How does Orwell use events in ‘Animal Farm’ to explore ideas about revolution? Write about a) some of the events in the book and b) how Orwell uses these events to explore ideas about revolution. [30 marks]

Possible ways to frame an answer (30 mark question)AO1Jones’s cruel behaviourThe progression of the rebellion The pigs’ growing exploitation of the other animalsThe Pigs' perversion of the Seven CommandmentsThe endingAO2Descriptions/speeches about the idealism of the rebellionThe books' structure - foreshadows the eventual failure Satirical and allegorical nature of the book AO3George Orwell’s political views and how they inform the novellaAllusions to the Russian Revolution and the concept of the 'proletariat'General views about inequality