Free Speech, Pig[bleep] and George Orwell’s Purpose Kyla Guimaraes

We, over the course of this podcast, have dissected Animal Farm, George Orwell’s letter, as well as the Earth Guardians and the Voting Rights Movement. This episode, we’re going to wrap that all up and finalize not only what we’ve learned, but also the conclusions we’ve come to regarding the relationship between free speech and change, and how that connects to George Orwell’s purpose - and what exactly that purpose is.

So far we’ve looked at free speech and change regarding Animal Farm and George Orwell’s letter. This episode, however, we’re going to look at it from both more modern and historical perspectives, first addressing the Eath Guardians, a group of young people and kids who sued the US Government over climate change,and then looking at the Voting Rights Movement, which is all about speaking up so one can have the ability to have a voice in US Elections.

What was George Orwell’s purpose for his novel, Animal Farm? Was it only meant to be an allegory to the Russian revolution, or was there another aspect to it? This episode, those are exactly the questions we’ll be discussing, as we dive into George Orwell’s purpose through a discussion, comparing and contrasting his letter to Dwight MacDonald from 1946 with Animal Farm and his purpose for the book.

Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell, demonstrates successful revolutions... and ones that weren’t so successful. As we look deeper into this book, we’ll examine how exactly free speech and change connect to these revolutions and lack of revolutions, ultimately addressing free speech and it’s suppression, as well as its relationship with change.

Learn about free speech with this episode, which will detail what free speech really is: how it works, why it matters and what it’s suppression looks like.