Animal Farm by George Orwell. The Grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck

United States, 1990

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Episode of Series “I couldn’t put it down - hooked on books. Classroom classics”.
Classroom Classics utilises material from film versions of literary works to encourage students to seek out, read, and analyse intelligently books they are studying in class. In this episode two important political novels of the twentieth century are discussed. George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is a caustic satire about the corruption of idealism. John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” is a powerful novel about the effect of the 1930’s Depression on the American poor. Both novels are analysed in relation to the historic conditions that fed the writers’ art, passion and anger.

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Guidance Associates Video

Duration

00:24:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1990

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I couldn't put it down - hooked on books. Classroom classics

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303421

Language

English

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Short films

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Colour

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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