A George Orwell Companion A Guide to the Novels, Documentaries, and Essays

Infocus Article - English Critical discussion of Animal Farm has tended to concentrate on its allegorical elements, but the author claims that this is too simplistic a view, as Orwell himself intended the work a s a satire on dictatorship ingeneral. This article relates the genesis of Animal Farm as a novel, and explores its political and artistic strenghts. The discussion includes an examination of the way Orwell has used language and tone in the book, his neutral presence as the narrator and his reasons for choosing the form of animal fable as a means for conveying his message. pp.158-168.