Question

In at least one hundred words, explain why Animal Farm was NOT an initial success in Britain?​

Answer 1

I only got 90 words.

Animal Farm was not an initial success in Britain because Britain is an ally of the Soviet Union after the Red Army defeated Adolf Hitler, and any person who critized the Soviet Union was considered pro-Nazi. Orwell's book Animal Farm is an anti-Soviet novel, that uses animals to portray real life events. George Orwell did not like Joseph Stalin, many publishers were not going to take the risk against him. The novel was finally publish in 1945, by Frederic Warburg, but it didn't become popular until the late 1950s.

Answer 2

Answer and explanation:

Animal Farm was not an initial success in Britain because of the critics it represented. The author, George Orwell, wrote it during the Second World War. In the novel Orwell criticizes soviet leader Iósif Stalin and Russian’s totalitarianism. During that time, Britain and Russia were allies and no one wanted to be attached to a criticism of Russia.

In addition, George Orwell was a Trotskyist, which emphasized that he did not support Stalin. Publishers did not take that risk and rejected the novel.

In 1945 the novel was finally published by Frederic Warburg, but it was not known by the public until late 1950s.