Animal FarmAnimal Farm

Technique - satireTechnique - satire

nounnoun

1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the 1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etcvice, folly, etc

2.a literary composition, in verse or prose, 2.a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridiculeto scorn, derision, or ridicule

CharacterisationCharacterisation

FableFable

A short story presenting simple A short story presenting simple instructions for wise conduct in life; instructions for wise conduct in life; characters are often animals eg characters are often animals eg The The Tortoise and the HareTortoise and the Hare

AllegoryAllegory

A story in which a second meaning is to A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surfacebe read beneath the surface

conveys an abstract level of meaning, conveys an abstract level of meaning, which is usually religious or political in which is usually religious or political in nature nature

Pigs have powerPigs have power