Friday, November 25, 2011

What are five passages from the book Animal Farm that explain the controversy of why the book was banned to begin with?

's novelwas banned for
two reasons. First, the novel was banned (actually, it was a play based upon the novel which was
banned) in 1991 in Kenya. The reasoning behind this was the play's/novel's criticism of corrupt
leaders. The second time the novel was banned was in 2002. This time, the novel was banned in
the schools of the United Arab Emirates. The reasoning behind this ban was the fact that the
novel's speaking pigs went against Islamic ideologies and values.

Based upon
this, any of the dialogue which takes place between the animals would qualify as a passage which
would explain the controversy behind the book.

1. "No animal in England
is free.": On top of the fact that an animal is talking, the idea that all
"animals" in England are slaves could be seen as...

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