Those kids who don't grasp the concept of subtle manipulation through text (as shown in the progressive power grab by the pigs on the farm) have a hard time understanding changes in society and the impact society has on them as individuals. Needless to say, this partial illiteracy causes problems far beyond not being able to read Animal Farm in original, but in a way, this minor issue is symbolical for the bigger picture. They get their fill of excitement and drama via other media, and they hardly ever see any benefit in overcoming the struggle to read in the traditional way. After all, we have a quite substantial percentage of students who have severe difficulties with literacy even in Middle School, and who find it incredibly hard to engage in literature. His work has been included in several anthologies and his short stories and illustrations have been published in many Brazilian magazines and newspapers.They are nothing like the original book, and that is why I rarely pick them for myself.īut they do magic for kids in school who struggle to understand the complex storylines in their class novels. He is a comics artist and painter, whose books include Copacabana and Guadalupe. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. ' rich brushstrokes do much to enhance the experience of Orwell's brand of satire.'-New York Journal of BooksĮric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. 'Brazilian graphic novelist Odyr's 'fully authorized' adaptation (in accordance with The Estate of Sonia Brownell Orwell) of Orwell's 1945 classic is affecting example.alchemizing Orwell's period writing into a timeless, immediately terrifying warning about the dangers of abusive power.'-Booklist

Ferma animalelor by George Orwell