Animal Farm: part 1

What a great discussion in class!  Thank you!  Many thanks to Albert for his excellent rendition of Old Major's speech!

Here are the links for the YouTube Russian Revolution videos.  Please review them if you are not comfortable with the events of the revolution.
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3

Read chapter 2 tonight for a discussion in class tomorrow.  Please feel free to read chapter 3 as well, as it will be your homework tomorrow!
A reminder that your first Animal Farm assignment is due AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS on Friday.  You will be signing it in with Mrs. Boychuk.

In response to the question of the character Napoleon in the book, here is what I have found during my research and interpretation of the character.
The character of Napoleon is indeed Joseph Stalin, the second leader of the Soviet Union. Animal Farm appears to skip the (comparatively) short rule of Lenin (and seems to combine Lenin with the character Old Major), and has Napoleon leading the farm from the beginning of the revolution.  This is more in line as the book deals with the Russian Revolution almost up until WWII.


Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.