A Fable Story

Animal Farm is a pretty easy read. The chapters are short, and once you  begin to sympathize with some of the animals, the plot carries you along rather swiftly. Let’s go back for a minute to the title page and Orwell’s insistence on including “A Fable Story” beneath the Animal Farm title. Do you think the book can be read for plot alone? Does it matter if a reader links the events of the plot to Communist Russia under the rule of Stalin? Can the book be appreciated simply as a fable story? Why or why not? Defend your answer.

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3 Responses to “A Fable Story”

  1. Rachel Says:
    October 30, 2007 at 4:53 pm

    It doesn’t matter if the reader links any of Communist Russia with the book because you can understand the point and the book itself, but it is good to know what examples they are talking about or who they are talking about. The book can’t be appreciated as a fable because it would be putting down mankind.

  2. Sophia Says:
    October 30, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    I believe that Animal Farm may be appreciated, but only as a pretty story, without seeing the link to Communist Russia and Stalin. However you will miss much of the story and it could be a little less interesting to read, because you will not have any historical references to think about and guide you through the book.

  3. Sophia Says:
    October 31, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    I agree that the book can’t really be appreciated as a fable mainly because it portrays mankind in a more realistic light than many fables. The word fable, in my mind, describes a fairy taleor a story with a happy ending. As I said in my last note, without knowing any of the historical references to communist Russia, you may understand the main plot of the book, but it will be mush less interesting to read.

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