Animal farm
Research assignment topics
You will be writing a Research Paper due on ______.
Your paper needs to be between 5 and 10 pages in length, including a fully developed introduction and thesis statement.
The main body paragraphs must have a minimum of 5 -7 complete sentences and use at least 2 transitional words or phrases between sentences.
Your paper can focus on any one of the following themes identified in George Orwell’s Animal farm.
Your introduction will be based partly on your selected topic, but it will also declare what will be proven by your research. Each element of the task is addressed with specific information or examples, which will later be elaborated upon in the main body paragraphs.
The body paragraphs need to thoroughly address all elements of the task by: demonstrating an understanding of theme; incorporated relevant facts, examples, and details, and presenting everything in a well-organized manner.
The conclusion to your Research Paper should be able to communicate what it is that the paper was able to show or prove. Your paper must introduce the theme or problem by establishing a framework that is beyond simple restatement of the Task and concludes with a summation of the original theme or problem.
Finally, you may find your paper easier to write and control if you limit your focus to only two or three objects, ideas, or people. If you use more than two or three you will find it harder to write and more difficult for your audience to read.
Your final paper must come in typed (or neatly handwritten*) using Times New Roman Font, Size 12, MLA format (Works Cited Page & Proper Citations), and be double-spaced. Furthermore, your margins should not exceed 1 ¼”.
MLA Style Information :
You will lose points if you don’t follow the rules for writing essays. And if your paper is not properly cited, and appears to be plagiarized, you will be given a ZERO !
- Handwritten rules include neat, MLA formatted, double-spaced writing. Do not write on the back of the page, and only use blue or black ink (no pencil)
RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS
- Socialism vs. Communism.
Research the two political systems of socialism and communism and write a comparison. Identify the principles the systems have in common; then explain how the two systems differ. Be sure to mention at least one nation today which employs each system.
- Russian Revolution
Pick one of the historical figures of the Russian Revolution—Marx, Lenin, Stalin, or Trotsky—and write a research essay describing both his personal strengths and his role in the Russian Revolution. Be sure to include how well Orwell's allegorical portrayal in Animal Farm supports your research.
3. The Novel as an Allegory
The animal residents of Manor Farm, spurred on by the dream of the pig, Old Major, decide they will change their “miserable, laborious, and short” lives. They overthrow Mr. Jones, their master, and take over the management of the farm. Rather than living under the heel of their human master, the animals of Manor Farm decide that they will take control of the products of their labor, working for the good of the farm and other animals, rather than for the good of humans. How is this story allegorical?
- Historical Events/People
How did the event/person shape history in Russia? Many of the locations and characters
found in the novel were actually based on real people, locations, and events. Where do we
a reference to that event or person in the novel? Using research I want you to discover
specific examples in the novel that match what actually happened in history and if the author
represented that event or person accurately? Why or why not?
5. Role of the Peasants
How does Orwell parallel Czarist Russia and the life of the Russian peasants in the characters and events of Animal Farm?
6. Struggle for Power
What internal feud within the Communist party is paralleled in the struggle for power between Napoleon and Snowball?
7.Industry and Agriculture
During the Stalinist period the Communist State repeatedly set industrial and agricultural production goals that were often difficult or impossible to reach. These goals played a major role in the government’s Five Year Plan and similar plans. How are these plans represented in Orwell’s novella?
8.Orwell’s Overall Message
Orwell’s works often took aim at the Soviet Union, however his larger target was tyranny, and the injustice of the economic system in his own England as he was about Stalinist Russia. What is Orwell trying to persuade the audience to see or understand? What is Orwell cautioning his audience against?
Karl Marx: Father of a Revolution
Jane Doe
Mr. Francis
March 11, 2015
1st Hour / 12B
Doe 8
Works Cited
Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Signet Classics, 1946. 1996 Edition.
Slater, Eileen. Literature and the Language Arts: The American Tradition . St Paul: EMC/Paradigm, 1996.