand what the book was about asking questions about it. But people would answer them and give good information.
I also did a Twitter search and found out that there is a play right now in Newcastle, England that is an adaptation of the play.
I also found some blogs where people go into detail about the symbolism behind the characters in the book.
There is also Facebook page that is basically a discussion group.
Ah Animal Farm.. takes me back to my middle school years! Loved the message behind the book and I like how you mentioned in your search how people were confused about the meanings. Definitely something to think about!I like how you are looking to incorporate your knowledge from being in Ukraine. I think an interesting connection you could make in addition of Ukraine, is with George Orwell's 1984 at the very end. How the people, the animals, etc. end up becoming the thing they are trying to destroy. Just something to think about! Definitely interested to see where you go with this!
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