literature from outside sources. The idea for a story could come from

family, personal experiences, history, or even their own creativity.

For authors that choose to write a book based on historical events,

the inspiration might come from their particular viewpoint on the

event that they want to dramatize. George Orwell and Charles Dickens

wrote Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities, respectively, to express

their disillusionment with society and human nature. Animal Farm,

written in 1944, is a book that tells the animal fable of a farm in

which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. It is an

example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized

the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He

anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart

in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of

literature. Besides the central theme of love, is another prevalent

theme, that of a revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately,

human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly

ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe

animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat."

(King, 8) Orwell shows us how, "if only animals became aware of their

beds, until finally the pigs were the "human masters" to the rest of

towards the end of the story, the term, "absolute power corrupts

friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip. . ."(Dickens, 123)

one way to bring about social change,"(Lucas,288) he then began to

his carriage over a young child, killing him. Instead of worrying

wrong, but because he is related to the Evr‚monde family, which killed

Union.' Instead, that country is viewed either with ignorant

"status quo." It began when the milk and apples were appropriated to

after the revolution. He was driven out by Napoleon, who represents

for themselves, have evolved into a different caste from the other

examines the inner soul, and shares with us how people are driven to

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