Norris Language Department

Animal Farm written by George Orwell references to the rise of communism in Russia during the early 1900s following the Russian Revolution.  The links below offer more insight into Animal Farm and the historical similarities between the characters in Animal Farm and Russia's rise of communism.

Animal Farm research assignment

George Orwell - Animal Farm - Interpretation of characters and symbols =--

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92611/The-Russian-Revolution-and-Animal-Farm