Ep 088 - Animal Farm, by George Orwell

Have you ever read a book where you haven't been entirely sure what happened in the book? Where you haven't been sure what's "real," and if you can tell what's "real," you can't tell who the book is "real" for? Have you ever felt like the whole world is a stage, and that we are m ...  Show more

Here we go again: another collaboration with Heaving Bosoms! Buckle up for a supersized episode on this folklore inspired YA fantasy by Sher Lee. Special thanks to our guests Melody and Sabrina from Heaving Bosoms for joining us to discuss snakes, lost contacts, love, and Chinese ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Animal Farm, which Eric Blair published under his pen name George Orwell in 1945. A biting critique of totalitarianism, particularly Stalinism, the essay sprung from Orwell's experiences fighting Fascists in Spain: he thought that all on the left w ...  Show more

The novel Animal Farm was an allegory about the dangers of Soviet communism and of the communist leader Joseph Stalin. It was first published shortly after the end of World War Two, as the Cold War was just beginning. Louise Hidalgo has been speaking to Orwell's adopted son, Rich ...  Show more

EffortlessEnglishClub.com Book Club Lessons | Learn the story and vocabulary from George Orwell's Animal Farm. In this chapter, there is conflict within Animal Farm. Napoleon and Snowball struggle to become the top leader. Napoleon reveals his dark plan. The dream of the revoluti ...  Show more

https://EffortlessEnglishClub.com The Effortless English Book Club continues. AJ teaches you chapter 7 of George Orwell's classic book. In this chapter, Napoleon uses his power to brutally terrify the animals. Mass executions. Continued lies and propaganda. Public confessions of ...  Show more