Animal Farm- Book Portfolio Q4

I. Introduction
A. Animal Farm, George Orwell
B. Book Summary (may be two sentences)-The Animals at Mr.Jones Manor Farm try to take him over.
C. Theme Statement- Having absolute power will turn bad.
D. Significance of Theme- The significance of this theme is that most people think that having absolute power is a great thing but they don't realize that it will turn for the worst.

II. Theme of Book
A. Thematic Statement for Book - The theme for animal farm is absolute power will absolutely corrupt. These reasons from the book support the theme.
B. Specific Detail from Book- When the animals use the bloodbath idea it goes against their "No animal shall kill another animal" rule.
C. Specific Detail from Book- Also when Napoleon uses Squealer for his ability to "turn black into white" which is brainwashing the animals to believe in what he is doing.
D. Specific Detail from Book- At the beginning of the book Napoleon takes the puppies and says he is educating them when he is really making them more protective to make the other animals do what they are told.
E. Significance of Theme for Book - This theme is significant because during this whole book Napoleon is forcing others to do stuff because he has absolute power but little does he know that it will backfire on him.

III. Theme in History
A. Restate theme in historical context - Absolute power corrupts absolutely works for just about anything. This theme also shows that any ruler can have absolute power and it will corrupt because they use it for their own means.
B. Detail the shows theme in history - Stalin had absolute power over Russia and did many things to make it stay that way.
C. Detail the shows theme in history- Stalin came up with the 5 year plans to make sure that Russia would stay under his control.
D. Detail the shows theme in history- Stalin also made the pioneers work till their death.
E. Significance of theme in history - This theme is very significant with history because everything in this book was reenacted from what Stalin did in Russia.

IV. Conclusion
A. Restate Theme - Absolute power corrupts absolutely is the theme of Animal Farm.
B. Significance of theme in book - This theme was significant for this book because Napoleon took absolute over the other animals in the farm.
C. Significance of theme in history - This theme was significant in history because it made Stalin and what he did easier to realize and understand.
D. Effectiveness of book in showing theme - Animal Farm did very well showing the theme because it made everything clear and understandable with the different characters.
E. Importance of understanding theme - This theme is very important and everyone should understand it because most people might think that absolute power is something great when it is not.




That book Animal Farm by George Orwell is a very interesting Fantasy book that is based on a true happening. This book Animal Farm is about the Animals at Mr.Jones Manor Farm that try to take him over and Napoleon tries to take power over the other Animals at the farm. The theme of this book is that having absolute power will turn into something bad. The significance of this theme is that most people think that having absolute power is a great thing but they don't realize that it will turn for the worst.

The theme for Animal Farm is absolute power will absolutely corrupt. These reasons from the book support the theme. When the animals use the bloodbath idea it goes against their "No animal shall kill another animal" rule. Also when Napoleon uses Squealer for his ability to "turn black into white" which is brainwashing the animals to believe in what he is doing. At the beginning of the book Napoleon takes the puppies and says he is educating them when he is really making them more protective to make the other animals do what they are told. This theme is significant because during this whole book Napoleon is forcing others to do stuff because he has absolute power but little does he know that it will backfire on him.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely works for just about anything. This theme also shows that any ruler can have absolute power and it will corrupt because they use it for their own means. Stalin had absolute power over Russia and did many things to make it stay that way. Stalin came up with the 5 year plans to make sure that Russia would stay under his control. Stalin also made the pioneers work till their death because he had so much power over them and what they did.This theme is very significant with history because everything in this book was reenacted from what Stalin did in Russia.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely is the theme of Animal Farm. This theme was significant for this book because Napoleon took absolute over the other animals in the farm. This theme was significant in history because it made Stalin and what he did easier to realize and understand. Animal Farm did very well showing the theme because it made everything clear and understandable with the different characters. This theme is very important and everyone should understand it because most people might think that absolute power is something great when it is not.