My Westoid school decided it would be a good idea to have us read Animal Farm in English class before we had learned about the Russian Revolution in History class.
Cue an exasperated English teacher trying to explain to a class of confused middle schoolers how the pig is obviously Trotsky or Stalin.
i did the same but our teacher didnt even bother to explain that it was about the russian revolution so we all thought it was just about some pigs being mean and stuff
pretty sure it is. blair was still nominally a “socialist” even if a total POS
even in my most anti-communist youth there was always a seed of “what-if” lenin didn’t die would the communist project have succeeded. i just thought it was a historical one-shot that never could be repeated
My Westoid school decided it would be a good idea to have us read Animal Farm in English class before we had learned about the Russian Revolution in History class.
Cue an exasperated English teacher trying to explain to a class of confused middle schoolers how the pig is obviously Trotsky or Stalin.
i did the same but our teacher didnt even bother to explain that it was about the russian revolution so we all thought it was just about some pigs being mean and stuff
Best interpretation, pigs be assholes 4 real.
we got an explanation when my class read it but for some reason the interpretation was basically lenin = good and stalin betrayed the revolution.
i think our teacher was a trot
ive never read animal farm but I thought that was the intended reading
pretty sure it is. blair was still nominally a “socialist” even if a total POS
even in my most anti-communist youth there was always a seed of “what-if” lenin didn’t die would the communist project have succeeded. i just thought it was a historical one-shot that never could be repeated
fucking great man theory BS